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Hollywood and the Great Depression : American film, politics and society in the 1930s /

In the popular imagination, 1930s Hollywood was a dream factory producing escapist movies to distract the American people from the greatest economic crisis in their nation's history. But while many films of the period conform to this stereotype, there were a significant number that promoted a m...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Davies, Philip, 1948- (Editor), Morgan, Iwan W. (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]
Subjects:	Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century. Nineteen thirties. Depressions > 1929 > United States. United States > Social life and customs > 20th century.

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