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One world, big screen : Hollywood, the Allies, and World War II /
World War II coincided with cinema's golden age. Movies now considered classics were created when all sides in the war were coming to realize the great power of popular films to motivate the masses. Through multinational research, this book reveals how the Grand Alliance - Britain, China, the S...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2012]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | World War II coincided with cinema's golden age. Movies now considered classics were created when all sides in the war were coming to realize the great power of popular films to motivate the masses. Through multinational research, this book reveals how the Grand Alliance - Britain, China, the Soviet Union, and the United States - tapped Hollywood's impressive power to shrink the distance and bridge the differences that separated them. The Allies, it shows, strategically manipulated cinema in an effort to promote the idea that the UN was a family of nations joined by blood and affection. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 362 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-342) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807837467 0807837466 9781469601465 146960146X |