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American Cinema of the 1990s : Themes and Variations /

With the U.S. economy booming under President Bill Clinton and the cold war finally over, many Americans experienced peace and prosperity in the nineties. Digital technologies gained popularity, with nearly one billion people online by the end of the decade. The film industry wondered what the effec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Holmlund, Chris
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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