This book presents the Great Depression through the lens of 13 films, beginning with movies made during the Depression and ending with films from the 21st century, and encourages readers to examine the various depictions of this period througho...Loe edasi...
Explore the defining musical artists and moments of the punk rock and new wave eras – one of the most transformative times in rock and roll history. This encyclopedia makes the case for punk rocks enduring social and cultural importance f...Loe edasi...
World War II on Film examines the war through the lens of 12 films. The movies selected include productions made during World War II and in each succeeding decade, providing a sense of how different generations perceive the war....Loe edasi...
Vietnam War on Film illustrates how to employ film as a teaching tool. It also stands on its own as an account of the war and the major films that have depicted it.Even for many people who experienced the Vietnam War first ha...Loe edasi...
The entertaining and inspiring story of a stubbornly independent promoter and club owner This irreverent biography provides a rare window into the music industry from a promoter’s perspective. From a young age, Peter Jest was determ...Loe edasi...
Examining one of the most popular and enduring genres of American music, this encyclopedia of classic rock from 1965 to 1975 provides an indispensable resource for cultural historians and music fans.More than movies, literature, tel...Loe edasi...
The Great Depression on Film is a unique guide to how the Great Depression was represented and is remembered, making it an excellent resource for students or anyone interested in film history or U.S. history. Each film is set in a different...Loe edasi...
World War II on Film examines the war through the lens of 12 films. The movies selected include productions made during World War II and in each succeeding decade, providing a sense for how different generations experienced the war. ...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Sep-2019, Hardback, Kirjastus: Marquette University Press, ISBN-13: 9781626000544)
From the beginning of Milwaukee rock in the 1950s to the turn of the century, this fascinating anthology of written, vocal, and visual reflections, will inform readers and evoke memories for those who experienced the music and the era. The editors pr...Loe edasi...
Vietnam War on Film illustrates how to employ film as a teaching tool. It also stands on its own as an account of the war and the major films that have depicted it.• Provides a unique guide to the Vietnam War experience for film...Loe edasi...
Examining one of the most popular and enduring genres of American music, this encyclopedia of classic rock from 1965 to 1975 provides an indispensable resource for cultural historians and music fans.• Provides readers with summaries of...Loe edasi...
Grounded in extensive historical research, this eye-opening survey reveals the long-undervalued role secret societies have played in American history. Luhrssen presents thorough profiles of fifteen American secret societies, from the F...Loe edasi...
Glen Jeansonne and David Luhrssen vividly demonstrate how war movies have burned the images and impressions of two world wars, proxy wars, propaganda wars, and a war on terror, among others onto the American psyche more concretely than has the real...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-Jan-2013, Hardback, Kirjastus: The University Press of Kentucky, ISBN-13: 9780813136769)
An Armenian national raised in Russia, Rouben Mamoulian (1897--1987) studied in the influential Stanislavski studio, renowned as the source of the method acting technique. Shortly after immigrating to New York in 1926, he created a sensation wit...Loe edasi...
Discusses the origins of Nazism in the occult Thule Society, which promoted the racial superiority of Aryans, exploring its attempts to create an anti-Semitic front for promoting its beliefs and the founding of the German Workers Party....Loe edasi...
This fresh interpretation explains how an untutored musician changed music while at the same time playing an inadvertent role in the youth rebellion that has shaped the Baby Boomer generation into the 21st century....Loe edasi...
