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Containing over 200 recommended films, this resource is ideal for students, teachers, and other viewers who are interested in using films to enhance their knowledge of American history. Along with traditional historical categories, such as the two World Wars, the Civil War, and the Great Depression, the book emphasizes immigrant, multicultural, and women-centered films to portray the fullness of the American experience. It also analyzes representations...
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"This book examines actual and fictional wagon-train battles and compares them for realism. It also describes how Hollywood portrayed the concept of westward migration, but as the evolving industry became more accurate in historical detail, how filmmakers lost sight of the big picture"--Provided by publisher.