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Film and the historian : the British experience /
Films are not just for audiences: historians of the twentieth century have much to learn from them. A film exposes the attitudes and unconsidered trifles that people took for granted and which were not considered worth recording elsewhere. This volume surveys British cinema from the final days of th...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Newcastle Upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2019.
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Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Films are not just for audiences: historians of the twentieth century have much to learn from them. A film exposes the attitudes and unconsidered trifles that people took for granted and which were not considered worth recording elsewhere. This volume surveys British cinema from the final days of the Second World War to the early 1970s, exploring societal change across a range of topics including housing, the countryside, psychiatry and the law. This provides a basis for cross-cultural comparisons, with many issues deserving of further research being highlighted. The films discussed range from. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781527534506 1527534502 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 30, 2019) |