A Historical Film Syllabus for Every American
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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2012 · Education
Jim Cullen, author of Sensing the Past: Hollywood Stars and Historical Visions, recommends films that should be required viewing for all Americans. Jim Cullen teaches history at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York City. He is the author of Sensing the Past: Hollywood Stars and Historical Visions, The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation, Born in the U.S.A.: Bruce Springsteen and the American Tradition, and other books. Cullen is also a book review editor at the History News Network. http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/FilmMediaPerformingArts/FilmStudies/?view=usa&ci=9780199927661 (c) Oxford University Press USA 2012
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