High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic 9781620409503

The Making of an American High School 9780300191264

How have the educational goals of American public high schools changed over time? What can the experiences of one second

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Tender comrades a backstory of the Hollywood blacklist 9780816680375, 081668037X

More than sixty years ago, McCarthyism silenced Hollywood. In the pages ofTender Comrades, those who were suppressed, wh

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'Un-American' Hollywood: Politics and Film in the Blacklist Era 9780813543970

The concept of “un-Americanism,” so vital to the HUAC crusade of the 1940s and 1950s, was resoundingly revived in the em

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High Noon 9780851704944, 9781838712297, 9781838716127

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Searchers, the revelatory story behind the classic movie High Noon and

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Show Trial: Hollywood, HUAC, and the Birth of the Blacklist 9780231547468

Thomas Doherty tells the story of the 1947 hearings into alleged Communist subversion in the movie industry. Show Trial

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Making The Best Years of Our Lives: The Hollywood Classic That Inspired a Nation 9781477325056

Released in 1946, The Best Years of Our Lives became an immediate success. Life magazine called it “the first big, good

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The Final Victim of the Blacklist: John Howard Lawson, Dean of the Hollywood Ten 9780520939936

Before he attained notoriety as Dean of the Hollywood Ten—the blacklisted screenwriters and directors persecuted because

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Painting Culture: The Making of an Aboriginal High Art 9780822384168

The history of the Australian Aboriginal painting movement from its local origins to its career in the international art

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Colt: An American Classic 9781782743040

Over 180 years have passed since Colt's first patent for a firearm with a revolving cylinder, and more than 160 yea

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Hollywood Divided: The 1950 Screen Directors Guild Meeting and the Impact of the Blacklist 9780813168937, 0813168937, 9780813168944, 0813168945

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