Book of Donmon Teith

Introduction -- American Girls and National Identity -- Fighting Femininity on Home Soil in Civil War Films, 1908 to -- American Revolution and Other Wars -- Fe

During the 1910s, films about war often featured a female protagonist. The films portrayed women as spies, cross-dressing soldiers, and athletic defenders of th

The little-explored story of how politics, propaganda, and profits were combined to create the drama, imagery and fantasy that was American film during World Wa

We have all known from before grade school that The American Revolution was won by a classless citizen army made up of farmers and artisans burning with patriot

A historian’s view of the relationship between American history and the American film industry, this book is a witty and perceptive account of Hollywood and i