Empire Films and the Crisis of Colonialism, 1946-1959

by Jon Cowans

The first transnational history of cinema's role in decolonization.

Using popular cinema from the United States, Britain, and France, Empire Films and the Crisis of Colonialism, 1946-1959, examines postwar Western attitudes toward colonialism and race relations. Historians have written much about the high politics of decolonization but little about what ordinary citizens thought about losing their empires. Popular cinema...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421416417
• ISBN13: 9781421416410
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher