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An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood Book

That subtitle may inspire in some readers waves of ethnic pride, and in others waves of ethnic revulsion, but the point of this book is that its claim of origin is quite literally true. And what makes it an interesting read for political types is the way it demonstrates that no matter how much the founding Hollywood moguls and their successors tried to peddle an idealized, escapist form of entertainment, bubbling up under and around their every project was ideology, racism, ethnic prejudice, class friction, domestic and international politics and all the other raw, seething stuff that distinguishes this country from all others. In Gabler's hands, the Industry draws a picture of American political history in spite of itself.Read More

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  • Product Description

    Noted film critic Neal Gabler writes a provocative and richly entertaining biography of the five Jewish men who were the moving forces behind the creation of America's motion picture industry. 42 photos.

  • 0385265573
  • 9780385265577
  • Neal Gabler
  • 1 November 1998
  • Random House Inc
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 512
  • New edition
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