false 118657 4 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. 114232 1988 An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood total:40|5:7|4:18|3:9|2:5|1:1| 40 145 73 9 3 2 false false Sat Dec 13 08:15:11 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 08:15:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Sep 05 09:16:33 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 09:18:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Nov 11 13:24:25 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 13:33:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 15 15:45:30 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 15 15:48:12 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Feb 17 15:44:18 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 08 13:57:52 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 02 23:18:59 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 13:24:43 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Fri Oct 05 09:58:49 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 09:58:50 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Tue Dec 04 16:18:05 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 16:18:47 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Fri Oct 09 18:09:07 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 18:09:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 17 11:37:36 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 11:37:36 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 12 19:47:53 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 19:47:53 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Sep 06 11:32:34 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 11:32:34 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 28 18:08:22 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 18:08:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 06 16:36:53 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 16:36:53 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jul 05 19:11:16 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 19:11:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 12 13:45:48 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 13:45:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue May 05 06:04:11 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 06:04:13 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 16 12:22:45 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 12:22:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 09 08:41:22 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 08:41:25 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Apr 08 12:15:59 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 12:15:59 -0700 2009