LEADER 02875nam 22007694a 450 001 9910959204803321 005 20090217040810.0 010 $a9786613065117 010 $a9781283065115 010 $a1283065118 010 $a9780822391456 010 $a0822391457 024 7 $a10.1515/9780822391456 035 $a(CKB)1000000000757451 035 $a(EBL)1170630 035 $a(OCoLC)652364284 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000390637 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12138009 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000390637 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10450968 035 $a(PQKB)11369325 035 $a308677464 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1170630 035 $a(OCoLC)1139401716 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse78905 035 $a(DE-B1597)553722 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780822391456 035 $a(Perlego)1466509 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000757451 100 $a20090217d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPicturing American modernity $etraffic, technology, and the silent cinema /$fKristen Whissel 210 $aDurham $cDuke University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 225 1 $ae-Duke books scholarly collection. 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780822342014 311 08$a0822342014 311 08$a9780822341857 311 08$a0822341859 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1 The Early Cinema Encounters Empire: War Actualities, American Modernity, and Military Masculinity -- 2 Placing Audiences on the Scene of History: Modern Warfare and the Battle Reenactment at the Turn of the Century -- 3 Electric Modernity and the Cinema at the Pan-American Exposition: The City of Living Light -- 4 Regulating Mobility: Traffic, Technology, and Feature-Length Narrativity. 330 $aStudy of the relationship between modernity and cinema, with an emphasis on how early-20th-century films represented technology and urbanization. 410 0$ae-Duke books scholarly collection. 606 $aTechnology in motion pictures 606 $aTransportation in motion pictures 606 $aWar films$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSilent films$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aTechnology in motion pictures. 615 0$aTransportation in motion pictures. 615 0$aWar films$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSilent films$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a791.43/656 676 $a791.43656 700 $aWhissel$b Kristen$f1969-$01123459 712 02$aebrary, Inc. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910959204803321 996 $aPicturing American modernity$94358527 997 $aUNINA