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Robert Sklar

1936 -

Robert Sklar was born in 1936 and was educated in the public schools of Long Beach, California, and at Princeton University. After working as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, he received his Ph.D. in the History of American Civilization from Harvard University in 1965. He is a historian and writer on twentieth-century American culture and society, and is the author of F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Last Laocoön and editor of The Plastic Age, an anthology on 1920s culture. He has held a Guggenheim Fellowship and has taught overseas in New Zealand and Japan. A faculty member at the University of Michigan, he lives in Ann Arbor, and is the father of two children.

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  • Cover of: Film: An International History of the Medium (Trade Version)

    First published in 1993 12 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Movie-made America: a cultural history of American movies

    First published in 1975 4 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition moviemadeamerica0000skla Cover of edition moviemadeamerica0000skla_z9g4
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  • Cover of: World History of Film, A (Trade Version)

    First published in 2001 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: A world history of film

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  • Cover of: F. Scott Fitzgerald, the last Laocoön..

    First published in 1967 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The plastic age (1917-1930).

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Subjects
Motion pictures, history, Cinéma, Film, History, Motion pictures, Criticism and interpretation, Geschichte, Histoire et critique, Aspect social, Au cinema, Biography, Bogart, humphrey, 1899-1957, Cagney, james, 1899-1986, City and town life in motion pictures, Civilisation, Civilization, Critique et interpretation, Filmindustrie, Filmkunst, Films, Garfield, john, 1913-1952, Greek Mythology, Histoire, Hommes, Hommes au cinema
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United States
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F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957), James Cagney (1899-1986), John Garfield
Time
1918-1945

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August 22, 2010 Edited by Jorge Reinaldo Galindo Added new photo
August 22, 2010 Edited by Jorge Reinaldo Galindo correction
August 22, 2010 Edited by Jorge Reinaldo Galindo new bio
August 31, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import