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Foreword by Thomas Schatz vii Acknowledgments xiii C H A P T E R O N E 3 Edna Ferber’s America and the Fictions of History C H A P T E R T W O 31 The Life of an Unknown Woman: So Big, 1923–1953 C H A P T E R T H R E E 71 Making Believe: Show Boat, Race, and Romance, 1925–1957 C H A P T E R F O U R 113 Marking the Boundaries of Classical Hollywood’s Rise and Fall: Cimarron, 1928–1961 C H A P T E R F I V E 153 Writing for Hollywood: Come and Get It and Saratoga Trunk, 1933–1947 C H A P T E R S I X 191 Jim Crow, Jett Rink, and James Dean: Reconstructing Giant, 1952–1957 C H A P T E R S E V E N 229 The New Nationalism: Ice Palace, 1954–1960 Notes 267 Selected Bibliography 305 Index 325 Contents THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...

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