Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-262) and index.
Contents:
The early cinema encounters empire: war actualities, American modernity, and military masculinity -- Placing audiences on the scene of history: modern warfare and the battle reenactment at the turn of the century -- Electric modernity and the cinema at the pan-American exposition: the city of living light -- Regulating mobility: traffic, technology and feature-length narrativity.
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