Visions of Yesterday (Hardcover)

Introduction  Part 1: The Cinema of Empire  1. Towards a Definition of the Cinema of Empire  2. The Ideology of Empire  3. Literature of Empire  4. Myths and Myth-Figures  5. The Old School Tie  6. The Imperial Archetype  7. The Importance of Being English  8. The White Man’s Burden  9. The Gods of Empire  10. Officers and Other Ranks  11. The Naval Tradition  12. East is East and West is West…  13. …and Never the Twain Shall Meet  Part 2: The Cinema of Populism  14. The Ideology of Populism  15. Frank Capra: The Classic Populist  16. Leo McCarey: The Fantasy of Goodwill  17. John Ford: The Folk Memory  Part 3: The Cinema of National Socialism  18. The Ideology of National Socialism  19. Leni Riefenstahl ? The Documentary and Myth  20. Nazi Feature Films: Themes and Archetypes  21. Nazi Feature Films 2: Discipline, Comradeship and Fatherland  22. The Eternal Jew and Perfidious Albion.  Conclusions.  Appendix: Filmographies.  Select Bibliography.  General Index.  Index of Film Titles