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Film Nation is distinguished by Robert Burgoyne's critical acuity, his on-the-money remarks about the subjects he interrogates, as well as the singularity of his focus on American Cinema and the ways by which film suggests much about American national identity. -Cineaste
In Film Nation Robert Burgoyne argues that popular film plays a crucial role in formulating the imagined community of the nation state. A rewarding read. -Film and History
Film Nation rewards the reader with a continuous flow of stimulating ideas about how to discuss the content of recent history films. -Journal of American History
Any historian who is interested in investigating film as history should forget about disciplinary turf wars and read Robert Burgoyne's Film Nation: Hollywood Looks at U.S. History. A theoretically sophisticated but clearly and elegantly written work. -Rethinking History