John raeburn american history american film interpreting the hollywood image ed by john e oconner and martin a jackson new york ungar 1979 xxix 29. American history american film interpreting the hollywood image by john e oconnor editor martin a jackson editor jr arthur m schlesinger foreword 0 more isbn 13 978 0804426725. The resource american history american film interpreting the hollywood image edited by john e oconnor and martin a jackson foreword by arthur m schlesinger jr. American history american film interpreting the hollywood image a frederick ungar book ungar film library editors john e oconnor martin a jackson contributor arthur m schlesinger jr edition illustrated reprint publisher continuum 1988 original from the university of michigan digitized 19 jan 2010 isbn 0804426724 9780804426725 length 306 pages subjects. About american history american film in this pioneering work sixteen historians analyse individual films for deeper insight into us institutions values and lifestyles linking all of the essays is the belief that film holds much of value for the historian seeking to understand and interpret american history and culture