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Women Filmmakers in Early Hollywood Hardcover - 2006

by Karen Ward Mahar


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  • Title Women Filmmakers in Early Hollywood
  • Author Karen Ward Mahar
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 291
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Date October 10, 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780801884368 / 0801884365
  • Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.03 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.62 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Women in motion pictures, Women in the motion picture industry -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006002413
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Karen Ward Mahar is an associate professor of history at Siena College, New York.

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