Richard Carr

Charlie Chaplin (eBook, ePUB)

A Political Biography from Victorian Britain to Modern America

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Richard Carr's Charlie Chaplin explains how Chaplin's life, both on and off the screen, was constantly politically engaged. Chaplin made a number of political films, from the capitalism bashing Modern Times to the anti-war ethos of The Great Dictator and Monsieur Verdoux. But these films were only the tip of the iceberg. Chaplin believed that he could cure the world of intolerance and economic depression and was able to discuss his ideas with some of the leading thinkers of his day. This work, in surveying Chaplin's life from Lambeth to Los Angeles, places the politics centre-stage. Charlie Chaplin is essential reading for all students of 20th century history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351782708
• Artikelnr.: 48210507

Autorenporträt

Richard Carr is a Senior Lecturer in History and Politics at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. His previous publications include Veteran MPs and Conservative Politics in the Aftermath of the Great War: The Memory of All That (2013). He has also co-authored the books Alice in Westminster: The Political Life of Alice Bacon (2016) and The Global 1920s (2016).

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Chronology
Introduction: a very political life
1. Chaplin's England
2. To Shoulder Arms? Charlie and the First World War
3. Moscow or Manchester? Chaplin's views on capitalism before the
depression took hold
4. Sex, Morality and a Tramp in 1920s America
5. Between Churchill and Gandhi: A Comedian Sees the World
6. Modern Times and the Great Depression
7. The Tramp and the Dictators
8. Comrades and Controversy
9. A Citizen of the World
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Archival Collections
Correspondence
Published Sources
Other Cited Published Works
Doctoral Theses