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The Ministry of Amusements: Film, Commerce, and Politics in Germany, 1917–1945

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2008

Geoffrey Cocks
Geoffrey Cocks
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Albion College
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Central European History , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , March 1997 , pp. 77 - 88
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Copyright © Conference Group for Central European History of the American Historical Association 1997

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