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When searching for books or articles for historical context, the following search phrases may be helpful:
"social life and customs" - Add this phrase to a search to find information on daily life in a particular time and place. For example:
Russia social life and customs 1533-1917
Mississippi River Valley social life and customs
"social aspects" - Add this phrase to a search to find information on the social aspects of the topic. For example:
motion pictures and social aspects
motion pictures and social aspects and Japan
"intellectual life" - Add this phrase to a search to find information about the intellectual life or culture in a particular place and time or among a particular group of people. For example:
New York intellectual life 19th century
Puerto Ricans United States intellectual life
"sources" or "influences" - Add the words sources or influences to a search to find information on the events, philosophy, or literature that helped inform or influence a director or screenwriter, a genre of film, or a particular film. For example:
Hitchcock and sources
anime and influences
Cultural History Through a National Socialist Lens
Filmography of Social Issues
Great Spanish Films since 1950
War, Politics and Superheroes: Ethics & Propaganda in Comics & Film
A New History of Japanese Cinema