John Hamilton

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Communism and the Ironic Value of Property in Italian Neo-Realist Cinema

07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies John Hamilton

This paper will explore in depth the issues raised in La Terra Trema (“The Earth Trembles,” 1948). Director Visconti, raised in an aristocratic life of privilege, sets out to give an exposé of the...

Oil, Socialism, and ‘There Will Be Blood’

04/21/2009 John Hamilton

John Hamilton presents Oil, Socialism, and 'There Will Be Blood'. From the 2009 ASC Panel: Sociology of Social Change.

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