Lary L May

Educational Background & Specialties

Educational Background

• Ph.D.: University of California, Los Angeles, 1978.
• B.A.: George Washington University, 1967.

Specialties

• film and popular culture
• popular culture
• post-WWII American history
• Twentieth Century political and cultural history

Courses Taught

• AmSt 8249 - Popular Culture and the Postwar Politics of Globalization: Research Strategies
• AmSt 8250 - Popular Culture and the Postwar Politics of Globalization: Topical Development
• Hist 8910 - Topics in U.S. History

Research & Professional Activities

Research

• Bringing It All Back Home: Global Hollywood and America's Cultural Wars: book in progress

Publications

• The Big Tommorow: Hollywood and the Politics of the American Way. May, Lary, University of Chicago Press, 2000.
• Screening Out the Past: THe Birth of Mass Culture and the Motion Picture Industry. May, Lary, University of Chicago Press, 1983.
• Recasting America: Culture and Politics in the Age of Cold War. May, Lary, University of Chicago Press, 1990.

Awards

• Horace T. Morse-University of Minnesota Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education, 2001 - 2002