English social historian and author
Colin Shindler (born 1949) is an English author, social historian and affiliated lecturer in history at Cambridge University .[ 1]
He should not be confused with another English academic and historian, also called Colin Shindler, born in 1946, who specialises in the history of modern Israel.[ 2]
Life and career
Born in Manchester ,[ 3] Prestwich .[ 4] Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge , where he later completed his PhD thesis on Hollywood and the Great Depression . Since 1998 he has been lecturing and teaching at Cambridge on films and American history .[ 3] [ 5]
He has written numerous books on British and American cultural history , with an emphasis on the impact of sport and film on modern society.[ 1] Manchester United Ruined My Life (1998) and Manchester City Ruined My Life (2012) are a pair of memoirs about his support for Manchester City .[ 6] Buster television producer in England between 1977 and 1996,[ 1] [ 3] Lovejoy Juliet Bravo Heartbeat [ 4]
Shindler is the brother of lawyer Geoffrey Shindler and the uncle of television producer Nicola Shindler .[ 7] Amy Shindler .[ 4]
Books
Nonfiction
Hollywood Goes to War: Films and American Society, 1939–1952 (1979)[ 8] Hollywood in Crisis: Cinema and American Society, 1929–1939 (1996)[ 9] Fathers, Sons and Football (2001)[ 10] George Best and 21 Others[ 11] Garbo and Gilbert in Love: Hollywood's First Great Celebrity CoupleNational Service : From Aldershot to Aden: Tales from the Conscripts, 1946–62[ 12] The Professional Amateur: The Cricketing Life of Bob Barber (2015)Four Lions: The Lives and Times of Four Captains of England (2016)Barbed Wire and Cucumber Sandwiches: The Controversial South African Tour of 1970 (2020)
Fiction
Buster: A Novel Based on His Own Original Screenplay (1988)High on a Cliff (1999)[ 4] First Love, Second Chance (2002)The Worst of Friends: Malcolm Allison, Joe Mercer and Manchester City (2009)[ 13] The Worst of Friends: The Betrayal of Joe Mercer (2011)
Memoirs
Manchester United Ruined My Life (1998)Manchester City Ruined My Life (2012)[ 6] [ 14]
Edited
I'm Sure I Speak for Many Others ... : Unpublished Letters to the BBC (2017)
References
^ a b c "Colin Shindler" . Hachette Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2020 .^ "About" . colinshindler.com. Retrieved 16 February 2020 .^ a b c "Dr Colin Shindler" . University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020 .^ a b c d McCormack, Declan (18 September 1999). "Hanging on the edge of the cliff" . Irish Independent ^ "Dr Colin Shindler" . Institute of Continuing Education. 3 December 2015.^ a b Farrell, Ian. "Manchester City Ruined My Life" . When Saturday Comes. Retrieved 16 February 2020 . ^ Baker, Rob (20 February 2011). "Geoffrey Shindler – service to the arts recognized" (Press release). Artisan Marketing Communications. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. [better source needed ^ Reviews of Hollywood Goes to War :
Richard H. Pells, The Journal of American History , doi :10.2307/1890492 , JSTOR 1890492
Richard Robertson, Winterthur Portfolio , JSTOR 1180841
Lenny Rubenstein, Cinéaste , JSTOR 41692434
Gerald Weales, "What Price Hollywood?", The Georgia Review , JSTOR 41398376
Ralph Willett, Journal of American Studies , doi :10.1017/S0021875800002802 , JSTOR 27553912
Neil A. Wynn, History , JSTOR 24414011 ^ Reviews of Hollywood in Crisis :
^ Reviews of Fathers, Sons and Football :
^ Ryan, Ray (21 May 2004). "Team spirit and hot air (review of George Best and 21 Others and Red Mist )" . The Independent . ^ Jay, Peter (18 August 2012). "National Service , by Colin Shindler" . The Spectator . ^ Taylor, Julian (25 April 2009). "Book review: The Worst of Friends " . BBC Sport . ^ Redfern, Simon (23 June 2012). "Sport book of the week: Manchester City Ruined My Life " . The Independent .
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