03100nam 2200601 a 450 991078192490332120200520144314.00-8078-8625-4(CKB)1000000000487671(EBL)361343(OCoLC)476190219(SSID)ssj0000118943(PQKBManifestationID)11145621(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000118943(PQKBWorkID)10053915(PQKB)10699666(Au-PeEL)EBL361343(CaPaEBR)ebr10273423(OCoLC)233577868(MiAaPQ)EBC361343(EXLCZ)99100000000048767120071012d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCauses won, lost, and forgotten[electronic resource] how Hollywood & popular art shape what we know about the Civil War /Gary W. GallagherChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20081 online resource (285 p.)The Steven and Janice Brose lectures in the Civil War era"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.0-8078-3206-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-257) and index.Contents; Introduction; 1 A CONTESTED HISTORICAL LANDSCAPE: The Civil War Generation Interprets the Conflict; 2 GOING BUT NOT YET GONE: The Confederate War on Film; 3 EMANCIPATION AND RECONCILIATION BUT NOT THE UNION: Hollywood and the North's Civil War; 4 BRUSHES, CANVASES, AND THE LOST CAUSE: The Ascendancy of Confederate Themes in Recent Civil War Art; Epilogue; Notes; Acknowledgments; IndexMore than 60,000 books have been published on the Civil War. Most Americans, though, get their ideas about the war--why it was fought, what was won, what was lost--from movies, television, and other popular media. Renowned Civil War historian Gary Gallagher guides readers through the stories told in recent film and art, showing how they have both reflected and influenced the political, social, and racial currents of their times. Too often these popular portrayals overlook many of the very ideas that motivated the generation that fought the war. The most influential perspective for the Civil WaSteven and Janice Brose lectures in the Civil War era.War filmsUnited StatesHistory and criticismHistorical filmsUnited StatesHistory and criticismUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Motion pictures and the warUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865CausesUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865HistoriographyWar filmsHistory and criticism.Historical filmsHistory and criticism.973.7Gallagher Gary W1485084MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781924903321Causes won, lost, and forgotten3752319UNINA