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Causes won, lost, and forgotten : how Hollywood & popular art shape what we know about the Civil War / / Gary W. Gallagher



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Autore: Gallagher Gary W Visualizza persona
Titolo: Causes won, lost, and forgotten : how Hollywood & popular art shape what we know about the Civil War / / Gary W. Gallagher Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (285 p.)
Disciplina: 973.7
Soggetto topico: War films - United States - History and criticism
Historical films - United States - History and criticism
Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Motion pictures and the war
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Historiography
Note generali: "A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-257) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
Sommario/riassunto: More 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 Wa
Titolo autorizzato: Causes won, lost, and forgotten  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4696-0378-0
0-8078-6612-1
0-8078-8625-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910822481003321
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