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Past imperfect, history according to the movies, general editor, Mark C. Carnes ; edited by Ted Mico, John Miller-Monzon, and David Rubel

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Past imperfect, history according to the movies, general editor, Mark C. Carnes ; edited by Ted Mico, John Miller-Monzon, and David Rubel

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eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Past imperfect

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

32664628

Responsibility statement

general editor, Mark C. Carnes ; edited by Ted Mico, John Miller-Monzon, and David Rubel

Series statement

A Henry Holt reference book

Sub title

history according to the movies

Summary

Nearly one hundred movies are examined to determine the relationship between film and the historical period, to show what has been changed and for what reason. Each analysis also includes "Later ..." to explore the subsequent history of the event

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- A conversation between Eric Foner and John Sayles -- The essays -- Jurassic Park / Stephen Jay Gould -- The Ten Commandments / Alan F. Segal -- Spartacus / W.V. Harris -- Julius Caesar / Michael Grant -- Henry V : two films / Anthony Lewis -- Joan of Arc : three films / Gerda Lerner -- Christopher Columbus : two films / Carla Rahn Phillips, William D. Phillips, Jr. -- Anne of the Thousand Days / Antonia Fraser -- A Man for All Seasons / Richard Marius -- Aguirre, the Wrath of God / Stephen Minta -- Black Robe / James Axtell -- The Last of the Mohicans / Richard White -- The Scarlet Empress / Carolly Erickson -- 1776 / Thomas Fleming -- Drums Along the Mohawk / Anthony F.C. Wallace -- Mutiny on the Bounty / Greg Dening -- Danton / Robert Darnton -- The Buccaneer : two films / Sean Wilentz -- The Alamo / Marshall De Bruhl -- The Charge of the Light Brigade / Richard Slotkin -- The Young Lincoln : two films / Mark E. Neely, Jr. -- Glory / James M. McPherson -- Gone With the Wind / Catherine Clinton -- The Birth of a Nation / Leon F. Litwack -- The Molly Maguires / J. Anthony Lukas -- They Died with Their Boots On / Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. -- Fort Apache / Dee Brown -- The Tale of Wyatt Earp : seven films / John Mack Faragher -- Khartoum / David Levering Lewis -- Murder by Decree / David Cannadine -- Freud / Peter Gay -- Young Winston / William Manchester -- Hester Street / Joyce Antler -- Gallipoli / Kenneth T. Jackson -- World War I : five films / Tom Wicker -- Reds / Christine Stansell -- Rosa Luxemburg / John Patrick Diggins -- The Front Page / Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. -- Matewan / Eric Foner -- Shanghai Express / Jonathan D. Spence -- Houdini / John F. Kasson -- Sullivan's Travels / Gore Vidal -- Bonnie and Clyde / Nancy F. Cott -- The Grapes of Wrath / Alan Brinkley -- Tora! Tora! Tora! / Akira Iriye -- PT 109 / Richard Reeves -- The Longest Day / Stephen E. Ambrose -- Patton / Paul Fussell -- Fat Man and Little Boy / Mark C. Carnes -- The Human Condition / Carol Gluck -- Gandhi / Geoffrey C. Ward -- Tea and Sympathy / George Chauncey -- The Long Walk Home / Jacqueline Jones -- Dr. Strangelove / Paul Boyer -- JFK / Stanley Karnow -- Mississippi Burning / William H. Chafe -- Malcolm X / Clayborne Carson -- Apocalypse Now / Frances FitzGerald -- All the President's Men / William E. Leuchtenburg -- The Emperor's Last Review / Simon Schama -- The contributors -- Index

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