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• catalog abstract "American history has always been an irresistible source of inspiration for filmmakers, and today, for good or ill, most Americans sense of the past likely comes more from Hollywood than from the works of historians. In important films such as The Birth of a Nation (1915), -Roots (1977), Apocalypse Now (1979), and -Saving Private Ryan (1998), how much is entertainment and how much is rooted in historical fact? In The Columbia Companion to American History on Film, more than seventy scholars consider the gap between history and Hollywood. They examine how filmmakers have presented and interpreted the most important events, topics, eras, and figures in the American past, often comparing the film versions of events with the interpretations of the best historians who have explored the topic. Divided into eight broad categories: Eras; Wars and Other Major Events; Notable People; Groups; Institutions and Movements; Places; Themes and Topics; and Myths and Heroes. The volume features extensive cross-references, a filmography (of discussed and relevant films), notes, and a bibliography of selected historical works on each subject. The Columbia Companion to American History on Film is also an important resource for teachers, with extensive information for research or for course development appropriate for both high school and college students. Though each essay reflects the unique body of film and print works covering the subject at hand, every essay addresses several fundamental questions: What sources did the filmmaker use, and how did the film deviate (or remain true to) its sources? What are the key films on this topic? How have film interpretations of a particular historical topic changed, and what sorts of factors -technological, social, political, historiographical -have affected their evolution? Have filmmakers altered the historical record with a view to enhancing drama or to enhance the "truth" of their putative message?".
• catalog alternative "American history on film".
• catalog contributor b13147275.
• catalog coverage "United States History Miscellanea.".
• catalog coverage "United States In motion pictures.".
• catalog created "c2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "c2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
• catalog description "American history has always been an irresistible source of inspiration for filmmakers, and today, for good or ill, most Americans sense of the past likely comes more from Hollywood than from the works of historians. In important films such as The Birth of a Nation (1915), -Roots (1977), Apocalypse Now (1979), and -Saving Private Ryan (1998), how much is entertainment and how much is rooted in historical fact? In The Columbia Companion to American History on Film, more than seventy scholars consider the gap between history and Hollywood. They examine how filmmakers have presented and interpreted the most important events, topics, eras, and figures in the American past, often comparing the film versions of events with the interpretations of the best historians who have explored the topic. Divided into eight broad categories: Eras; Wars and Other Major Events; Notable People; Groups; Institutions and Movements; Places; Themes and Topics; and Myths and Heroes. The volume features extensive cross-references, a filmography (of discussed and relevant films), notes, and a bibliography of selected historical works on each subject. The Columbia Companion to American History on Film is also an important resource for teachers, with extensive information for research or for course development appropriate for both high school and college students. Though each essay reflects the unique body of film and print works covering the subject at hand, every essay addresses several fundamental questions: What sources did the filmmaker use, and how did the film deviate (or remain true to) its sources? What are the key films on this topic? How have film interpretations of a particular historical topic changed, and what sorts of factors -technological, social, political, historiographical -have affected their evolution? Have filmmakers altered the historical record with a view to enhancing drama or to enhance the "truth" of their putative message?".
• catalog description "Hollywood's detective -- The machine in the garden -- Success and the self-made man.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Includes filmographies.".
• catalog description "Pt. 1: Eras -- The Puritan era and the Puritan mind -- The 1890s-1980s -- Pt. 2: Wars and other major events -- The American revolution -- The Civil War and Reconstruction -- The Cold War -- The Korean War -- The Mexican-American War and the Spanish-American War -- The Vietnam War -- Westward expansion and the Indian wars -- World War I -- World War II: documentaries -- World War II: feature films -- Pt. 3: Notable people -- The antebellum frontier hero -- Christopher Columbus -- The founding fathers -- Indian leaders -- The Kennedys -- Abraham Lincoln -- Richard Nixon -- Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt -- Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig -- Harry S. Truman -- George Washington -- Pt. 4: Groups -- African Americans after World War II -- Arab Americans -- Asian Americans -- Catholic Americans -- Children and teenagers in the twentieth century -- Irish Americans -- Italian Americans -- Jewish Americans -- Mexican Americans -- Native Americans -- Radicals and radicalism -- ".
• catalog description "Robber barons, media moguls, and power elites -- Women from the Colonial era to 1900 -- Women in the twentieth century -- Pt. 5: Institutions and movements -- Baseball -- City and state government -- Civil rights -- Congress -- The family -- Football -- Journalism and the media -- The labor movement and the working class -- Militias and extremist political movements -- The political machine -- The Presidency after World War II -- Private schools -- Public high schools -- Pt. 6: Places -- The Midwest -- The "new" West and the new Western -- New York City -- The sea -- The small town -- The South -- Space -- Surburbia -- Texas and the Southwest -- The Trans-Applachian West -- Pt. 7: Themes and topics -- Crime and the Mafia -- Drugs, tobacco, and alcohol -- Elections and party politics -- Feminism and feminist films -- Railroads -- Sexuality -- Slavery -- Pt. 8: Myths and heroes -- The American Adam -- The American fighting man -- Democracy and equality -- The frontier and the West -- ".
• catalog extent "xxi, 671 p. :".
• catalog identifier "023111222X (cloth : alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "c2003.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Columbia University Press,".
• catalog spatial "United States History Miscellanea.".
• catalog spatial "United States In motion pictures.".
• catalog subject "791.43/658 21".
• catalog subject "PN1995.9.U64 C65 2003".
• catalog tableOfContents "Hollywood's detective -- The machine in the garden -- Success and the self-made man.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Pt. 1: Eras -- The Puritan era and the Puritan mind -- The 1890s-1980s -- Pt. 2: Wars and other major events -- The American revolution -- The Civil War and Reconstruction -- The Cold War -- The Korean War -- The Mexican-American War and the Spanish-American War -- The Vietnam War -- Westward expansion and the Indian wars -- World War I -- World War II: documentaries -- World War II: feature films -- Pt. 3: Notable people -- The antebellum frontier hero -- Christopher Columbus -- The founding fathers -- Indian leaders -- The Kennedys -- Abraham Lincoln -- Richard Nixon -- Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt -- Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig -- Harry S. Truman -- George Washington -- Pt. 4: Groups -- African Americans after World War II -- Arab Americans -- Asian Americans -- Catholic Americans -- Children and teenagers in the twentieth century -- Irish Americans -- Italian Americans -- Jewish Americans -- Mexican Americans -- Native Americans -- Radicals and radicalism -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "Robber barons, media moguls, and power elites -- Women from the Colonial era to 1900 -- Women in the twentieth century -- Pt. 5: Institutions and movements -- Baseball -- City and state government -- Civil rights -- Congress -- The family -- Football -- Journalism and the media -- The labor movement and the working class -- Militias and extremist political movements -- The political machine -- The Presidency after World War II -- Private schools -- Public high schools -- Pt. 6: Places -- The Midwest -- The "new" West and the new Western -- New York City -- The sea -- The small town -- The South -- Space -- Surburbia -- Texas and the Southwest -- The Trans-Applachian West -- Pt. 7: Themes and topics -- Crime and the Mafia -- Drugs, tobacco, and alcohol -- Elections and party politics -- Feminism and feminist films -- Railroads -- Sexuality -- Slavery -- Pt. 8: Myths and heroes -- The American Adam -- The American fighting man -- Democracy and equality -- The frontier and the West -- ".
• catalog title "American history on film".
• catalog title "The Columbia companion to American history on film : how the movies have portrayed the American past / edited by Peter C. Rollins.".
• catalog type "Aufsatzsammlung. swd".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "Miscellanea. fast".
• catalog type "text".