Description |
304 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
Series |
A Henry Holt reference book |
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Henry Holt reference book.
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Contents |
A Conversation Between Eric Foner and John Sayles -- 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 and 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 -- Apollo 13 / Andrew Chaikin -- Apocalypse Now / Frances FitzGerald -- All the President's Men / William E. Leuchtenburg -- Nixon / Bob Woodward -- The Emperor's Last Review / Simon Schama -- A Conversation Between Mark Carnes and Oliver Stone |
Summary |
Historical reality meets celluloid imagination with conciseness, attractive layout and entertainment |
Analysis |
Geschichte |
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Historical films History and criticism |
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Motion pictures and history |
Notes |
"A Society of American Historians book." |
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"An Agincourt Press book"--T.p. verso |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
English language -- Rhetoric.
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Historical films -- History and criticism.
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Motion pictures and history.
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Report writing.
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Author |
Carnes, Mark C. (Mark Christopher), 1950-
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LC no. |
95000354 |
ISBN |
0805037594 (acid-free paper) |
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