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Author:

Gallagher, Gary W.

Title:

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

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

274 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

United States--Motion pictures and the war.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Motion pictures and the war.
United States--Causes.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes.
War films--United States--History and criticism.
Historical films--United States--History and criticism.
United States--Historiography.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Historiography.

Notes:

"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-257) and index.

Contents:

The Civil War generation interprets the conflict -- The Confederate War on film -- Hollywood and the North's Civil War -- The ascendancy of Confederate themes in recent Civil War art.

Summary:

Describes how the depiction of the Civil War in motion pictures and works of art distorts the reality of the war, often emphasizing how the South fought for an admirable but hopeless cause and minimizing the Union effort to hold the republic together.

Series:

The Steven and Janice Brose lectures in the Civil War era

ISBN:

0807832065 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807832066 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)175286349

LCCN:

2007042145

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)