Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-538) and index.
Contents:
1. Military history on film and television : Wallace's rising to the Boer War. Scottish wars of independence (1296-1314) ; English Civil War (1642-1661) ; Khmelnytsky uprising (1648-1654), Second Northern War (1655-1660), and Ottoman invasion of Poland (1668-1672) ; The Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 ; The Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815) ; The Texas Revolution (1835-1836) ; Mexican-American War (1846-1848) ; The Crimean War (1854-1856) ; The American Civil War (1861-1865) ; American Indian wars (1622-1924) ; British colonialism and wars in Africa (1879-1902) ; The Spanish-American War and the Philippine Revolution (1898-1901) -- 2. Military history on film and television : World War I. Filming the front lines ; Films in the time between the world wars ; World War I films made after World War II -- 3. Military history on film and television : World War II. Contemporaneous World War II history films ; World War II history films of the Cold War era ; British World War II exploits on film ; World War II history films of the Vietnam era ; World War II history films of the post-Vietnam era -- 4. Military history on film and television : Korean War to Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Korean War ; The Cold War (1945-1991) ; The Vietnam War ; United States Somalia engagement (1993) ; U.S. intervention in Bosnia ; 9/11 terrorist attack on the United States and its aftermath -- 5. Sports history on film and television. Baseball ; Boxing ; Mohammed Ali films ; Post-Vietnam era boxing films ; Football ; Basketball ; Olympics films ; Mountaineering films ; Contemporary sports history on film: Surfing, Bodybuilding, Professional wrestling, Skateboarding, Golf ; A return to period topics -- 6. Music history on film and television. Jazz, Blues, Gospel, Motown, and the Swing Era ; Rock music ; Punk (and Grunge) rock ; Pop singer biopics ; Folk music ; Country and western ; Classical music -- 7. Art history on film and television. Artists' biopic ; Labor, business, and sociopolitical history on film and television. The 1940s ; The 1950s ; The 1960s ; The 1970s ; The 1980s ; The 1990s ; The new millennium -- 9. History of U.S. race relations on film and television. Films made before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ; Films made after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- 10. History of crime on film and television. The 1930s ; The 1940s ; The 1950s ; The 1960s ; The 1970s ; The 1980s ; The 1990s ; The new millennium.
Summary:
"An up-to-date and indispensable guide for film history buffs of all kind, this book surveys more than 500 major films based on true stories and historical subject matter"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.