Filmography of American History

(Hardback)

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Containing over 200 recommended films, this resource is ideal for students, teachers, and other viewers who are interested in using films to enhance their knowledge of American history. Along with traditional historical categories, such as the two World Wars, the Civil War, and the Great Depression, the book emphasizes immigrant, multicultural, and women-centered films to portray the fullness of the American experience. It also analyzes representations of people and events across different films for a variety of viewpoints, and considers how films reconfigure a past era through the issues of the day in which they were produced.

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.,."a worthwhile purchase for libraries with extensive film collections."-Booklist/RBB
.,."an impressive achievement, not only for its meaty, thought-provoking mini-essays on each title (with time-code numbers for mentioned segments, no less!), but also for its attention to illuminating documentaries, great and small, that make perfect viewing companions to some of the better known movies. Definitely recommended."-Video Librarian
...a worthwhile purchase for libraries with extensive film collections.-Booklist/RBB
...an impressive achievement, not only for its meaty, thought-provoking mini-essays on each title (with time-code numbers for mentioned segments, no less!), but also for its attention to illuminating documentaries, great and small, that make perfect viewing companions to some of the better known movies. Definitely recommended.-Video Librarian
Recommended for all academic and public libraries.-Library Journal
This guide will serve a high school and college audience.-Lawrence Looks at Books
Tracey annotates more than 200 films that portray pre-Civil War times to the present, giving information about the film's setting, plot summary, and cast, and materials for further reading. Film buffs will enjoy it; teachers wanting a resource about films that they can use in history, English, or film studies classes will welcome it. It would be an asset to any college or high school with a film study course or a building- or system- level professional collection of curriculum materials.-The Book Report
..."a worthwhile purchase for libraries with extensive film collections."-Booklist/RBB
..."an impressive achievement, not only for its meaty, thought-provoking mini-essays on each title (with time-code numbers for mentioned segments, no less!), but also for its attention to illuminating documentaries, great and small, that make perfect viewing companions to some of the better known movies. Definitely recommended."-Video Librarian
"Recommended for all academic and public libraries."-Library Journal
"This guide will serve a high school and college audience."-Lawrence Looks at Books
"Tracey annotates more than 200 films that portray pre-Civil War times to the present, giving information about the film's setting, plot summary, and cast, and materials for further reading. Film buffs will enjoy it; teachers wanting a resource about films that they can use in history, English, or film studies classes will welcome it. It would be an asset to any college or high school with a film study course or a building- or system- level professional collection of curriculum materials."-The Book Report

Author Bio

GRANT TRACEY, an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Northern Iowa, teaches film studies and creative writing.