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Causes Won, Lost, and Forgotten

How Hollywood and Popular Art Shape What We Know about the Civil War

Gary W. Gallagher

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 04/2008
Pages: 288
Subject: History, Performing Arts | University of North Carolina
Print ISBN: 9.78E+12
eBook ISBN: 9780807886250

DESCRIPTION

More than 60,000 books have been published on the Civil War. Most Americans, though, get their ideas about the war--why it was fought, what was won, what was lost--not from books but from movies, television, and other popular media. In an engaging and accessible survey, Gary W. Gallagher guides readers through the stories told in recent film and art, showing how these stories have both reflected and influenced the political, social, and racial currents of their times.

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