Ken Burns's The Civil War : historians respond / edited by Robert Brent Toplin.
1996
E468.9 .K46 1996 (Mapit)
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Title
Ken Burns's The Civil War : historians respond / edited by Robert Brent Toplin.
ISBN
0195093305 (acid-free paper)
9780195093308 (acid-free paper)
0195115813
9780195115819
9780195093308 (acid-free paper)
0195115813
9780195115819
Publication Details
New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Language
English
Description
xxvi, 197 pages ; 22 cm
Call Number
E468.9 .K46 1996
Summary
This book includes critical essays on Burns's documentary series about the Civil War. The essayists discuss Burns's work, the ways in which television shows history, and the Civil War itself.--adapted from back cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-194).
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Table of Contents
Help from historians / C. Vann Woodward
Ken Burns's The Civil War as an interpretation of history / Robert Brent Toplin
How familiarity bred success : military campaigns and leaders in Ken Burns's The Civil War / Gary W. Gallagher
"Noble women as well" / Catherine Clinton
Lincoln and Gettysburg : the hero and the heroic place / Gabor S. Boritt
Ken Burns and the romance of reunion / Eric Foner
Telling the story : the historian, the filmmaker, and the Civil War / Leon F. Litwack
Refighting the Civil War / Geoffrey C. Ward
Four o'clock in the morning courage / Ken Burns.
Ken Burns's The Civil War as an interpretation of history / Robert Brent Toplin
How familiarity bred success : military campaigns and leaders in Ken Burns's The Civil War / Gary W. Gallagher
"Noble women as well" / Catherine Clinton
Lincoln and Gettysburg : the hero and the heroic place / Gabor S. Boritt
Ken Burns and the romance of reunion / Eric Foner
Telling the story : the historian, the filmmaker, and the Civil War / Leon F. Litwack
Refighting the Civil War / Geoffrey C. Ward
Four o'clock in the morning courage / Ken Burns.