Causes Won, Lost, and Forgotten: How Hollywood and Popular Art Shape What We Know about the Civil War (The Steven and Janice Brose Lectures in the Civil War Era)
by Gary W. Gallagher, Gary Gallagher
Gary W. Gallagher explores how Hollywood and popular art shape public understanding of the American Civil War. Focusing on remembered, contested, and overlooked interpretations, this volume connects the study of Civil War history with the broader influence of popular culture and historical memory.
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Causes Won, Lost, and Forgotten examines how Hollywood and popular art shape what people know about the American Civil War.
Gary W. Gallagher considers the ways cultural representations influence public understanding of the conflict and its competing causes, interpretations, and memories.
Drawing on the Steven and Janice Brose Lectures in the Civil War Era, this book connects Civil War history with the power of popular culture.
It offers readers an accessible way to think about the relationship between historical knowledge, entertainment, and cultural memory.
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