Title: Causes Won, Lost, and Forgotten
Subtitle: How Hollywood & Popular Art Shape What We Know about the Civil War
First published: 2008
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.
Subjects: Causes, Historical films, Historiography, History, History and criticism, Motion pictures and the war, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, War films, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, causes, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, motion pictures and the war, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, historiography, Film criticism
Places: United States
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865
LC classification: E468.9 .G35 2008