{"product_id":"history-on-filmfilm-on-history-9781138653337","title":"History on FilmFilm on History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHistory on Film\/Film on History\u003c\/em\u003e has established itself as a classic treatise on the historical film and its role in bringing the past to life. In the third edition of this widely acclaimed text, Robert A. Rosenstone argues that to leave history films out of the discussion of the meaning of the past is to ignore a major means of understanding historical events. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines what history films convey about the past and how they convey it, demonstrating the need to learn how to read and understand this new visual world and integrating detailed analysis of films such as \u003cem\u003eSchindler's List\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGlory\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOctober\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eReds\u003c\/em\u003e. Advocating for the dramatic feature as a legitimate way of doing history, this edition includes a new introduction, a revised final chapter, a new epilogue that discusses recent history films such as \u003cem\u003eSelma\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Imitation Game\u003c\/em\u003e, and an extensive and updated guide to further reading. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining th\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Robert Rosenstone’s \u003cem\u003eHistory on Film\/Film on History\u003c\/em\u003e in its third edition remains one of the few concise and comprehensible academic texts for use on the university level in courses that have history on film content. Rosenstone has been and continues to be a critical definer of this key interdisciplinary arena. As an introduction to history on film\/film on history, this text remains essentially relevant and inimitably accessible.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErin O'Donnell, \u003cem\u003eEast Stroudsburg University-Pennsylvania, USA\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This is best book on film insofar as it makes historians re-evaluate the validity of history on film… It is accessible and it is intelligent.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMelinda Zook, \u003cem\u003ePurdue University, USA\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eList of illustrations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePreface to the series \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntroduction to the third edition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntroduction to the second edition \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1 History on film\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2 To see the past \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Mainstream drama \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Innovative drama\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Documentary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Telling lives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Film-maker\/Historian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8 Engaging the discourse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9 Film on history\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue The View from 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuide to key reading\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49371833696599,"sku":"9781138653337","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/history-on-filmfilm-on-history-9781138653337","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}