The Historian and Film

Paul Smith (editor); Lisa Pontecorvo; Clive Coultass; William Hughes; Marc Ferro; Nicholas Pronay; Rolf Schuursma; John Grenville; Arthur Marwick; Bryan Haworth; Donald Watt; Jerry Kuehl (contributors)

ISBN 10: 0521089395 / ISBN 13: 9780521089395

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Historian and Film
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521089395
• ISBN 13: 9780521089395
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Film

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Synopsis

Film is increasingly engaging the attention of students of history at all levels. In its manifold forms from the newsreel to the 'feature', it is a major source of evidence for, and an important influence upon, contemporary history, and a vivid means of bringing the recent past to life. For earlier periods, it provides a medium in which the often widely dispersed visual evidences of the past can be brought together for the student. It offers the historian a new form in which to interpret and present his subject, and, as television has shown, it is by far the most important vehicle for the presentation of history to mass audiences. The analysis of its content and impact and the exploration of its uses are especially fitted to bring history into an interdisciplinary relationship with other fields, from sociology to the visual arts.

Book Description

Film is increasingly engaging the attention of students of history at all levels. In its manifold forms from the newsreel to the 'feature', it is a major source of evidence for, and an important influence upon, contemporary history, and a vivid means of bringing the recent past to life.