From Memory to History: Television Versions of the Twentieth Century

by Jim Cullen

Book Overview

Our understanding of history is often mediated by popular culture, and television series set in the past have provided some of our most indelible images of previous times. Yet such historical television programs always reveal just as much about the era in which they are produced as the era in which they are set; there are few more quintessentially late-90s shows than That '70s Show , for example. From Memory to History takes readers on a journey through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978813813
• ISBN13: 9781978813816
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher