Histories on Screen: The Past and Present in Anglo-American Cinema and Television

What can historical films and period television tell us about history? How reliable are these sources? How, as historians, should we 'read' a film? This second edition of Histories on Screen gets to the heart of these questions and more in a comprehensive volume which greatly enhances our understanding of the relationship between film/television and history.
The book begins with a theoretical 'Thinking about Film' section that explores the ways in which film and television can be analyzed an...