7 WHY HISTORICAL FILM MATTERS

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. PART I: ARCHIVES
6. 1. LOOKING FOR ONA JUDGE: AN UNFINISHED STORY OF FREEDOM 7
7. 2. “LIKE PEOPLE IN HISTORY”: WHY SOCIAL HISTORY MATTERS TO THE LGBT COMMUNITY 18
8. PART II: REVISIONS
9. 3. AMERICAN FOUNDERS RECONSIDERED: THE CASE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON AND HENRY CHRISTOPHE 49
10. 4 THE CIVIL WAR, SLAVERY, AND THE PROBLEM OF NEUTRALITY 67
11. 5 HISTORIANS, LINCOLN, AND “THE RUINING OF AMERICA” 82
12. 6 IN SEARCH OF THE COSTS OF SEGREGATION 108
13. PART III: HISTORY MATTERS
14. 7 WHY HISTORICAL FILM MATTERS 133
15. 8 A MOB MUSEUM MATTERS 147
16. 9 ON LIVING HISTORY AND STORIES UNFINISHED 164
17. 10 IN THE MATTER OF WORTH 185
18. EPILOGUE 205
19. CONTRIBUTORS 211
20. INDEX 215