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The Today Show
Transforming Morning Television
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
In the early 1950s, when television networks did not broadcast regular programming before 11 a.m., radio and newspapers were the most popular and reliable ways for Americans to get their morning news. Then, Sylvester (Pat) Weaver, vice president of programming at NBC, pitched a bold new concept to...
Tony Soprano's America
Gangsters, Guns, and Money
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Widely regarded as one of the greatest television series of all time, The Sopranos is also considered one of the most significant achievements in contemporary American culture. IThe series spearheaded the launch of a new wave of quality programming that has transformed the way people watch, experience,...
Science Wars through the Stargate
Explorations of Science and Society in Stargate SG-1
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
The story of an elite team of scientists and soldiers who travel to other worlds through an alien-built portal, Stargate SG-1 gave its viewers a weekly dose of spectacle and high adventure. Over its ten-season run (1997-2007), the series explored the interactions of the scientific and military cultures...
Mad Men
A Cultural History
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
From the opening credits that feature a silhouette falling among skyscrapers, Mad Men transcended its role as a series about the Madison Avenue advertising industry to become a modern classic. For seven seasons, Mad Men asked viewers to contemplate the 1960s anew, reassessing the tumultuous era’s...
Television Series of the 1960s
Essential Facts and Quirky Details
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
By 1960, watching television had become the pastime of millions of viewers around the world. Week after week, audiences tuned in to watch their favorite programs and catch up with their favorite characters. During the 1960s, some of the most beloved shows of all time originally aired, including The...
Earl Scruggs
Banjo Icon
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
As Earl Scruggs picked his banjo with machine gun precision at his 1945 debut at the Ryman Auditorium, he set in motion a successful career and enduring legacy that would eclipse anything the humble farm boy from North Carolina could have imagined. Scruggs’s revolutionary three-finger roll patterns...
Lessons of War
The Civil War in Children's Magazines
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1998
While information regarding children and their outlook on the war is not abun-dant, James Marten, through extensive research, has uncovered essays, editorials, articles, poems, games, short stories and letters that tell the story of the Civil War through the eyes of children. Lessons of War: The Civil...
Lincoln's White House
The People's House in Wartime
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
Co-winner of the 2017 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize
Lincoln’s White House is the first book devoted to capturing the look, feel, and smell of the executive mansion from Lincoln’s inauguration in 1861 to his assassination in 1865. James Conroy brings to life the people who knew it, from servants...
Balkan Genocides
Holocaust and Ethnic Cleansing in the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2011
During the twentieth century, the Balkan Peninsula was affected by three major waves of genocides and ethnic cleansings, some of which are still being denied today. In Balkan Genocides Paul Mojzes provides a balanced and detailed account of these events, placing them in their proper historical context...
Mavericks of Sound
Conversations with Artists Who Shaped Indie and Roots Music
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2014
In Mavericks of Sound: Conversations with the Artists Who Shaped Indie and Roots Music, music scholar David Ensminger offers a collection of vivid and compelling interviews with legendary roots rock and indie artists who bucked mainstream trends and have remained resilient in the face of enormous...
Charlie Chaplin's Red Letter Days
At Work with the Comic Genius
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
By the end of 1914, Charlie Chaplin had become the most popular actor in films, and reporters were clamoring for interviews with the comedy sensation. But no reporter had more access than Fred Goodwins. A British actor who joined Chaplin’s stock company in early 1915, Goodwins began writing short...
A Year of Movies
365 Films to Watch on the Date They Happened
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
While watching a movie, how many viewers notice some of the finer details of the film, such as the time of day during a scene—or even the date itself? For instance, does anyone remember what day detention is served by the high schoolers in The Breakfast Club or can guess when aliens first make their...
by Constantine Santas
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2016
Many film fans consider Humphrey Bogart the ultimate star of Hollywood’s golden era. He rose from supporting roles in the early 1930s to become a superstar by the end of the decade. Bogart appeared in more classic films than just about any other actor in American cinema. In addition to The Maltese...
by James Roots
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
From the moment films were first produced, comedy has been a key feature of cinema. From just before the turn of the twentieth century until the early 1930s, audiences celebrated the brilliant humor of cinematic clowns who left their marks forever. We still remember—and laugh at—the hilarious...