History and the Media

2004
ISBN: 978-0-230-51780-6
Verlag: Springer Nature B.V.

Buch, Englisch, 175 Seiten, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 215 mm, Gewicht: 234 g

This book examines the boom in history, in television and film, newspapers and radio and the constraints and opportunities it offers. Leading historians and broadcasters, such as Melvyn Bragg, Simon Schama and David Puttnam, draw on their personal experiences to explore the problems and highlights of representing history in the media.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cannadine, D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors Introduction; D.Cannadine Bringing the Past to the Small Screen; T.Downing Television and the Trouble with History; S.Schama All Our Yesterdays; J.Isaacs Why is so much Television History about War?; R.Smither The Adventure of Making 'The Adventure of English'; M.Bragg How Does Television Enhance History?; T.Hunt Hacks and Scholars: Allies of a Kind; M.Hastings The Past on the Box: Strengths and Weaknesses; I.Kershaw A Deep and Continuing Use of History; J.Tusa Writing the History of Broadcasting; J.Seaton Has Hollywood Stolen Our History?; D.Puttnam Index

Über Autor(innen)

MELVYN BRAGG Novelist and Broadcaster
TAYLOR DOWNING Writer and Independent Television Producer
MAX HASTINGS Writer and Historian
TRISTRAM HUNT Writer and Historian, Queen Mary College, University of London, UK
JEREMY ISAACS Independent Television Producer
IAN KERSHAW Professor of Modern History, University of Sheffield, UK
DAVID PUTTNAM Film Producer
SIMON SCHAMA University Professor of Art History and History, Columbia University, New York, USA
JEAN SEATON Professor of Media History, University of Westminster, London, UK
ROGER SMITHER Keeper of the Film and Video Archives, Imperial War Museum, London, UK
JOHN TUSA Managing Director of the Barbican Arts Centre, London, UK