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050 00 $aPN1992.5.B79$bE34 2001
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100 1 $aEdgerton, Gary R.$q(Gary Richard),$d1952-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83009064
245 10 $aKen Burns's America /$cGary R. Edgerton.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave for St. Martin's Press,$c2001.
300 $ax, 268 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [253]-261) and index.
504 $aVideography: [249]-252.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tRebirth of a Nation: Reframing The Civil War (1990) on Prime-Time Television --$gCh. 2.$tLife Lessons: Learning the Basics on Brooklyn Bridge (1982) --$gCh. 3.$tVariations on a Theme: American Originals, Symbols, and Institutions --$gCh. 4.$tThe Creative Team as Historian: Inside the Production Process on Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1992) --$gCh. 5.$tA Whole New Ball Game: Baseball (1994) and The West (1996) as Event TV --$gCh. 6.$tAmerican Lives: Thomas Jefferson (1997) and the Television Biography as Popular History --$gCh. 7.$tKen Burns's America Reconsidered: Mainstreaming Jazz (2001) for a National Audience.
520 1 $a"The Civil War. Baseball. Jazz. More than 150 million Americans have seen Ken Burns's documentaries chronicling their history on public television. With their signature blending of images, interviews, and evocative music, Burns's series have redefined documentary television. No one, before or since, has made history so popular. Who, though, ever believed that narrative-driven historical documentaries could command outsized television audiences? Gary R.
520 8 $aEdgerton takes the full measure of Burns's accomplishments. With an inside look at the workings of Burns's Florentine Films production company, a genealogy of Burns's style and sources, and a critical account of Burns the historian, Edgerton shows how Ken Burns's powerful programs define our sense of America's past and present. Ken Burns's America will be essential reading for history buffs and viewers of Burns's immensely popular television documentaries."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aBurns, Ken,$d1953-$xCriticism and interpretation.
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