{"product_id":"from-memory-to-history-television-versions-of-the-twentieth-century-hardback-9781978813823","title":"From Memory to History; Television Versions of the Twentieth Century (Hardback) 9781978813823","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFrom Memory to History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTelevision Versions of the Twentieth Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJim Cullen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781978813823\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 April 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e254 pages, 8 color images\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.458 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"This is a terrific book, fun and learned and provocative. Ranging across television from\u003ci\u003e The Waltons\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Americans\u003c\/i\u003e, Cullen provides an entertaining and thoughtful account of the ways that we remember and how this is influenced and directed by what we watch. The discussions of popular television series are excellent, and together they provide a compelling account of historical television, reminding us that nothing artistic happens by chance and that we should be careful of what we believe.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Jerome de Groot, author of Consuming History: Historians and Heritage in Contemporary Popular Culture\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Jim Cullen has been writing incisively about how Americans remember the past and make sense of the present through various forms of popular culture for a quarter-century. This time his focus is prime-time television with deep dives into seven celebrated series from the 1960s through the 2010s, which will inspire readers to return to these beloved programs with renewed insight and appreciation.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Gary R. Edgerton, Professor of Creative Media and Entertainment at Butler University and coeditor of the Journal of Po\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOur understanding of history is often mediated by popular culture, and television series set in the past have provided some of our most indelible images of previous times. Yet such historical television programs always reveal just as much about the era in which they are produced as the era in which they are set; there are few more quintessentially late-90s shows than \u003ci\u003eThat '70s Show\u003c\/i\u003e, for example.\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eFrom Memory to History \u003c\/i\u003etakes readers on a journey through over fifty years of historical dramas and sitcoms that were set in earlier decades of the twentieth century. Along the way, it explores how comedies like \u003ci\u003eM*A*S*H \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHogan's Heroes \u003c\/i\u003eoffered veiled commentary on the Vietnam War, how dramas ranging like \u003ci\u003eMad Men \u003c\/i\u003eechoed current economic concerns, and how \u003ci\u003eThe Americans \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHalt and Catch Fire \u003c\/i\u003eused the Cold War and the rise of the internet to reflect upon the present day. Cultural critic Jim Cullen is lively, informative, and incisive, and this book will help readers look at past times, present times, and prime time in a new light.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e  Television's History \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  1 LEFT TO THE RIGHT\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThe Waltons\u003c\/i\u003e as a 1970s Version of the 1930s \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  2 CAMP HISTORY\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eHogan's Heroes\u003c\/i\u003e as a 1960s Version of the 1940s \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  3 A FUNNY WAR\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eM*A*S*H\u003c\/i\u003e as a 1970s Version of the 1950s \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  4 DREAM ADVERTISEMENT\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e as a 2000s Version of the 1960s \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  5 WE'RE ALL ALL RIGHT\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThat '70s Show\u003c\/i\u003e as a 1990s Version of the 1970s \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  6 DOMESTIC FRONT\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThe Americans\u003c\/i\u003e as a 2010s Version of the 1980s \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  7 PROGRAMMING HOPE\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eHalt and Catch Fire\u003c\/i\u003e as a 2010s Version of the 1990s \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CONCLUSION\u003cbr\u003e  Visualizing the Future of the Past \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e  Notes \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Index \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52638402314520,"sku":"9781978813823","price":61.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/from-memory-to-history-television-versions-of-the-twentieth-century-hardback-9781978813823","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}