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Title The Civil War in popular culture : a reusable past / Jim Cullen.
Author Cullen, Jim, 1962-
Publication Info. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1995.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Fourth Floor  973.7 Cul    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Fourth Floor  973.7 Cul    Check Shelves
Description x, 253 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-242) and index.
Contents The past keeps changing -- "A tree is best measured when it's down" -- Screening the book -- Reconstructing Dixie -- A few good men -- Patriotic "gore".
Subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Literature and the war.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Motion pictures and the war.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Historiography.
Historical fiction, American -- History and criticism.
Historical fiction, American -- Film and video adaptations.
ISBN 1560984597 (alk. paper)