Television Histories

"Working from the thesis that people learn about history through television more than any other medium, Edgerton and Rollins look at what TV subliminally teaches us by what is shows and does not show." -- Variety "Winner of the 2001 Ray and Pat Browne Award for Outstanding Textbook given by the Popular Culture Association." -- "This book is even more timely and provocative because much of the material discussed is being rebroadcast now that digital television is opening even more new channels." -- Choice "The stuff serious thinkers in a media age should read, mark and remember." -- Rockland (ME) Courier-Gazette "Offers much food for thought in this highly visual age." -- Alliance (OH) Review "Most of the essays are likely to be of considerable value to any attentive student of television." -- Television Quarterly "Helps those of us who care about history think more clearly about how television can shape historical thinking among our friends, neighbors, and students." -- Florida Historical Quarterly "As an example of well-reasoned, original research, Television Histories makes an important contribution to the study of the medium." -- Anthony Slide, Classic Images "An insightful and important addition to the literature that sheds light on an often controversial subject for professional historians." -- Southern Historian "An engrossing collection that slides the thorny subject of television, history, and memory under a microscope.... Digs deep into a contemporary phenomenon, and its many conclusions are right on target." -- Film & History " Television Histories, a pioneer work, weaves an inspired and informed interdisciplinary analysis of television and history. The chapters are enlightening, readable, and entertaining; the editors and the authors have produced a work that enriches and strengthens the study of film and history." -- Michael Schoenecke

Gary R. Edgerton, professor and chair of the Communication and Theatre Arts Department at Old Dominion University, is co-editor of the Journal of Popular Film and Television and author of several books. Peter C. Rollins, Regents Professor of English at Oklahoma State University, is editor of Film & History and numerous books, including Hollywood as Historian: American Film in a Cultural Context.