Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction
Chapter 1 Why Use History Films?
Chapter 2 A War Remembered, A War Reused: The Civil War from 1865
Chapter 3 Moonlight and Magnolias: Civil War Films 1908-1941
Chapter 4 Cold War, Westerns and Hope: Civil War Films 1946-55
Chapter 5 Race, Fear and Memory: Hollywood Confronts the Centennial: Civil War Films 1956-63
Chapter 6 The Last Cycle: Civil War Films 1964-75
Chapter 7 Conclusion: Hollywood's Civil War Past and Future

Appendices

Civil War film cycles 1908-1945
Civil War film cycles 1946-1975
Establishing a Civil War Filmography
Production Code Administration Files
Civil War Film Exhibition 1908-1945
Civil War Film Exhibition 1946-1975
Civil War Film Exhibition 1976-1999

Bibliography

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