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Marc Ferro argues that film is an "agent and source of history" and offers a comprehensive survey of the conceptual interrelations between cinema and history. In developing his arguments, he provides some dozen models, each focusing on a single film or set of films.

The project-the longest total suspension bridge in the world-would span the Starits of Mackinac where winds exceed eighty miles an hour and ice windrows reach a height of forty feet. It would connect two largely rural communities with a combined population of less than four thousand and would require the largest bond issue ever proposed for the construction of a bridge. Little wonder that some Wall Street investors labeled the proposition as ludicrous. Nonetheless, the Mackinac Bridge became a reality.

Traces the legacy of Krzysztof Kieslowski in films made after his death using his scripts or ideas and in the work of other filmmakers. This title diverges from the typical analysis of Kieslowski's work to focus on his legacy in films made after his death, including those based on his scripts and ideas and those made entirely by other filmmakers.

This anthology examines a number of issues related to violence within the media landscape, using various methodologies to suggest the implications of the increasing obsession with violence for postmodern civilization.

Assesses contemporary gospel music as the genre enters the twenty-first century. Suitable for Scholars of music and African American cultural studies, this work offers a comprehensive picture of the history and future of contemporary gospel music. It also includes interviews with contemporary gospel artists, allowing them to explain why they rap.

Considers the influence of fairy tales on contemporary fiction, including the work of Margaret Atwood, A S Byatt, Angela Carter, Robert Coover, Salman Rushdie, and Jeanette Winterson. This title argues that fairy tales are one of the key influences on fiction and that they continue to shape literary trends.

For fifteen years before his untimely death, Andrew Britton produced a body of brilliant film criticism that has been largely ignored within academic circles. This title collects all published film criticism by Andrew Britton, a singular voice in film studies whose promising career was cut short by his untimely death.

Fabricating Pleasure traces the creation of a unique form of domestic culture, showing how the bourgeoisie of late-18th- and early-19th-century Germany fused consumption with high culture. Author Karin Wurst illuminates the sociohistorical context and the emergence of the modern middle class, its differentiation, and its conception of culture.

Surveys the commercial importance, originality, and cultural relevance of the groundbreaking HBO series The Sopranos.

Describes life from a female perspective on the excavation site of Dura-Europos, the site of many remarkable archaeological finds.

A social, cultural, historical, and institutional analysis of the classic original series, The Fugitive.

Originally published in Warsaw in 1913, this memoir offers a panoramic description of the author's experiences growing up in Kamieniec Litewski, a Polish shtetl connected with many important events in the history of nineteenth-century Eastern European Jewry. It also presents an important document of Jewish life during a fascinating era.

A collection of nostalgic recipes. This title focuses on the efforts Irma Rosenthal took to educate herself about cooking, nutrition, health, and household management as a young, American-born, middle class Chicago bride of Jewish heritage. It analyzes primary material found in Irma's ""First Cook Book"" and memoirs.