Ken Burns's America: Packaging the Past for Television

by Gary R. Edgerton

Book Overview

This is the first book-length study to critically examine the work of Ken Burns, the innovative producer-director as a television auteur, a pivotal programming influence within the industry, and a popular historian who portrays a uniquely personal and compelling version of the country's past for tens of millions of viewers nationwide. Ken Burns's America has a three-fold agenda: First it looks at the ideas and individuals that have influenced Burns...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312236468
• ISBN13: 9780312236465
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"