A hit television show about a fictitious rock band, The Monkees (1966-1968) earned two Emmys--Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Directorial Acheivement in Comedy. Capitalizing on the show's success, the actual band formed by the actors, at their peak, sold more albums than The Beatles and The Rolling Stones combined, and set the stage for other musical TV characters from The Partridge Family to Hannah Montana. In the late 1980s, the Monkees began a series of reunion tours that continued into their 50th anniversary. This book tells the story of The Monkees and how the show changed television, introducing a new generation to the fourth-wall-breaking slapstick created by Laurel and Hardy and the Marx Brothers. Its creators contributed to the innovative film and television of 1970s with projects like Bob &amp; Carol &amp; Ted &amp; Alice, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Laugh-In and Welcome Back, Kotter. Immense profits from the show, its music and its merchandising funded the producers' move into films such as Head, Easy Rider and Five Easy Pieces.

Why The Monkees Matter: Teenagers, Television and American Pop Culture

Arts & Photography

Welch, Rosanne

Music

McFarland Company

Presents biographies of women pilots and astronauts and provides entries on events, institutions, and organizations that are associated with women and flight

Encyclopedia of Women in Aviation and Space

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

ABC-CLIO

Women In American History

Lamphier, Peg A.

Abc-clio, An Imprint Of Abc-clio, Llc

Santa Barbara, California : Abc-clio, [2017]

By exploring a range of films about American women, this book offers readers an opportunity to engage in both history and film in a new way, embracing representation, diversity, and historical context. Throughout film history, stories of women achieving in American history appear few and far between compared to the many epic tales of male achievement. This book focuses largely on films written by women and about women who tackled the humanist issues of their day and mostly won. Films about women are important for all viewers of all genders because they remind us that the American Experience is not just male and white. This book examines 10 films, featuring diverse depictions of women and women's history, and encourages readers to discern how and where these films deviate from historical accuracy. Covering films from the 1950s all the way to the 2010s, this text is invaluable for students and general readers who wish to interrogate the way women's history appears on the big screen. <ul> <li>Focuses on 10 films with an emphasis on racial and class diversity</li> <li>Explores where storytelling and historical accuracy diverge and clarifies the historical record around the events of the films</li> <li>Organized chronologically, emphasizing the progression of women's history as portrayed on film</li> <li>Accessible for general readers as well as students</li> </ul>

American Women's History on Film (Hollywood History)

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

The Civil War on Film will inform high school and college readers interested in Civil War film history on issues that arise when film viewers confuse entertainment with historical accuracy. The nation's years of civil war were painful, destructive, and unpleasant. Yet war films tend to embrace mythologies that erase that historical reality, romanticizing the Civil War. The editors of this volume have little patience for any argument that implies race-based slavery isn't an entirely repugnant economic, political, and cultural institution and that the people who fought to preserve slavery were fighting for a glorious and admirable cause. To that end, The Civil War on Film will open with a timeline and introduction and then explore ten films across decades of cinema history in ten chapters, from Birth of a Nation, which debuted in 1915, to The Free State of Jones, which debuted one hundred and one years later. It will also analyze and critique the myriad of mythologies and ideologies which appear in American Civil War films, including Lost Cause ideation, Black Confederate fictions, Northern Aggression mythologies, and White Savior tropes. It will also suggest the way particular films mirror the time in which they were written and filmed. Further resources will close the volume. <ul> <li>Makes clear that depictions of the Civil War on film are often mythologized</li> <li>Analyzes films in a manner that shows students the historical context in which the films were made and viewed</li> <li>Goes beyond just synopses and historical facts, helping students to develop critical thinking skills</li> <li>Stimulates debate over the various ways the war was interpreted and experienced</li> </ul>

The Civil War on Film (Hollywood History)

His loyalty lasted a lifetime… Surgeon, merchant, vintner, and writer Filippo Mazzei influenced American business, politics, and philosophy. Befriending Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, Mazzei was a strong liaison for others in Europe. Mazzei was Jefferson’s inspiration for the most famous line in the Declaration of Independence: “All men are created equal.” Clearly, Mazzei had a gift of language and often used his words to share his ideas about religious freedom. Mazzei encouraged other Italians still living overseas to join him in a country rich with opportunity and promise. Often, when returning from Italy, he booked passages on ships for people who desired to travel to America and employed them on his estate—just to ensure a better, more fruitful life for everyone. During those travels, Mazzei found himself at the center of many fights for freedom. He was truly a friend to freedom around the world.

America's Forgotten Founding Father: A Novel Based on the Life of Filippo Mazzei

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Barbera Foundation

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