Overview
- Analyzes films and televisions shows to study the story of American history as portrayed in media
- Features award-winning authors
- Covers more than 150 films and television programs
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This is an innovative and inspirational examination of films and documentaries that helps us explain the evolution of, struggles of, and aspirations of the American experiment.
This book sorts politics into categories and then identifies films, TV shows, and documentaries that illuminate various aspects of that category. For each chapter, the authors list and discuss an impressive variety of films, documentaries, and television shows. This accessible book is designed for course use and general readers interested in how American politics and history has been portrayed in media.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Reviews
“Thunderous applause for Cronin and Genovese's AMERICAN POLITICS FILM FESTIVAL. Delightful reading, packed with insight, analysis and commentary on the films that have probed "the idea of America.” (David Gray Adler, President Altura Institute, Idaho)
“Grab your popcorn and settle in for a novel, comprehensive and thoroughly entertaining approach to studying the American Republic and what it could be.” (Professor Alison Dana Howard, Dominican University, California)
“I have now read AMERICAN POLITICS FILM FESTIVAL" twice---I love it!!” (President Tom Ori, Next Level (Leadership Coaching Firm), Colorado)
“Huge fan of both authors--highly esteemed, expert in their fields ... (known) for clear, concise, engaging writing ... They bring enormous talent and knowledge of politics to bear explaining an impressive array of popular culture artefacts ...” (Daniel Ponder, Drury University)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Thomas E. Cronin is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Colorado College. He is President Emeritus of Whitman College (1993-2005) and a past Interim President at Colorado College (1991). His publications include Imagining a Great Republic: Political Novels and the Idea of America (2018); Leadership Matters: Unleashing the Power of Paradox (2012); Colorado Politics and Policy: Governing a Purple State, co-authored with Robert D. Loevy (2012); Fireside Chats of a Retired Collee President (2025) and The Paradoxes of the American Presidency, 5th edition, co-authored with Michael A. Genovese (2013).
Michael A. Genovese is Professor of Political Science and International Relations and president of Global Policy Institute at Loyola Marymount University. His publications include The Presidency and Domestic Leadership, 3rd Ed (2024), with William W. Lammers and Todd Belt, The Modern Presidency: Six Debates that Define the Institution (2022), and more.In 2017, he received the American Political Science Association's "Distinguished Teaching Award".
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: American Politics Film Festival
Book Subtitle: Understanding US Politics through Film
Authors: Thomas E.Cronin, Michael A.Genovese
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-87195-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-87194-8Published: 23 July 2025
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-87195-5Published: 22 July 2025
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 306
Number of Illustrations: 143 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Political Science, Screen Studies