{"product_id":"american-energy-cinema-9781952271762","title":"American Energy Cinema","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistorians investigate the relationships between film, culture, and energy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Energy Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e explores how Hollywood movies have portrayed energy from the early film era to the present. Looking at classics like \u003ci\u003eGiant\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSilkwood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThere Will Be Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMatewan\u003c\/i\u003e, and at quirkier fare like \u003ci\u003eA Is for Atom\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eConvoy\u003c\/i\u003e, it argues that films have both reflected existing beliefs and conjured new visions for Americans about the role of energy in their lives and their history. \u003cp\u003e The essays in this collection show how film provides a unique and informative lens to understand perceptions of energy production, consumption, and infrastructure networks. By placing films that prominently feature energy within historical context and analyzing them as historical objects, the contributing authors demonstrate how energy systems of all kinds are both integral to the daily life of Americans and inextricable from larger societal changes and global politics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Lifset is the Donald Keith Jones Associate Professor of History in the Honors College at the University of Oklahoma and the author of \u003ci\u003ePower on the Hudson: Storm King Mountain and the Emergence of Modern American Environmentalism\u003c\/i\u003e. Raechel Lutz teaches history and civics at the Wardlaw+Hartridge School. Sarah Stanford-McIntyre is assistant professor of engineering, ethics, and society at the University of Colorado Boulder.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"West Virginia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50521607373074,"sku":"9781952271762","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c738050f-f91b-4163-83a7-d969729ce57f.jpg?v=1731108870","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/american-energy-cinema-9781952271762","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}