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During the late nineteenth century, magazines, newspapers, novelists, and even historians presented a revised version of the Civil War that, intending to reconcile the former foes, downplayed the issues of slavery and racial injustice, and often promoted and reinforced the worst racial stereotypes.
The Reel Civil War tells the history of how these misrepresentations of history made their way into movies.
More than 800 films have been made about the Civil War. Citing such classics as Birth of a Nation and Gone With the Wind as well as many other films, Bruce Chadwick shows how most of them have, until recently, projected an image of gallant soldiers, beautiful belles, sprawling plantations, and docile or dangerous slaves. He demonstrates how the movies aided and abetted racism and an inaccurate view of American history, providing a revealing and important account of the power of cinema to shape our understanding of historical truth.
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Great subject, somewhat questionable delivery.......2006-10-01
Although some of the early chapters in this book were a bit slow-going for me (possibly because Mr. Chadwick jumped around from film to film instead of focusing on a major subject, like in his chapters on BOAN and GWTW, or going into more depth on these numerous one-reelers he was reviewing), overall it was a quick and very interesting read. Although I haven't read as much about it or seen as many documentaries about it in recent years as I once did, I've always been fascinated by the Civil War and consider it one of my favorite eras in American history, and I've also been interested in cinematic history for awhile as well. However, as much potential as the subject had, the delivery just came across all wrong.
Mr. Chadwick proves what he set out to prove, that a majority of Civil War films until about the Eighties have been pro-Southern, engaging in historical revisionism, anti-Northern, and quite racist, particularly in the silent and early sound era. However, and I might be wrong, but it just seems as though he's arguing that there seriously should have been more neutral, at best, films being made then. As morally reprehensible as the institutionalised racism of the era was, and as shocking as it was how many universities and schools were engaging in sanitised and revisionist history (though what else is new?!), just consider the era! Who honestly expects the average person of 60-90 years ago to have been as progressive and enlightened about race as the average person today? He also conveniently never even mentions the so-called "race movies" that were popular at the time (the most famous of them being made by director Oscar Michaeux), except for in a footnote at the end. African-Americans were getting prominent and multi-faceted roles in these types of movies, far from the type of work they got in movies made by white directors and producers! Society is constantly evolving and changing. We can feel angry and sad about the racism of the past, but to really expect that things should have been significantly different? It doesn't make it right, just a dark moment in history, an uncomfortable historic fact.
Other reviewers have already mentioned the numerous historical errors or mistakes about films he reviewed, but one error I didn't notice pointed out was his strange definition of "feature." It's news to me that 'The Great Train Robbery' was the first feature. It seems like his definition of a feature is a film that has a plot and a solid beginning, middle, and end, not the one everyone else uses, that of a film that's at least 50 minutes long or so. These things he calls "features" are one-reelers, and even going by his strange definition of "feature" as a movie with a solid structure instead of like the brief flickering images from the 1890s and early Aughts, 'The Great Train Robbery' still wasn't the first film like that. How about 'Le Voyage Dans la Lune' or 'Jack and the Beanstalk' from 1902, for example? There was also a 5-reel passion play filmed in 1897. He also says the 1927 version of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' was a three-reeler. The movie in question is more like two hours long, not about 30 minutes!
Frankly, Mr. Chadwick comes across as more liberal than even I am, and I was rather turned off by all of the opinionated language, practically hitting the reader over the head with his political opinions and disbelief that the past wasn't as enlightened and presented as historically accurately as it is today. As upsetting as it is to know about things such as racism and the status of women in the past, ultimately the good historian has to just accept that society was radically different then. A good historian should also use neutral unbiased language. He criticises everything so much, barely a good word to concede about any of these films, and I also got the feeling, as another reviewer felt, that Mr. Chadwick feels that Hattie McDaniel didn't deserve her Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. And as he does show, and as anyone who's both read the book and seen the film knows, the virulent racism in GWTW was *significantly* toned down when it was adapted to the screen. Of course it's not as enlightened as a modern movie, but the main focus is supposed to be the love story and the historical events, not the slaves! It's like he ignores or majorly downplays anything standing in the way of presenting his political opinions as the only acceptable, correct, and true ones, anything that might call into question his conclusion. It was also really missing the point yet again when he complained about how most movies made during the Depression weren't about the Depression itself. Most people have always gone to the movies as a form of escape from their troubled or mundane everyday lives. They like to see happy people, fantasies, fairytales, happy endings, not their own bleak or boring lives projected back at them!
He really misses the forest for the trees. Every historian brings his or her bias to the table, and even when something appears unbiased and neutral in tone, it's still pretty hard to find a completely accurate and unbiased historical account of something. This is what accounts for all of the movies and books painting the Old South as it never really was, a land of happy frolicking slaves, mint juleps, ravishing belles, benevolent slavemasters, and everyone living on a gorgeous plantation. As long as modern people have since realised that that's largely a fantasy and not how the majority of Southerners lived, what's the harm in some romanticising? Every place has its own cherished national myths and legends. And while of course slavery was a great evil and morally reprehensible, there actually were slaveowners who treated their slaves well and slaves who genuinely loved their owners, contrary to what Mr. Chadwick says. Not every single slaveowner was like Simon Legree! Besides, if you want to see real history, watch a documentary, don't watch a movie. Most movies based on historical events don't get everything exactly right anyway, and often take many liberties with the story to try to appeal to a wider audience. And does he seriously think that a one-reeler from the Aughts or Teens could have thoroughly delved into the history of the Civil War and what led up to it or developed solid characters? They only had like 10 minutes to tell a story! And also contrary to what he writes, slavery wasn't the only cause of the war. The primary cause was states' rights, which did tie in to slavery, but to say that slavery was the only cause of the war is no better than what elementary school children are taught because they're not yet advanced enough to comprehend and delve into more a detailed and mature analysis of the era.
On the surface I do agree with many of his conclusions, such as the virulent racism in movies in the past, many movies being unfortunately historically inaccurate, the lack of a thorough treatment of the Civil War and President Lincoln in many old movies, and the shockingly open, unapologetic, and virulent racism in BOAN (it's embarrassing how many people even today bend over backwards to defend this film and still feel that D.W. Griffith is some sort of demigod), but it's like he goes overboard in the opposite direction. The unprofessional language and numerous historical errors were also very annoying, as well as the constant beating of the reader over the head with his own opinions. He even manages to work in some anti-Israel and pro-PLO propaganda on page 15, which really set my radar off. I just wish this book had given a more balanced and less opinionated account of this otherwise great subject.
THE REEL CIVIL WAR!.......2006-06-05
Mr.Chadwick attemps to prove that most American films dealing with the "war between the States",were neutral,or actually pro-Southern,in their views.He proves it to me just by his writing on that great classic,"Gone with the Wind"which is unabashedly pro-Confederate.The major Hollywood studios took this course of action for purely ecomonic reasons. Take a hard line,against the South,and your film will not get booked,south of the Mason- Dixon line,and many other places too.The motion picture industry is in the profit making business,NOT TO PREACH.
He writes well of the anti-lynching classic,"The Ox-Bow Incident" but notes its mixed reviews,even in the "liberal" North."A very srange Western",one critic called and so it was,but a great and powerful film.(see my review).Mr.Chadwick makes a few errors,such as calling the Hank Worden character in "The Searchers)(old Mose) a black cowboy,the character is an American Indian.3 1/2 stars is a better rating.
How movies reflect changing perspectives on our history.......2004-09-18
This book is an excellent exploration of how Northern attitudes about the Civil War were reflected in the movies. The Civil War was an extremely popular theme for movies in the silent era (and after) and they tended to promote the Southern view of the war as a noble (but doomed) cause and present the then-popular view of Reconstruction as a terrible mistake. The author's premise is similar to David Blight's (Race and Reunion): that Northern attitudes toward the Confederacy softened during the Jim Crow era due to Northern racism and an inclination toward national unity. I was fascinated by reading about the making of Gone With the Wind, particularly the parts of the novel that were changed in the screenplay (such as favorable references to the KKK, which David O. Selznick chose to cut likely due to the KKK's increasing anti-Semitism). This book is not an attempt to rate the historical accuracy of the movies made about the Civil War and its aftermath, but is an attempt to understand how those movies represented the attitudes of the times in which they were made. It's a great book if you're interested in movie history, Civil War history, and the history of race in America.
Save your Money.......2003-08-27
An obvious and intentional attack on all things Southern. Mr. Chadwick should be ashamed of himself. As an historian, myself, Mr. Chadwick is more wrong than he will ever know or, at least, will admit.
Somewhat Plausible.......2003-01-11
Granted, I found Mr. Chadwick's book very interesting, but there are some comments I found less than plausible.
One, is he trying to say that Hattie McDaniel did not deserve her Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "GWTW"? Because that is the opinion I had received after reading this book.
Two, he skirted over the issue for "FRIENDLY PERSUASION" that it was basically a pro-Union movie.
Three, Lou Gossett Jr. was not a newcomer when he filmed "ROOTS".
Four, there were plenty of historical errors that appeared in "GLORY", including the omission of Frederick Douglass' sons in the 54th Massachusetts regiment, Douglass' age, and the name of Colonel Shaw's executive officer. The author failed to mention this.
Five, was he serious that "GETTYSBURG" was a pro-Southern movie? And that the novel, "The Killer Angels" was also pro-Southern? That's not the opinion I had received after seeing the movie and reading the novel. The author seemed to have skirted facts that the topic of slavery was mentioned in both mediums and that the Union Army received as much attention as the Southern forces.
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Title: The Reel Civil War: Mythmaking in American film. (Book Reviews). (book review)
Author: Gary W. Gallagher
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Date: March 22, 2002
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Volume: 27
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From enjoying a night of sexy fun with your girlfriends to starting a highly profitable home business, this book describes everything you need to know about in-home adult parties. Organized by women for women, these parties are transforming female sexuality while creating a huge new market for everything from risque lingerie and flavored massage oils to couple-friendly DVDs and vibrating sex toys. Reflecting the spirit of the parties, the authors offer a girlfriend's guide to issues they feel passionately about — expanding female sexual pleasure and empowering women through entrepreneurship. Girls' Night In tells how to throw a party, what to sell, and who to invite (and not invite!), as well as how to start your own company, grow the business, and make yourself and other women happy while doing it.
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Buy This Book Before Making A Business Decision, Ladies!.......2006-10-15
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This is a great introductory book about what an adult sex toy business for women involves. It is strictly for a woman who is interested in distributing sex toys via the party plan method in an extremely tasteful way (as opposed to a sleezy or crude way). It would not be helpful for men who wish to start this type of business, as the book is written strictly for women. It also would not be helpful to a woman who is interested in selling hard-core adult sex products in the ways men have traditionally sold such products to each other (via pornographic sites, adult book stores, etc.) This is for the "new way" of marketing sexual aids to women, via romance, self-empowerment, and selling "sexual fulfillment"---techniques that are unique to this business of woman-to-woman sales.
The book covers MLMs and already established party plans. It also covers starting your own business from scratch. It compares the different costs and benefits of each method of business.
The greatest value of this book is that it covers what it's really, really like to be in the adult sex toy business, things I'd never thought of, like customer returns, liability and local laws, product delivery and privacy, control of guests at parties (yes, they can get rowdy!), the hard work and commitment necessary to be successful, and more. It really opened my eyes, changing my idea of the adult sex toy business as something that seemed like a fun and funky idea to the harsh realities of operating such a business. It is not a discouraging book, just a realistic book. It helps you to evaluate if you are the type of person that would truly enjoy the day-to-day operations of "having a romance business" (a popular euphemism for this business) before you run out and spend several hundred to over a thousand dollars to buy a kit from a company.
It is written by the two women who started Lady Bliss, a popular adult sex toy party plan, and details the often humorous experiences they ran into. As you might imagine, it comes off as being a little biased towards joining a party plan versus starting your own party plan, but just a little; this is a little natural, since this is the author's business. The authors cover several other party plans as well as sharing their own experiences starting their own, so you definitely get enough information to make a good decision and get started in your own research, saving you lots of time and even more money.
This book is a fun read (as you can tell by the cover) even if you don't plan on ever starting a business, but are just curious. If you are thinking of starting a "romance business", you'd be wise to buy this book; I'm certain you won't be sorry.
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A Must read for beginners .......2005-08-30
I think this was a o.k book on the toy party industry and I recommend it to those starting out in the business and need some idea or base in which to start. I learned a few things from it but as you advanced and need more training and understanding a source I would recommend is [...]
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Talented turner and teacher Michael Cripps guides the reader through all the wood turning steps necessary to create a variety of beautiful wood goblets. Spindle and bowl turning techniques necessary to complete each project are discussed in detail. Each step is clearly described and illustrated with full color photographs taken from the wood turner's point of view. Patterns for eight different goblet bowl and foot shapes are provided, allowing each woodturner to mix and match them to create unique goblets all their own. A no-nonsense discussion of basic turning tools, techniques, and safety tips round out this invaluable text. A gallery shows the finished projects and a variety of other possibilities to fire the imagination. These projects create wonderful results for wood turners, from beginners to experts., 263 color photos, 16 patterns, 8 1/2" x 11"
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Total Quality Management presents the basic principles and tools associated with TQ and provides many illustrations and end-of-chapter cases that can be used as the basis for class discussion. Many cases focus on large and small companies in manufacturing and service industries in North and South America, Europe, and Asia?Pacific. Unlike most books on TQ, this one is organized according to traditional management topics. This organization helps students to see the parallels between TQ and management theories in areas such as organizational design and leadership. TQ is often presented as new or different, which it clearly is not. This book has three objectives: to show students how these principles and methods have been put into effect in a variety of organizations, to illustrate the relationship between TQ principles and the theories and models studied in management courses and to familiarize students with the basic principles and methods associated with total quality.
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More than just quality.......2007-01-06
Best book on Quality Management, Ever. I have had three quality classes with quite a few books on quality. None of them stands out as this one. What this book has to offer goes beyond classroom learning. It provides great information, knowledge, and tools that you will need in improving your ability to run a better business. I have literarly applied the concept and tools at the work place; it WORKS!
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Not long ago total quality management was just a buzzword. Today, Total Quality is an integral component of management success in today's complex business environment. This text presents an overview of the key principles of total quality and links those concepts to traditional management practices and organizational models in management theory.
This book has three objectives: 1) to familiarize readers with the basic principles and methods associated with total quality management; 2) to show readers how these principles and methods have been put into effect in a variety of organizations; and, 3) to illustrate the relationship between total quality principles and the theories and models studied in management courses.
James Evans, well-known professor, consultant, and Malcolm Baldrige Award Examiner, provides real-world illustration of the relationship between Total Quality principles and management and organizational theories.
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This book has three objectives: To familiarize students with the basic principles and methods associated with total quality and performance excellence; To show students how these principles and methods have been put into effect in a variety of organizations; and To illustrate the relationship between basic principles and the popular theories and models studied in management courses.
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For over twenty years, organizations have been trying to successfully implement Quality or Continuous Improvement initiatives. According to research by the Atlanta Group, only 14% actually get it right. That leaves the other 86% trying and not succeeding in their Quality goals.
Why? What is it that makes Quality so hard to achieve? In most cases, it is not bad implementation, per se, it is bad planning. Organizations know the outcomes they are looking for. However, they spend far too little time strategizing and planning what it will take to achieve those goals.
Managing for Quality, answers the readers question: "How do we create and maintain a successful Quality initiative?" Now in its third edition, the book has been hailed as "the how-to book for business survival and success into the 21st century." Managing for Quality provides readers with the strategy, tactics, and trouble-shooting guidelines to make Quality succeed. Kossoff's straightforward writing style and honest approach clearly gives the reader direction towards what the organization needs to do and how to do it. Further, the book identifies problems before they exist and works with the reader on how to avoid or address them before they escalate to crisis level.
Managing for Quality is a popular book among executives and managers and has been widely adopted internationally by public and private sector organizations in their training efforts. The book is also used in the United States and Europe as a text in college, university, and technical institute management courses.
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Waffle.......2002-10-21
Waffle. Useless waffle. This is one of those books that relentlessly evangelises Quality (always with a capital Q) while telling you in only the vaguest terms how to attain it. All through the book Kossoff tells you how much better off you'll be with Quality - she's surely preaching to the converted, so why doesn't she forget the sales pitch (the subtitle is 'How to implement and manage a business strategy of Continuous Improvement', after all).
Example: In the 'Implementation' chapter, she says "Systems to support the Quality effort must be established. Some of these will be systems for Continuous Improvement which are implemented at all levels throughout the organisation. Some systems will be exclusively at the management level. All must be geared towards enabling the organisation to move ahead efficiently and effectively."
Ok - great. Now, what are the systems and how might you implement them? What must you do, and what must you not do? What might go wrong? What successful examples have there been?
Not a word. That's it for the discussion on systems.
Apart from the good advice that quality efforts will fail if they are implemented in a cookbook fashion from some consultancy and that you should start slowly, there is not much else here.
No examples! Imagine that in a business book on quality - not a single example of how what she has talked about was implemented.
Compare this to "A New American TQM" which I read immediately afterwards - far and away a better book if you want something tangible from a book on quality.
Wonderfully readable and fundamentally solid........2000-08-21
Leslie Kossoff has transalated her years of experience traveling with with Deming and working in real-life quality situations into an indispensable Quality primer for any organization undertaking any kind of quality initiative. Before jumping into any of the current hot button topics like Six Sigma--read this book--and pass it out to a broad group of management. It is wonderfully basic and yet not the least bit overly simplistic. She tells it like it is... or is likely to be. And that is what all managers need to know.
The Goal.......2000-04-24
The Goal, excellent reading material for any individual who has worked in any manufacturing environment. The way in which this book was written was so real, so eye captivating. No jargon, no step by step instruction of which way to go. The book was written in a short story format which allowed the reader to come into the book and experience life in the workplace as they probably already know. For those people who deal with the every day life of what to do, how to do, and when to do in the workplace, the book is only part of their real life at work. The Goal not only covers life in the workplace but its dominoe effects which that life has on family life. The social, physiological, and physical needs all come into play as you read the book. It deals with hard times, sacrifices, maturing and growing smarter through empherical knowledge. I could certainly go on and on about the book, but right now I have got to get back to living the book. After all, "I too have The Goal to meet".
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Managing by Measuring: How to Improve Your Organizations's Performance Through Effective Benchmarking
Mark T. Czarnecki
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MANAGING BY MEASURING How to Improve Your Organization's Performance Through Effective Benchmarking As information systems managers search for ways to improve their operations, they're discovering that traditional "shot-gun" approaches to benchmarking are too broad and too vague. Now, Managing by Measuring breaks out of the generalist mold to supply targeted information on how to identify best practices specifically in information systems organizations. The book includes: ** an overview of benchmarking and how it can help the information systems specialist ** step-by-step guidelines on conducting a benchmarking study, including how to perform research, analyze raw data, and isolate best practices ** tips for managing the process, including how to develop a mission statement, select a team, and prioritize activities ** a practical benchmarking demonstration, including detailed instructions and ready-to-go forms. In addition, the book supplies real-life case studies of information systems organizations that have successfully used benchmarking techniques, and key results of an original study conducted by The Benchmarking Network. MARK T. CZARNECKI (Houston, TX) is president of The Benchmarking Network, Inc. and has conducted major industry studies in the areas of accounting, finance, health care, purchasing, warehousing, and more.
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Organizations can accelerate the pace of quality improvements by ensuring that Total Quality efforts are driven from organizational strategy. In the process of doing this, a success paradigm can be created that allows different units of an organization to work more effectively toward a shared purpose. The significant examples presented here are the result of almost a decade of direct research and application in a very diverse set of organizations, including Fortune 500 manufacturing and services firms, non-profit organizations, health care organizations, and public education. The result is a specific process with enough detail for professional managers to read the book and implement the process in their own organizations. CEOs and NPO professionals, as well as business academics and upper level students, should find significant examples in an array of industries and situations that make this reading especially worthwhile. The approach described in this book centers around Critical Success Factors which Rockart introduced in 1979. It is a learning-oriented approach to planning that the authors have implemented in a variety of settings, including Boeing, Air Midwest, and Conway Hospital. The important relationship between management control and strategic planning styles is discussed in several interesting chapters. Another topic that the authors address is the reinventing of government and the feasibility of applying the process in that environment. . Several examples of governments who attempted the task are offered along with discussion of their level of success. The approach described in this book is a powerful tool that can be used to develop a common vision in any organization.
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Building the Invisible Quality(tm) Corporation: The Executive Guide to Transcending TQM
Kevin R. Maromonte
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Kevin Maromonte, a specialist in corporate performance improvement, maintains that the next logical necessary step in the evolution of quality management is no less than the abolition of all company quality departments, including the Quality Assurance and Total Quality Management (TQM) departments, and their specialized functions. Instead, he argues persuasively that the responsibility for quality improvement should be dispersed throughout the organization, resulting in what he calls the "Invisible Quality" corporation. Only in this way can responsibility for the continuing creation and maintenance of quality in the production of goods and services be shared by management and employees. Why this is so and how it can be accomplished with little or no disruption to the organization is discussed reasonably and in compelling detail. More than just a "guide," Maromonte's book offers a provocative new way to think about the organization and to help it achieve its highest potential. Essential reading for people at all corporate levels, and a challenging presentation for their colleagues in the academic business community. Maromonte points out that as industry has evolved over the past century, the responsibility for corporate quality improvement has been increasingly decentralized, yet quality departments continue to exist in organizations. As a result, people in organizations now tend to look to others -- specifically quality professionals -- for quality improvement rather than to themselves. To rectify this, he argues that such compartmentalized responsibilities continuing to be absorbed by quality departments must be transferred to other departments throughout the corporation. If this is done, Maromonte states that not only will corporate performance be dramatically improved, but operating expenses will be drastically reduced, and he shows clearly how to do it. His approach is rational, methodical, and mindful of the hazards of attempting to impose drastic changes on any organization. The Invisible Quality concept must first be thoroughly understood and the reason for it accepted throughout the top levels of management. He shows how to accomplish this, how to instill a commitment to Invisible Quality in others, and then how to quantify and measure the results it achieves.
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