Red Dead's History: A Video Game, an Obsession, and America's Violent Past - Couverture souple

Olsson, Tore C

 
9781250895684: Red Dead's History: A Video Game, an Obsession, and America's Violent Past
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1250895685 ISBN 13 : 9781250895684
Editeur : St. Martin's Griffin, 2025

Synopsis

A pathbreaking new way to examine US history, through the lens of a bestselling video game

Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption II, set in 1911 and 1899, are the most-played American history video games since The Oregon Trail. Beloved by millions, they've been widely acclaimed for their realism and attention to detail. But how do they fare as re-creations of history?

In this engaging book, award-winning American history professor Tore Olsson takes up that question and more. Weaving the games' plots and characters into an exploration of American violence between 1870 and 1920, Olsson shows that it was more often disputes over capitalism and race, not just poker games and bank robberies, that fueled the bloodshed of these turbulent years. As such, this era has much to teach us today. From the West to the Deep South to Appalachia, Olsson reveals the gritty and brutal world that inspired the games, but sometimes lacks context and complexity on the digital screen. Colorful, fast-paced, and dramatic, Red Dead's History sheds light on dark corners of the American past for gamers and history buffs alike.

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À propos de l'auteur

TORE C. OLSSON is an award-winning historian of the United States since the Civil War, and a professor at the University of Tennessee. He has devoted much of his career to making serious history relevant and accessible to the public. In 2021, he taught the first-ever college history class on the Red Dead Redemption games, which provided the inspiration for this book. Born in Sweden, Olsson emigrated to the U.S. in 1990, where he misspent much of his youth behind a video game monitor.

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Éditeur
St. Martin's Griffin
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1250895685
ISBN 13 
9781250895684
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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9781250287700: Red Dead's History: A Video Game, an Obsession, and America's Violent Past

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1250287707 ISBN 13 :  9781250287700
Editeur : St Martin's Press, 2024
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