James M Burns

Biographic Data

ID5633844
NAMEJames M Burns
GIVEN NAMESJames M
FAMILY NAMEBurns
SIGNATUREBURNS J M
AFFILIATIONSClemson University
ORCID0000-0002-6431-141X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1949
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX0

  • Comparing Historical Cinema Cultures

    Open AccessJames M BurnsARTICLETMG Journal for Media History2020

    This essay evaluates some of the challenges and opportunities posed by comparative history of cinema-going by looking at the history of one understudied world region, Great Britain’s Caribbean colonies. It concludes with a discussion of potential future comparative cinema-going histories involving these territories

  • A History of Sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessRobert O Collins, James M BurnsBOOKHistory of Sub-Saharan Africa2013

    The second edition of A History of Sub-Saharan Africa continues to provide an accessible introduction to the continent's history for students and general readers. The authors employ a thematic approach to their subject, focusing on how the environment has shaped the societies and cultures of the African peoples. The text demonstrates how the geography, climate and geology of Africa influenced the rise of states and empires, the emergence of the t…

  • Exploratory Temperature and Precipitation Reconstructions from the Qinling Mountains, North-Central China

    Gregg M Garfin, Malcolm K Hughes et al.ARTICLETree-Ring Research2005

    February–April (FMA) temperature at Foping (1879–1989) and July–August (JA) precipitation at Xian (1895–1988) have been reconstructed using total ring width (TRW) and maximum latewood density (MXD) from trees in the Qinling Mountains, at the northern limit of the East Asian monsoon, in central China. The Xian JA precipitation reconstruction, albeit short, represents the first well-replicated, crossdated dendroclimatic reconstruction of summer mon…

  • African Film

    James M BurnsARTICLEAfrica Today2005

    Reviewed by: African Film: Re-Imagining a Continent James Burns Gugler, Joseph . 2004. African Film: Re-Imagining a Continent. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 200 pp. $ 24.95 (paper), $ 59.95 (cloth). Joseph Gugler's African Film: Re-Imagining a Continent examines how contemporary motion pictures represent Africa and its peoples. The book's main focus is Black African cinema, though it provides a brief discussion of several films about Afr…

  • Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions, May 1942-August 1942. Vol.IV of History of United States Naval Operations in World War II

    William R Braisted, Samuel Eliot Morison et al.ARTICLEThe Far Eastern Quarterly1951

  • Congress on Trial

    Marver H Bernstein, James M BurnsARTICLEThe Western Political Quarterly1950

  • Okinawa

    Chester G Starr, Roy E Appleman et al.ARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1949

    Journal Article Okinawa: The Last Battle. By Roy E. Appleman, James M. Burns, Russell A. Gugeler, and John Stevens. Foreword by Harry J. Malony Get access Chester G. Starr, Jr. Chester G. Starr, Jr. University of Illinois Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 36, Issue 3, December 1949, Pages 548–550, https://doi.org/10.2307/1893067 Published: 01 December 1949

  • Okinawa

    Richard L Watson, Roy E Appleman et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1949