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The entertainment industry / Michael J. Haupert.
Series: Emerging industries in the United StatesPublication details: Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2006.Description: xxi, 271 p. ; 25 cmContent type:- text
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- volume
- 9780313321733 :
- 0313321736 :
- PN2266 .H38 2006
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Summary: Aimed at students and general readers, this text traces the historical evolution of entertainment as an economic entity in 20th-century America. The volume is organized roughly chronologically, and six representative types of entertainment are examined: vaudeville, recorded sound, movies, radio, television, and spectator sports. In the final chapter, Haupert (economics, U. of Wisconsin-LaCrosse) profiles 15 individuals who had a profound effect on the entertainment industry. Annotation #169;2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
The American entertainment industry in the Twentieth century -- Vaudeville: the original variety show -- Technology transforms entertainment: the dawn of recorded sound -- Motion pictures and the rise of big business in entertainment -- The radio revolutionizes entertainement -- Television: the new vaudeville -- Spectator sports and the viewing American public -- A century of change and a springboard to the future -- Personalities who changed the American entertainment landscape.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-262) and index.
The American entertainment industry in the Twentieth century -- Vaudeville: the original variety show -- Technology transforms entertainment: the dawn of recorded sound -- Motion pictures and the rise of big business in entertainment -- The radio revolutionizes entertainement -- Television: the new vaudeville -- Spectator sports and the viewing American public -- A century of change and a springboard to the future -- Personalities who changed the American entertainment landscape.
Aimed at students and general readers, this text traces the historical evolution of entertainment as an economic entity in 20th-century America. The volume is organized roughly chronologically, and six representative types of entertainment are examined: vaudeville, recorded sound, movies, radio, television, and spectator sports. In the final chapter, Haupert (economics, U. of Wisconsin-LaCrosse) profiles 15 individuals who had a profound effect on the entertainment industry. Annotation #169;2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
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