Entertainment Industrialised - The Emergence of the International Film Industry, 1890-1940

Klappentext This 2008 study was the first to compare the film industry in Britain! France and the United States between 1890 and 1940. Zusammenfassung This study was the first to compare the emergence and economic development of the film industry in Britain! France and the United States between 1890 and 1940. Gerben Bakker investigates the commercialisation and industrialisation of live entertainment in the nineteenth century and analyses the subsequent arrival of motion pictures. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; Part I. The Rise of Entertainment: 2. The emergence of national entertainment markets; 3. The increase in demand for entertainment; 4. The structure of household entertainment expenditure; Part II. The Rise of the International Film Industry: 5. The emergence of cinema; 6. The quality race; 7. The failure to catch up; 8. How films became branded products; Part III. Entertainment Industrialised: 9. International market integration: firms versus trade; 10. Industrialising the discovery process; 11. At the origins of increased productivity growth in services; 12. Epilogue: after television.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Gerben Bakker, Gerben (London School of Economics and Pol Bakker, Bakker Gerben
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.09.2011
• EAN: 9781107403499
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40349-9
• Seiten: 472
• Serien: Cambridge Studies in Economic; Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > 20. Jahrhundert (bis 1945); History, HISTORY / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Entertainment, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Film, TV and Radio industries, Cinema Industry