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Book SynopsisIncludes essays that explore and define how the making of motion pictures flowered into an industry that would finally become the central entertainment institution of the world. Beginning with various early types of pictures that moved, this volume tells the story of invention and consolidation of the various processes that gave rise to 'cinema.'
Trade Review"This impressive volume—all of it immensely readable, fascinating, and coherent—leads one to appreciate the breadth and scope of global cinema. Gaudreault and his talented contributors provided a fresh, lively, informative, engaging chronological survey of the first decades of American film. Highly recommended."— CHOICE
“There is nothing like this series. Screen Decades firmly situates American cinema in the realms of material culture, popular culture, cultural narrative, reception analysis, and industrial history.”
— American Quarterly
"This impressive volume—all of it immensely readable, fascinating, and coherent—leads one to appreciate the breadth and scope of global cinema. Gaudreault and his talented contributors provided a fresh, lively, informative, engaging chronological survey of the first decades of American film. Highly recommended."— CHOICE
“There is nothing like this series. Screen Decades firmly situates American cinema in the realms of material culture, popular culture, cultural narrative, reception analysis, and industrial history.”
— American Quarterly
Table of ContentsAmerican cinema emerges (1890-1909) / Andre Gaudreault, Tom Gunning
1890-1895: movies and the kinetoscope / Paul C. Spehr
1896-1897: movies and the beginnings of cinema / Charles Musser
1898-1899: movies and entrepreneurs / Patrick Loughney
1900-1901: movies, new imperialism, and the new century / Jean-Pierre Sirois-Trahan
1902-1903: movies, stories, and attractions / Tom Gunning
1904-1905: movies and chasing the missing link(s) / Andre Gaudreault
1906: movies and spectacle / Lauren Rabinovitz
1907: movies and the expansion of the audience / Eileen Bowser
1908: movies and other media / Matthew Solomon
1909: movies and progress / Jennifer M. Bean
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