{"product_id":"on-hollywood-9780691162102","title":"On Hollywood","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy is the U.S. motion picture industry concentrated in Hollywood and why does it remain there in the age of globalization? Allen Scott uses the tools of economic geography to explore these questions and to provide a number of highly original answers. The conceptual roots of his analysis go back to Alfred Marshall's theory of industrial districts a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eOn Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e offers a lively and highly informative history of the origins and early growth of the Hollywood motion picture industry. Scott shows us the rich tapestry of personalities who created the Hollywood system. At the same time, he forcefully and effectively argues that it was self-interested intransigence and the lack of entrepreneurial vision within the New York based film industry that caused New York to squander its early dominant position. The rest, as they say, is history.\"\u003cb\u003e—Robert DeFillippi, Suffolk University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures vii  List of Tables ix  Preface xi  CHAPTER ONE: Preliminary Arguments: Culture, Economy, and the City 1  CHAPTER TWO: Origins and Early Growth of the Hollywood Motion Picture Industry 11  CHAPTER THREE: A New Map of Hollywood 35  CHAPTER FOUR: The Other Hollywood: Television Program Production 61  CHAPTER FIVE: Dream Factories: Studios, Soundstages, and Sets 79  CHAPTER SIX: The Digital Visual Effects Industry 95  CHAPTER SEVEN: Local Labor Markets in Hollywood 117  CHAPTER EIGHT: Hollywood in America and the World: Distribution and Markets 138  CHAPTER NINE: Cinema, Culture, Globalization 159  References 177  Index 189","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403806646615,"sku":"9780691162102","price":19.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/on-hollywood-9780691162102","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}