| Description |
x, 371 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Sefining transitions: revision and debate ; 1. Systematizing the electric message / Tom Gunning ; 2. "To here from modernity" / Charlie Keil ; 3. The periodization of the early cinema / Ben Brewster ; 4. Feature films, variety programs, and the crisis of the small exhibitor / Ben Singer -- pt. II. The transitional screen: new genres, cultural shifts ; 5. What happened in the transition? / Jacqueline Stewart ; 6. The "imagined community" of the western, 1910/1913 / Richard Abel ; 7. The Coney Island comedies / Lauren Rabinovitz ; 8. Travelogues and early nonfiction film / Jennifer Lynn Peterson -- pt. III. Industry in transition: changing institutions and audiences ; 9. "Where development has just begun" / J.A. Lindstrom ; 10. A house divided / Scott Curtis ; 11. Not harmless entertainment / Lee Grieveson ; 12. Cinema under the sign of money / Constance Balides ; 13. The menace of the movies / Roberta E. Pearson ; "It's a long way to filmland" / Shelley Stamp. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2010. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet. |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Keil, Charlie.
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Stamp, Shelley, 1963-
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American Council of Learned Societies.
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| In: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| Other Form: |
Original 0520240251 0520240278 (DLC)2003017216 |
| Standard No. |
2027/heb08010 hdl |
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