Post-Classical Hollywood: Film Industry, Style and Ideology Since 1945

by Barry Langford

At the end of World War II, Hollywood basked in unprecedented prosperity. Since then, numerous challenges and crises have changed the American film industry in ways beyond imagination in 1945. Nonetheless, at the start of a new century Hollywood's worldwide dominance is intact - indeed, in today's global economy the products of the American entertainment industry (of which movies are now only one part) are more ubiquitous than ever.How does today's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748638571
• ISBN13: 9780748638574
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher