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On Hollywood : the place, the industry / Allen J. Scott.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Eng Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2005.Description: xiii, 200 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0691116830 (cl : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 384/.8/0979494 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1993.5.U65 S35 2005
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Contents:
Preliminary arguments : culture, economy, and the city -- Origins and early growth of the Hollywood motion picture industry -- A new map of Hollywood -- The other Hollywood : television program production -- Dream factories : studios, soundstages, and sets -- The digital visual effects industry -- Local labor markets in Hollywood -- Hollywood in America and the world : distribution and markets -- Cinema, culture, globalization.
Summary: "Why 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 and pick up on modern ideas about business clusters as sites of
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN1993.5.U65 S35 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 4 1 Available 00000111824

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-188) and index.

Preliminary arguments : culture, economy, and the city -- Origins and early growth of the Hollywood motion picture industry -- A new map of Hollywood -- The other Hollywood : television program production -- Dream factories : studios, soundstages, and sets -- The digital visual effects industry -- Local labor markets in Hollywood -- Hollywood in America and the world : distribution and markets -- Cinema, culture, globalization.

"Why 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 and pick up on modern ideas about business clusters as sites of

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