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An Economic History of Film
The economics of the movie industry has been curiously neglected by
scholars, especially given the material circumstances in which film has
been produced, distributed and exhibited in capitalist economies and its
central importance in the lives of the huge numbers attracted to it as a
commodity.
This book provides an economic framework for understanding develop-
ments in film history. Film is a peculiar commodity with a unique set of
characteristics. The topic hence is interesting and covered with aplomb by
the contributors to the volume. The book includes sections on:
• long-term trends in the film industry
• the transformation of film from a primitive commodity to a heavily
branded product
• the operation of the studio system
• the end of the studio system in post-war America
• the role and payment of stars
• Hollywood’s approach to risk during the 1990s.
Experts from the UK and North America have come together in these
pages and the result is a readable, insightful and enlightening book that
will gain many fans amongst those with an interest in the economics of
film, economic historians, film historians and aficionados of the movie
industry generally.
John Sedgwick is Principal Lecturer in Economics at London Metropoli-
tan University, UK. Michael Pokorny is Principal Lecturer in Economics
at the University of Westminster, UK.
Routledge explorations in economic history
1Economic Ideas and Government Policy
Contributions to contemporary economic history
Sir Alec Cairncross
2 The Organization of Labour Markets
Modernity, culture and governance in Germany, Sweden, Britain and
Japan
Bo Stråth
3 Currency Convertibility
The gold standard and beyond
Edited by Jorge Braga de Macedo, Barry Eichengreen and Jaime Reis
4 Britain’s Place in the World
A historical enquiry into import controls 1945–1960
Alan S. Milward and George Brennan
5 France and the International Economy
From Vichy to the Treaty of Rome
Frances M.B. Lynch
6 Monetary Standards and Exchange Rates
M.C. Marcuzzo, L. Officer and A. Rosselli
7 Production Efficiency in Domesday England, 1086
John McDonald
8 Free Trade and its Reception 1815–1960
Freedom and trade: volume I
Edited by Andrew Marrison
9 Conceiving Companies
Joint-stock politics in Victorian England
Timothy L. Alborn
10 The British Industrial Decline Reconsidered
Edited by Jean-Pierre Dormois and Michael Dintenfass
11 The Conservatives and Industrial Efficiency, 1951–1964
Thirteen wasted years?
Nick Tiratsoo and Jim Tomlinson
12 Pacific Centuries
Pacific and Pacific Rim economic history since the 16th century
Edited by Dennis O. Flynn, Lionel Frost and A.J.H. Latham
13 The Premodern Chinese Economy
Structural equilibrium and capitalist sterility
Gang Deng
14 The Role of Banks in Monitoring Firms
The case of the Crédit Mobilier
Elisabeth Paulet
15 Management of the National Debt in the United Kingdom,
1900–1932
Jeremy Wormell
16 An Economic History of Sweden
Lars Magnusson
17 Freedom and Growth
The rise of states and markets in Europe, 1300–1750
S.R. Epstein
18 The Mediterranean Response to Globalization Before 1950
Sevket Pamuk and Jeffrey G. Williamson
19 Production and Consumption in English Households 1600–1750
Mark Overton, Jane Whittle, Darron Dean and Andrew Hann
20 Governance, The State, Regulation and Industrial Relations
Ian Clark
21Early Modern Capitalism
Economic and social change in Europe 1400–1800
Edited by Maarten Prak
22 An Economic History of London, 1800–1914
Michael Ball and David Sunderland
23 The Origins of National Financial Systems
Alexander Gerschenkron reconsidered
Edited by Douglas J. Forsyth and Daniel Verdier
24 The Russian Revolutionary Economy, 1890–1940
Ideas, debates and alternatives
Vincent Barnett
25 Land Rights, Ethno Nationality and Sovereignty in History
Edited by Stanley L. Engerman and Jacob Metzer
26 An Economic History of Film
Edited by John Sedgwick and Michael Pokorny

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