On Hollywood : the place, the industry /
Scott, Allen John.
On Hollywood : the place, the industry / Allen J. Scott. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2005. - xiii, 200 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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
0691116830 (cl : alk. paper)
2004044314
Motion picture industry--History.--California--Los Angeles
PN1993.5.U65 / S35 2005
384/.8/0979494
On Hollywood : the place, the industry / Allen J. Scott. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2005. - xiii, 200 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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
0691116830 (cl : alk. paper)
2004044314
Motion picture industry--History.--California--Los Angeles
PN1993.5.U65 / S35 2005
384/.8/0979494