On Hollywood (eBook)

The Place, The Industry

Allen J. Scott (Autor)

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2018
216 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-18784-6 (ISBN)

Infos

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 efficient and innovative production. On Hollywood builds on this work by adding major new empirical elements. By examining the history of motion-picture production from the early twentieth century to the present through this analytic lens, Scott is able to show why the industry (which was initially focused on New York) had shifted the majority of its production to Southern California by 1919. He also addresses in detail the bases of Hollywood's long-standing creative energies and competitive advantages. At the same time, the book explores the steady globalization of Hollywood's market reach as well as the cultural and political dilemmas posed by this phenomenon. On Hollywood will appeal not only to general readers with an interest in the motion-picture industry, but also to economic geographers, business professionals, regional development practitioners, and cultural theorists as well.

Autor

Allen J. Scott is Professor of Policy Studies and Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is a former Guggenheim Fellow and a corresponding fellow of the British Academy. In 2003, he was awarded the Prix Vautrin Lud.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.6.2018
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Finanzwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences • Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers • American Federation of Television and Radio Artists • American imperialism • Artisan Entertainment • barriers to entry • Blockbuster (entertainment) • B Movie • Bollywood • Box office • Business Ethics • Capitalism • Carolco Pictures • Cecil B. DeMille • Cinefex • Cinema of Hong Kong • Cinema of the United States • Competitive advantage • Contemporary Society • corporation • Corporatocracy • Creative Accounting • Cultural Imperialism • decentralization • Deregulation • developed country • DVD • D. W. Griffith • Economic Power • Economics • economy • Employment • Ernst Lubitsch • Externality • feature film • Film • film industry • Film laboratory • filmmaking • film studio • Fine Line Features • First National Pictures • Focus Features • Globalization • Herfindahl Index • home video • Independent Film • Industrial district • In-House • Kalem Company • Major film studio • Marketing • Market power • Market Segmentation • mass marketing • Mass production • Media conglomerate • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer • Michael Curtiz • Miramax • Monopolistic Competition • Motion Picture Association of America • Motion picture credits • Motion Picture Patents Company • movie theater • New Economy • New Hollywood • North American industry classification system • October Films • On the Lot • Orion Pictures • Paramount Pictures • parent company • post-Fordism • post-production • Poverty Row • production company • Runaway Production • screen actors guild • sound effect • Southern California • special effect • Studio System • Subsidiary • Sunset Boulevard • Technicolor • Television • Television Network • television program • The Hollywood Reporter • the walt disney company • United Artists • Unit production manager • Universal Studios • upward spiral • urban hierarchy • vertical integration • video production • Visual Effects • Warner Bros.
• ISBN-10: 0-691-18784-3 / 0691187843
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-18784-6 / 9780691187846