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The Cinema and Cinema-Going in Scotland, 1896-1950
Trevor Griffiths
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Hardback. What did our Scottish grandparents and great grandparents see at the cinema? What thrilled them on the silver screen? This scholarly work intends to document the cinema habits of early twentieth-century Scots, exploring the growth of early cinema-going and integrating the study of cinema into wider debates in social and economic history. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; 3JJ; APF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 698. 360 pages. What did our Scottish grandparents and great grandparents see at the cinema? What thrilled them on the silver screen? This scholarly work intends to document the cinema habits of early twentieth-century Scots, exploring the growth of early cinema-going and integrating the study of cinema into wider debates in social and economic history. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; 3JJ; APF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 25. Weight: 698.
What did our Scottish grandparents and great grandparents see at the cinema? What thrilled them on the silver screen? This is the first scholarly work to document the cinema habits of early twentieth-century Scots, exploring the growth of early cinema-going and integrating the study of cinema into wider debates in social and economic history. The author draws extensively on archival resources concerning the cinema as a business, on documentation kept by cinema managers, and on the diaries and recollections of cinema-goers. He considers patterns of cinema-going and attendance levels, as well as changes in audience preferences for different genres, stars ... Read more
What did our Scottish grandparents and great grandparents see at the cinema? What thrilled them on the silver screen? This is the first scholarly work to document the cinema habits of early twentieth-century Scots, exploring the growth of early cinema-going and integrating the study of cinema into wider debates in social and economic history. The author draws extensively on archival resources concerning the cinema as a business, on documentation kept by cinema managers, and on the diaries and recollections of cinema-goers. He considers patterns of cinema-going and attendance levels, as well as changes in audience preferences for different genres, stars ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748638284
SKU
V9780748638284
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About Trevor Griffiths
Trevor Griffiths is Senior Lecturer in Economic and Social History in the School of History and Classics at the University of Edinburgh.
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