The Making of American Audiences From Stage to Television, 1750-1990 |
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| Author:
| Butsch, Richard |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in the History of Mass Communication Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-66483-7 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2000 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $57.99 |
Book Description:
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Richard Butsch provides a comprehensive survey of American entertainment audiences from the colonial period to the modern day. Providing coverage of theatre, opera, vaudeville, minstrelsy, movies, radio and television, he examines the evolution of audience practices as each genre supplanted another as the primary popular entertainment.
Richard Butsch provides a comprehensive survey of American entertainment audiences from the colonial period to the modern day. Providing coverage of theatre, opera, vaudeville, minstrelsy, movies, radio and television, he examines the evolution of audience practices as each genre supplanted another as the primary popular entertainment.