Cinema and Society in the British Empire, 1895-1940

James Burns‏

יולי 2013 · Springer

מידע על הספר הדיגיטלי הזה

By 1940 going to the movies was the most popular form of public leisure in Britain's empire. This book explores the social and cultural impact of the movies in colonial societies in the early cinema age.

על המחבר

James Burns teaches African History at Clemson University, USA. He is the author of several works on the social history of cinema, including Flickering Shadows: Cinema and Identity in Colonial Zimbabwe (2002)