The entertainment industry/
Michael J. Haupert.
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006.
- xxi, 271 p. ; 25 cm.
- Emerging industries in the United States; .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-262) and index.
The American entertainment industry in the twentieth century -- Vaudeville : the original variety show -- Technology transforms entertainment : the dawn of recorded sound -- Motion pictures and the rise of big business in entertainment -- The radio revolutionizes entertainment -- Television : the new vaudeville -- Spectator sports and the viewing American public -- A century of change and a springboard to the future -- Personalities who changed the American entertainment landscape.