TY - BOOK AU - Haupert,Michael J. TI - The entertainment industry SN - 0313321736 (hbk. : alk. paper) U1 - 338.4779020973 PY - 2006/// CY - Westport, Conn. PB - Greenwood Press KW - Performing arts KW - United States KW - History N1 - 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 ER -