CinemaCinemas of the World
JAMES CHAPMAN
c i n e m a s o f t h e wo r l d
globalities
Series editor: Jeremy Black globalities is a series which reinterprets world history in a concise yet thoughtful way, looking at major issues over large time-spans and political spaces; such issues can be political, ecological, scientific, technological or intellectual. Rather than adopting a narrow chronological or geographical approach, books in the series are conceptual in focus yet present an array of historical data to justify their arguments. They often involve a multi-disciplinary approach, juxtaposing different subject-areas such as economics and religion or literature and politics.
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Cinemas of the World
Film and Society from 1895 to the Present
james chapman
reaktion books
This book is dedicated to my father for encouraging my love of film, and to my mother for tolerating it
Published by Reaktion Books Ltd 79 Farringdon Road, London ec1m 3ju, uk www.reaktionbooks.co.uk First published 2003 Copyright © James Chapman All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publishers. Printed and bound in Great Britain by Bookcraft, Midsomer Norton British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Chapman, James, 1968– Cinemas of the world: film and society from 1895 to the present. – (Globalities)...