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Gerben Bakker is Lecturer in Economic History and Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
'Open Entertainment Industrialised on any page, and the sense of real discovery is instant. This is history with new eyes ... It is a book that demands to be read.' The Bioscope '... the book presents a compelling and detailed explanation for the dominance of Hollywood, an explanation that is firmly rooted in economic theory ... an admirable attempt at presenting a detailed, coherent and rigorous explanation of the economic forces that shaped the evolution of the film industry, an industry that is perhaps too often prone to wrap itself in myth and hyperbole.' EH.Net '... a commanding scholarly synthesis, drawing upon an extraordinarily extensive set of sources, which will prove indispensable to researchers in this field, and, more widely, the economic history of the second industrial revolution. ... Bakker provides a coherent and convincing groundbreaking account of the economic history of the international film industry.' Economic History Review '... a recommended read ...' World Economics '... this laudably ambitious and exhaustively researched study significantly enhances our understanding not only of the history of the film industry, but of commercial entertainments more generally.' English Historical Review
