List of illustrations iii
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: Five theses on the history of Hollywood 1
1 Before Hollywood 5
2 The studio system 19
3 Sound and the Production Code 37
4 Hollywood at war 54
5 The blacklist and the Cold War 70
6 The New Hollywood 85
7 Home video and Indiewood 101
8 Digital cinema and the internet 116
References 131
Further reading 133
Index 135