The Culture of the Europeans: From 1800 to the PresentHarperPress, 2006 - 1617 pages "This wide-ranging and hugely ambitious book offers, for the first time ever, an integrated history of the culture produced and consumed by Europeans since 1800, and follows its transformation from an elite activity to a mass market - from lending libraries to the internet, from the first public concerts to music downloads."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Page 568
... produced . Once inside the theatre the people wanted to see not just a single play but also shorter numbers , songs and dances . " In Paris between 1831 and 1850 there was an average of four hundred new plays produced every year . In ...
... produced . Once inside the theatre the people wanted to see not just a single play but also shorter numbers , songs and dances . " In Paris between 1831 and 1850 there was an average of four hundred new plays produced every year . In ...
Page 938
... produced some 15,000 feature films between 1915 and 1960 ?? In 1935 alone , in the middle of the Depression , the USA produced 525 films . In terms of volume , this supremacy did not last long . Already in 1952 , while the USA produced ...
... produced some 15,000 feature films between 1915 and 1960 ?? In 1935 alone , in the middle of the Depression , the USA produced 525 films . In terms of volume , this supremacy did not last long . Already in 1952 , while the USA produced ...
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... produced no popular alternative to American culture . In many areas they were able to do so . The first mass - consumption society may well have been American , but when Euro- peans caught up they made and bought their own goods ...
... produced no popular alternative to American culture . In many areas they were able to do so . The first mass - consumption society may well have been American , but when Euro- peans caught up they made and bought their own goods ...
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The PreConditions Sources of Cultural Expansion | 3 |
Triumphant Languages | 21 |
Publishing | 41 |
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