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From BetaMax to Blockbuster : video stores and the invention of movies on video / Joshua M. Greenberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greenberg, Joshua M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Videocassette recorders.
- Video recordings industry--History.
- Video recordings industry.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 214 p. : ill., map.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : The MIT Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How the VCR was transformed from a machine that records television into a medium for movies.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Videophiles and Betamania: Hacking the VCR
- 2 "Hollywood in a Box": Reconstructing Videotapes as Transparent Media
- 3 Retailers
- 4 Movie Culture in the Video Store and at Home
- 5 Retailers, Employees, and Consumers
- 6 Building Closure Around Video (Stores)
- 7 The Thin Line Between Movie and Technology
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Notes on the videostoreproject.com Website
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-26076-X
- 1-282-09951-5
- 9786612099519
- 0-262-27428-0
- 1-4356-3524-8
- OCLC:
- 939263593
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