Entertainment Industrialised

'… a sophisticated and satisfying analysis of the American, British and French industries … inventive and thought-provoking … all historians of early twentieth-century film should grapple with this work.' The American Historical Review
Review of the hardback: '… 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.' EHNet
Review of the hardback: '… 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
Review of the hardback: '… a recommended read …' World Economics
Review of the hardback: '… 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
Review of the hardback: '… an insightful economic history of the emergence and development of the American, British, and French cinema industries. … scholars of all stripes would benefit from reading this book.' Business History Review
Review of the hardback: '… offers bold explanatory models where anecdotal or descriptive approaches have prevailed before … provides great insights in many aspects of the history of cinema … anyone willing to dispute Bakker's narrative of creative destruction through brilliant entrepreneurship will have to come up with an argument at least as solid, lucid and well-documented.' Kelvingrove Review
Review of the hardback: 'Entertainment Industrialised is a fascinating work, a pleasure to read and strongly recommended for everyone with an interest in film, history or economics … the best starting point for those who want to read about the economic history of film, whether it be historians, economists, film scholars or general readers … a fascinating whole with a broad scope.' Tijdschrift voor Mediageschiedenis
Review of the hardback: '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