{"product_id":"the-big-show-michael-hammond-9780859897587","title":"The Big Show: British Cinema Culture in the Great War (1914-1918)","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Big Show\u003c\/i\u003e looks at the role played by cinema in British cultural life during World War One. In writing the definitive account of film exhibition and reception in Britain in the years 1914 to 1918, Michael Hammond shows how the British film industry and British audiences responded to the traumatic effects of the Great War. The author contends that the War's significant effect was to expedite the cultural acceptance of cinema into the fabric of British social life. As a result, by 1918, cinema had emerged as the predominant leisure form in British social life. Through a consideration of the films, the audience, the industry and the various regulating and censoring bodies, the book explores the impact of the war on the newly established cinema culture. It also studies the contribution of the new medium to the public's perception of the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Hammond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0859897583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780859897587\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Exeter Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2006 pg. 286","brand":"Michael Hammond","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46962041159935,"sku":"9780859897587","price":112.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_07d81431-b165-48f4-9599-e26053aae363.jpg?v=1750649144","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-big-show-michael-hammond-9780859897587","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}