History of film
By: David Parkinson
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: World of art; World of art
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd.; Thames & Hudson
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780500204108
Subjects: Motion pictures; History
Description: "Traces the evolution of the moving image from the earliest shadow shows to the digital film-making of the twenty-first century"--Cover, p. [4].
Notes: Previous ed.: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-291) and index.
Table of contents: title: From science to cinema; title: The foundations of classical Hollywood; title: Film art, 1908-30; title: The golden age of Hollywood, 1927-41; title: The emergence of national cinemas, 1930-45; title: Facing realities, 1946-59; title: New inspirations, 1959-70; title: The rise of world cinema, 1970-95; title: Into the second century : world cinema since 1995.