Reel Time: Movie Exhibitors and Movie Audiences in Prairie Canada, 1896 to 1986

In this authoritative work, Seiler and Seiler argues that the establishment and development of moviegoing and movie exhibition in Prairie Canada is best understood in the context of changing late-nineteenth-century and early-twentieth-century social, economic, and technological developments. From th...

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Main Author: Robert M. Seiler and Tamara P. Seiler (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Athabasca University Press 2013
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