Books by Richard Butsch

"Richard Butsch's expansive historical synthesis integrates social, economic, and political history to offer a comprehensive examination of screen media and screen culture globally as they have evolved through the 20th and 21st centuries. Deeply engaging, this is a masterful, integrated global history"--

During the nineteenth century, leisure industries emerged to provide recreation and entertainment to Americans of all classes. Entertainment has become a multi-billion dollar industry. The essays collected here explore the transformation this wrought in leisure and analyze its effects on class relations in American society.