This extensively revised second edition offers a comprehensive introduction to Hollywood cinema, providing a fascinating account of the cultural and aesthetic significance of the world's most powerful film industry. <br><ul><br><li>Provides a fascinating account of Hollywood history. <br><li>Examines the cultural and aesthetic significance of the world's most powerful film industry. <br><li>Explores and interprets Hollywood cinema in history and in the present, in theory and in practice. <br><li>Extensively revised and updated with new chapter features including box sections, further reading lists, Notes and Queries, and chapter summaries.</li></ul>