Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Credits and Careers: An Introduction; Chapter 2: Starting Lines: Entry Points and the Web of Colleague Affiliations; Chapter 3: Up from Sprinkler Drain; Chapter 4: No Musical Revolutions: Some Prompt Effects of Commercial Conventions; Chapter 5: A Small Army: Career Mobility and Precariousness in the Middle Area; Chapter 6: Symbolic Interaction; Chapter 7: Dual Interests: Opposing Tendencies and the Positive Aspects of Conflict
Chapter 8: Centrality in a Freelance Social Structure: Career Performances and Professional NetworksChapter 9: The Chosen Few: Selectivity and Career as Retrospective Success; Chapter 10: Big Hollywood, Little Hollywood; Index