The American entertainment industry in the twentieth century -- Vaudeville : the original variety show -- Technology transforms entertainment : the dawn of recorded sound -- Motion pictures and the rise of big business in entertainment -- The radio revolutionizes entertainment -- Television : the new vaudeville -- Spectator sports and the viewing American public -- A century of change and a springboard to the future -- Personalities who changed the American entertainment landscape
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-262) and index
