Cinemas and cinemagoing in wartime Britain, 1939–45 Landon Frim

Cinemas and cinemagoing in wartime Britain, 1939–45 Landon FrimIn this groundbreaking book, Richard Farmer provides a social and cultural history of cinemas and cinemagoing in Britain between 1939 and 1945, and explores the impact that the war had on the places in which British people watched films.

Henry Simon of Manchester

John Rennie Short explores the wide-ranging economic

Outside of London

and violence while celebrating their resilience and cultural achievement

Far from being a matter of indifference or resigned acceptance as is often suggested

this book argues

Forced into action by a tidal wave of emergencies

since they thereby become hard to shelve

new research on human remains

Illustrated throughout with dynamic screen shots

This book offers a psychoanalytical

This volume looks at how Leif Eiriksson’s visit to Vinland around the year 1000 has been reimagined in the modern era