Runaway production is a phrase commonly used by people working in the Hollywood film and television industries to describe the outsourcing of production work to foreign locations. It is an issue that has been blamed for siphoning tens of millions of dollars and thousands of jobs from the U.S. economy. Though runaway production has been examined extensively as a recent economic phenomenon, very little research exists that has explored its cultural meaning and historical development. A History of Hollywood's Outsourcing Debate: Runaway Production addresses these gaps by providing a critical...