'The Routledge Companion to Film History' presents a substantial and readable overview of the field and provides students with a tool of reference that will be valuable throughout their studies.

The Routledge Companion to Film History is an indispensable guide for anyone studying film history for the first time. The approach taken presents a substantial and readable overview of the field and provides students with a tool of reference that will be valuable throughout their studies.

The volume is divided into two parts. The first is a set of eleven essays that approaches film history around the following themes:

• History of the moving image
• Film as art and popular culture
• Production process

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