Dear ListServ Administrator: Please post this to Screen-L. Also, please let me know if you'd like to review the book for your listserv. Thanks! Best wishes, Heather Skinner, Publicist University of Minnesota Press 111 3rd Ave S, Ste. 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 [log in to unmask] v * 612-627-1932 f * 612-627-1980 http://www.upress.umn.edu An illustrated history of the persuasive impact of model homes, appliances, and furniture in cold war propaganda Please let me know if you would like a review copy. THE GENIUS OF THE SYSTEM: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era By Thomas Schatz University of Minnesota Press | 528 pages | 2010 ISBN 978-0-8166-7010-9| paperback | $24.95 Thomas Schatz recalls Hollywood's Golden Age from the 1920s until the dawn of television in the late 1940s. Through detailed analysis of major Hollywood moviemakers including Universal, Warner Bros., and MGM, he reminds us of a time when studios had distinct personalities and the relationship between contracts and creativity was not mutually exclusive. Thomas Schatz is professor of communication at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the author of several books, including Hollywood Genres and Boom and Bust: American Cinema in the 1940s. For more information, including the table of contents, visit the book's webpage: http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/S/schatz_genius.html Sign up to receive news on the latest releases from University of Minnesota Press: http://www.upress.umn.edu/mediaalert.html Heather Skinner, Publicist University of Minnesota Press 111 3rd Ave S, Ste. 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 [log in to unmask] v * 612-627-1932 f * 612-627-1980 http://www.upress.umn.edu ---- Learn to speak like a film/TV professor! Listen to the ScreenLex podcast: http://www.screenlex.org