| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 92.4

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Book Review

The Coming of Sound: A History. By Douglas Gomery. (New York: Routledge, 2005. xxii, 181 pp. Cloth, $90.00, ISBN 0-415-96900-X. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-415-96901-8.)

Those familiar with Douglas Gomery's oeuvre will find few surprises in his recent work on the American film industry's transition to sound. Gomery has spent the better portion of a lengthy career convincing historians of American cinema to see significant changes and turning points as sensible business decisions implemented by rational, profit-seeking corporations eager to expand their market shares both in the United States and abroad. He has been a pivotal figure driving the "historical turn" in cinema studies and has convinced many younger scholars that exhaustive archival research will produce the most accurate histories of American cinema.

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