"Selling America to the world"? The rise and fall of an international film distributor in its largest foreign market: United Artists in Britain, 1927-1947

Enterprise and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 740-776

  Miskell, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33845260081     PISSN: 14672227     EISSN: 14672235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/es/khl040     Document Type: Review

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