Drawing on industrial economics and contract theory, Caves explores the organization of creative industries, including visual and performing arts, movies, theater, sound recordings, and book publishing.
Extensively revised and updated, Planning in the USA, fifth edition, continues to provide a comprehensive introduction to the policies, theory, and practice of planning.
But why the industry produces what it does is a question largely unasked. It is this question, at the crux of American popular culture, that Switching Channels explores.