Blockbusters and Trade Wars: Popular Culture in A Globalized World - Softcover

Peter S. Grant; Chris Wood

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9781553651086: Blockbusters and Trade Wars: Popular Culture in A Globalized World

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ISBN 10: 1553651081 ISBN 13: 9781553651086

Publisher: Greystone Books,Canada, 2005

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Unprecedented worldwide distribution of books, television programs, and other cultural products would seem to augur well for the diversity of ideas. Yet a dwindling number of media conglomerates significantly American controlled are increasingly herding consumers toward very profitable blockbuster� films, books, and recordings at the expense of independent and alternative works. Presenting an essential international perspective, Blockbusters and Trade Wars reveals links between freedom of expression and intellectual diversity.

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About the Author:

Peter S. Grant is one of Canada's leading communications lawyers. A senior partner at Canada's largest law firm, McCarthy Tetrault, he has represented clients in every branch of popular media. He lives in Toronto, Ontario. Chris Wood has worked as a full-time journalist, mainly in magazines, for over thirty years, with stories featured in Maclean's, the CBC, the Globe and Mail, and most recently, The Tyee, The Walrus and Reader’s Digest Canada. Wood's most recent book is: Dry Spring:The Coming Water Crisis of North America. He lives in Ladysmith, British Columbia.

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