Paul S. Moore is Assistant Professor in Sociology and in the Graduate Program in Communication and Culture at Ryerson University in Toronto.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction: Early Moviegoing and the Regulation of Fun

1. Rendezvous for Particular People: The Local Roots of Mass Culture

2. Socially Combustible: Panicky People and Flammable Films

3. Showmanship in Formation: Incorporating the Civic Work of Competition

4. Senseless Censors and Startling Deeds: From Police Beat to Bureaucracy

5. Everybody's Going: Introducing the Mass Audience to Itself

Conclusion: Wartime Filmgoing as Citizenship
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