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The American Stage: Social and Economic Issues from the Colonial Period to the Present . Edited by Ron Engle and Tice L. Miller, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993; pp. 320. $49.95 hardcover.

Engle and Miller's The American Stage: Social and Economic Issues from the Colonial Period to the Present {The American Stage) is a collection of 19 essays that focuses on the economic and political factors affecting the development of the American theatre as a cultural institution. Arranged chronologically, The American Stage provides both postmodern methodological treatments of primary source material and re-examinations of earlier readings of such material. The text is nicely framed with two pieces that address the state of American theatre history scholarship today: Oscar Brockett provides a brief overview of the discipline, and Don Wilmeth offers a checklist of selected books on American theatre from 1960 to 1990.