Videoland gives a comprehensive view of the "tangible phase" of consumer video -- when Americans largely accessed movies as material commodities at video rental stores. Wheeler Winston Dixon, of CHOICE, praises Herbert's text: “Written in a clear, clean, accessible style, this is a masterful study of a cultural moment whose time has come and gone.”

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