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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450936903321

Autore

Chanan Michael

Titolo

The dream that kicks [[electronic resource] ] : the prehistory and early years of cinema in Britain / / Michael Chanan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

791.430941

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Great Britain - History

Cinematography - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Author's note (first edition); Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; The site of film; The sight of film; The conditions of invention; Theories of perception; Photographic development; Patent business; Celluloid muse; The production of consumption; Music hall and popular culture; Culture and politics in the middle classes; Market competition and industrial growth; The foundations of the film idiom; Epilogue: The dream that kicks; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Dream the Kicks is a classic account of the prehistory and early years of cinema in Britain. In this new paperback edition, which has been thoroughly revised to take into account recent scholarship of early cinema, Michael Chanan provides a fasciniating account of the rich and hitherto hidden history of the origins of film. Chanan demonstrates that the theory of `the persistence of vision', which led to the invention of moving pictures, has been superceded by modern scientific findings. In its place, he puts forward a theory of invention as a type of bricolage, and sh



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910715880703321

Titolo

In the Senate of the United States. July 18, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George M. Weston, in behalf of sundry citizens of Maine, report .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [publisher not identified], , 1856

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (2 pages)

Collana

Senate report / 34th Congress, 1st session. Senate ; ; no. 228

[United States congressional serial set ] ; ; [serial no. 837]

Altri autori (Persone)

WadeB. F <1800-1878> (Benjamin Franklin),  (Opposition (OH))

Soggetti

Boundaries

Land tenure

Land grants

Land titles

Bills, Private

Territories and possessions

Treaties

Legislative materials.

Northeast boundary of the United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from opening lines of text.

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