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UNINA9910450936903321 |
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Autore |
Chanan Michael |
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Titolo |
The dream that kicks [[electronic resource] ] : the prehistory and early years of cinema in Britain / / Michael Chanan |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Motion pictures - Great Britain - History |
Cinematography - History |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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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 . |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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[Washington, D.C.] : , : [publisher not identified], , 1856 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (2 pages) |
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Collana |
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Senate report / 34th Congress, 1st session. Senate ; ; no. 228 |
[United States congressional serial set ] ; ; [serial no. 837] |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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WadeB. F <1800-1878> (Benjamin Franklin), (Opposition (OH)) |
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Boundaries |
Land tenure |
Land grants |
Land titles |
Bills, Private |
Territories and possessions |
Treaties |
Legislative materials. |
Northeast boundary of the United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from opening lines of text. |
Batch processed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes. |
FDLP item number not assigned. |
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