1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457347403321

Titolo

Modern Germany : politics, society and culture / / edited by Peter James

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-003-06005-6

1-000-11733-2

1-134-74848-5

9786610140893

1-280-14089-5

0-203-97665-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JamesPeter <1946 Apr. 18->

Disciplina

943.087/9

Soggetti

Political parties - Germany

National socialism - Psychological aspects

Electronic books.

Germany Politics and government 1990-

Germany Economic policy

Germany Relations Europe

Europe Relations Germany

Germany Cultural policy

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; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction; Acknowledgements; 1 The new Germany eight years on; 2 Berlin; 3 The federal framework; 4 Government and the political parties; 5 Investing in Germany: Standort Deutschland; 6 Social provision; 7 Education, training and the workplace; 8 The Nazi legacy; 9 The media landscape; 10 Culture; 11 German language; 12 Germany and Europe; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Modern Germany: Politics, Society and Culture presents an analysis of the key features of life in modern Germany. It provides an accessible introduction for students of German and European Studies or the German language at all levels.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456822503321

Autore

Streible Dan

Titolo

Fight pictures [[electronic resource] ] : a history of boxing and early cinema / / Dan Streible

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008

ISBN

1-282-36021-3

9786612360213

0-520-94058-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (418 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/6579

Soggetti

Boxing films - United States - History and criticism

Motion pictures - History and criticism

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 (p. 305-367) and index.

Includes filmography: p. 291-303.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Preliminaries: History, Prizefighting, Early Cinema -- 1. The Sporting and Theatrical Syndicate: Boxing Pictures and the Origins of Cinema, 1891-1896 -- 2. The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight: Women at the Veriscope, 1897 -- 3. Under the Lights: Filming Ringside in the Jim Jeffries Era, 1899-1904 -- 4. Fake Fight Films: S. Lubin of Philadelphia, 1897-1908 -- 5. Fight Pictures in the Nickelodeon Era: Miles Bros. of New York & San Francisco, 1905-1912 -- 6. Jack Johnson Films: Black Exhibition and White Suppression, 1908-1910 -- 7. Jack Johnson's Decline: The Prizefight Film Ban, 1911-1915 -- 8. Bootlegging The Clandestine Traffic in Fight Pictures, 1916-1940 -- Filmography -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The first filmed prizefight, Veriscope's Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight (1897) became one of cinema's first major attractions, ushering in an era in which hugely successful boxing films helped transform a stigmatized sport into legitimate entertainment. Exploring a significant



and fascinating period in the development of modern sports and media, Fight Pictures is the first work to chronicle the mostly forgotten story of how legitimate bouts, fake fights, comic sparring matches, and more came to silent-era screens and became part of American popular culture.