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UNINA9910461867703321 |
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Erdman Andrew L. <1965-> |
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Queen of vaudeville [[electronic resource] ] : the story of Eva Tanguay / / Andrew L. Erdman |
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Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2012 |
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0-8014-6528-1 |
0-8014-6572-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (320 p.) |
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Women entertainers - United States |
Vaudeville - United States - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
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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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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Most Famous Performer in America -- 1. Freak Baby and the Paper City -- 2. The Sambo Girl in New York -- 3. I Don't Care -- 4. The Cyclonic Comedienne; or, Genius Properly Advertised -- 5. Riding Salome to the Top -- 6. Rivals, Imitators, and Censors -- 7. Follies and Fortunes -- 8. Men and Other Travails -- 9. Mrs. John Ford -- 10. The Wild Girl -- 11. Knockdowns and Comebacks . . . and Knockdowns -- 12. Death and Other Endings -- Epilogue: George Jessel and Darryl Zanuck Don't Care -- Eva Tanguay Chronology -- Notes -- Sources and Select Bibliography -- Index |
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In her day, Eva Tanguay (1879-1947) was one of the most famous women in America. Widely known as the "I Don't Care Girl"-named after a song she popularized and her independent, even brazen persona-Tanguay established herself as a vaudeville and musical comedy star in 1904 with the New York City premiere of the show My Lady-and never looked back. Tanguay was, at the height of a long career that stretched until the early 1930's, a trend-setting performer who embodied the emerging ideal of the bold and sexual female entertainer. Whether suggestively singing songs with titles like "It's All Been Done Before But |
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Not the Way I Do It" and "Go As Far As You Like" or wearing a daring dress made of pennies, she was a precursor to subsequent generations of performers, from Mae West to Madonna and Lady Gaga, who have been both idolized and condemned for simultaneously displaying and playing with blatant displays of female sexuality. In Queen of Vaudeville, Andrew L. Erdman tells Eva Tanguay's remarkable life story with verve. Born into the family of a country doctor in rural Quebec and raised in a New England mill town, Tanguay found a home on the vaudeville stage. Erdman follows the course of her life as she amasses fame and wealth, marries (and divorces) twice, engages in affairs closely followed in the press, declares herself a Christian Scientist, becomes one of the first celebrities to get plastic surgery, loses her fortune following the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and receives her last notice, an obituary in Variety. The arc of Tanguay's career follows the history of American popular culture in the first half of the twentieth century. Tanguay's appeal, so dependent on her physical presence and personal charisma, did not come across in the new media of radio and motion pictures. With nineteen rare or previously unpublished images, Queen of Vaudeville is a dynamic portrait of a dazzling and unjustly forgotten show business star. |
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UNINA9910830191903321 |
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Autore |
Evans Julian |
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The Forests Handbook, An Overview of Forest Science [[electronic resource]] |
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1-281-32087-0 |
9786611320874 |
0-470-75706-X |
0-470-75682-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (418 p.) |
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Forest ecology |
Forests and forestry |
Handbooks, manuals, etc |
Earth & Environmental Sciences |
Forestry |
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Livello bibliografico |
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The Forests Handbook: An Overview of Forest Science; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part 1: Forest Resources and Types; 1 Global Forest Resources: History and Dynamics; 1.1 Historical perspective; 1.2 Recent estimates of global forest area; 1.2.1 Natural forests; 1.2.2 Forest plantations; 1.3 Changes in forest cover and condition; 1.3.1 Changes in forest cover; 1.3.2 Conversion of forests to other land cover; 1.3.3 Changes in forest condition; 1.4 Conclusions; 2 Forest Types and Classification; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Boreal forests; 2.2.1 Distribution and extent |
2.2.2 Climate2.2.3 Soils; 2.2.4 Dominant forest types; 2.2.5 Regional floras; 2.3 Tropical and subtropical forests; 2.3.1 Distribution and extent; 2.3.2 Climate; 2.3.3 Soils; 2.3.4 Dominant forest types; 2.3.5 Regional formations; 2.4 Temperate broadleaf and coniferous forests; 2.4.1 Distribution and extent; 2.4.2 Climate; 2.4.3 Soils; 2.4.4 Regional |
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formations; 2.5 Savannahs and open woodland; 2.5.1 Distribution and extent; 2.5.2 Climate; 2.5.3 Soils; 2.5.4 Regional floras; 2.6 Mediterranean ecosystems; 2.6.1 Distribution and extent; 2.6.2 Climate; 2.6.3 Soils; 2.6.4 Regional floras |
2.7 SummaryPart 2: Biological and Ecological Processes; 3 Genetics and Speciation in the World's Forests; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The wealth of forest tree species; 3.2.1 Cladogenesis; 3.2.2 Selection; 3.2.3 Migration; 3.2.4 Chromosomal change; 3.2.5 Hybridization; 3.3 The wealth of populations; 3.4 The wealth of intrapopulation genetic variation; 3.5 Conclusions; 4 Structural Dynamics of Forest Stands and Natural Processes; 4.1 What counts as disturbance?; 4.2 Sources of disturbance; 4.2.1 Wind; 4.2.2 Fire; 4.2.3 Drought; 4.2.4 Biotic; 4.2.5 Water; 4.2.6 Ice; 4.2.7 Topography and landform |
4.3 Disturbance regimes4.4 Tree and shrub responses; 4.5 Forest structure and patterns; 4.6 Dead wood; 4.7 Dynamic pattern of forest composition; 4.7.1 Highly disturbed environments; 4.7.2 Relatively undisturbed environments; 4.7.3 Interactions and intermediate conditions; 4.7.4 Influence of people; 4.8 Stability succession and climax; 4.9 People as agents of disturbance; 4.9.1 Seminatural disturbances; 4.9.2 Silvicultural systems; 4.9.3 Traditional cultures as part of nature; 5 Biological Interactions and Disturbance: Plants and Animals; 5.1 Introduction |
5.2 Diversity and distribution of forest vertebrate resources5.2.1 Habitat structure and some generalities of vertebrate responses to resource variability; 5.2.2 Issues of scale; 5.3 Vertebrate richness and diversity in primary and disturbed forests; 5.3.1 Birds; 5.3.2 Mammals; 5.3.3 Amphibians; 5.3.4 Reptiles; 5.4 Vertebrate-mediated ecological processes and impacts of disturbance; 5.4.1 Pollination; 5.4.2 Seed predation; 5.4.3 Seed dispersal; 5.4.4 Herbivory; 5.5 Vertebrate invaders as mediators of change; 5.6 Economic value hunting and tourism; 5.7 Conclusions |
6 Biological Interactions and Disturbance: Invertebrates |
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The future of the world's forests is at the forefront of environmental debate. Rising concerns over the effects of deforestation and climate change are highlighting the need both to conserve and manage existing forests and woodland through sustainable forestry practices. The Forests Handbook, written by an international team of both scientists and practitioners, presents an integrated approach to forests and forestry, applying our present understanding of forest science to management practices, as a basis for achieving sustainability. Volume One presents an overview of the world's forests; t |
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