1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453155503321

Autore

Clay Lauren

Titolo

Stagestruck [[electronic resource] ] : the business of theater in eighteenth-century France and its colonies / / Lauren R. Clay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8014-6820-5

0-8014-6821-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Disciplina

792.0944/09033

Soggetti

Theater and society - France - History - 18th century

Theater and society - West Indies, French - History - 18th century

Theater - Economic aspects - France - History - 18th century

Theater - Economic aspects - West Indies, French - History - 18th century

Theater management - France - History - 18th century

Theater management - West Indies, French - History - 18th century

Electronic books.

France Social life and customs 18th century

West Indies, French Social life and customs 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Making of a French Theater Industry -- 1. Investing in the Arts -- 2. Designing the Civic Playhouse -- 3. The Extent and Limits of State Intervention -- 4. Directors and the Business of Performing -- 5. The Work of Acting -- 6. Consumers of Culture -- 7. The Production of Theater in the Colonies -- Epilogue: Culture, Commerce, and the State -- Appendix: Timeline of Inaugurations and Significant Renovations of Dedicated Public Theaters in France and the French Colonies, 1671-1789 -- Notes -- Bibliography of Primary Sources -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Stagestruck traces the making of a vibrant French theater industry between the reign of Louis XIV and the French Revolution. During this era more than eighty provincial and colonial cities celebrated the



inauguration of their first public playhouses. These theaters emerged as the most prominent urban cultural institutions in prerevolutionary France, becoming key sites for the articulation and contestation of social, political, and racial relationships. Combining rich description with nuanced analysis based on extensive archival evidence, Lauren R. Clay illuminates the wide-ranging consequences of theater's spectacular growth for performers, spectators, and authorities in cities throughout France as well as in the empire's most important Atlantic colony, Saint-Domingue.Clay argues that outside Paris the expansion of theater came about through local initiative, civic engagement, and entrepreneurial investment, rather than through actions or policies undertaken by the royal government and its agents. Reconstructing the business of theatrical production, she brings to light the efforts of a wide array of investors, entrepreneurs, directors, and actors-including women and people of color-who seized the opportunities offered by commercial theater to become important agents of cultural change.Portraying a vital and increasingly consumer-oriented public sphere beyond the capital, Stagestruck overturns the long-held notion that cultural change flowed from Paris and the royal court to the provinces and colonies. This deeply researched book will appeal to historians of Europe and the Atlantic world, particularly those interested in the social and political impact of the consumer revolution and the forging of national and imperial cultural networks. In addition to theater and literary scholars, it will attract the attention of historians and sociologists who study business, labor history, and the emergence of the modern French state.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910716612903321

Autore

Halford Keith J.

Titolo

Groundwater characterization and effects of pumping in the Death Valley regional groundwater flow system, Nevada and California, with special reference to Devils Hole / / by Keith J. Halford and Tracie R. Jackson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reston, Virginia : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2020

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 178 pages) : color illustrations, color maps

Collana

Professional paper, , 2330-7102 ; ; 1863

Soggetti

Groundwater flow - Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)

Water-supply - Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)

Watersheds - Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)

Water-supply - Nevada - Devils Hole

Water levels - Nevada - Devils Hole

Hydrogeology - Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management, National Nuclear Security Administration, Nevada Site Office, under Interagency Agreement DE-EM0004969."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-178).



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910557308003321

Autore

Kretzer J. Philippe

Titolo

Novel Research about Biomechanics and Biomaterials Used in Hip, Knee and Related Joints

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (358 p.)

Soggetti

Information technology industries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Joint replacement is a very successful medical treatment. However, the survivorship of hip, knee, shoulder, and other implants is limited. The degradation of materials and the immune response against degradation products or an altered tissue loading condition as well as infections remain key factors of their failure. Current research in biomechanics and biomaterials is trying to overcome these existing limitations. This includes new implant designs and materials, bearings concepts and tribology, kinematical concepts, surgical techniques, and anti-inflammatory and infection prevention strategies. A careful evaluation of new materials and concepts is required in order to fully assess the strengths and weaknesses and to improve the quality and outcomes of joint replacements. Therefore, extensive research and clinical trials are essential. The main aspects that are addressed in this Special Issue are related to new material, design and manufacturing considerations of implants, implant wear and its potential clinical consequence, implant fixation, infection-related material aspects, and taper-related research topics. This Special Issue gives an overview of the ongoing research in those fields. The contributions were solicited from researchers working in the fields of biomechanics, biomaterials, and bio- and tissue-engineering.