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UNINA9910454837203321 |
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Bahr Ehrhard |
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Weimar on the Pacific [[electronic resource] ] : German exile culture in Los Angeles and the crisis of modernism / / Ehrhard Bahr |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 |
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1-282-35926-6 |
9786612359262 |
0-520-93380-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (380 p.) |
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Weimar and now : German cultural criticism ; ; 41 |
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Modernism (Aesthetics) - California - Los Angeles |
Germans - California - Los Angeles - Intellectual life |
Jews, German - California - Los Angeles - Intellectual life |
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Los Angeles (Calif.) Intellectual life 20th century |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-346) and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Dialectic of Modernism -- Chapter 2. Art and Its Resistance to Society -- Chapter 3. Bertolt Brecht's California Poetry -- Chapter 4. The Dialectic of Modern Science -- Chapter 5. Epic Theater versus Film Noir -- Chapter 6. California Modern as Immigrant Modernism -- Chapter 7. Between Modernism and Antimodernism -- Chapter 8. Renegade Modernism -- Chapter 9. The Political Battleground of Exile Modernism -- Chapter 10. Evil Germany versus Good Germany -- Chapter 11. A "True Modernist" -- Conclusion: The Weimar Legacy of Los Angeles -- Chronology -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index |
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In the 1930's and 40's, Los Angeles became an unlikely cultural sanctuary for a distinguished group of German artists and intellectuals-including Thomas Mann, Theodore W. Adorno, Bertolt Brecht, Fritz Lang, and Arnold Schoenberg-who had fled Nazi Germany. During their years in exile, they would produce a substantial body of major works to address the crisis of modernism that resulted from the rise of National |
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Socialism. Weimar Germany and its culture, with its meld of eighteenth-century German classicism and twentieth-century modernism, served as a touchstone for this group of diverse talents and opinions. Weimar on the Pacific is the first book to examine these artists and intellectuals as a group. Ehrhard Bahr studies selected works of Adorno, Horkheimer, Brecht, Lang, Neutra, Schindler, Döblin, Mann, and Schoenberg, weighing Los Angeles's influence on them and their impact on German modernism. Touching on such examples as film noir and Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus, Bahr shows how this community of exiles reconstituted modernism in the face of the traumatic political and historical changes they were living through. |
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UNINA9910777328903321 |
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Drugs and the older population [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Peter Crome, Gary Ford |
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London, : Imperial College Press |
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River Edge, NJ, : Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co., 2000 |
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1 online resource (728 p.) |
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CromePeter |
FordGary (Gary A.) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Foreword; Introduction; List of Contributors; Contents; CHAPTER 1 Pharmacoepidemiology and the Elderly; Introduction; Types of Pharmacoepidemiologic Studies; Adverse and Beneficial Effects of Drug Therapy; Drug Utilization Studies; Antipsychotic Drugs; Thrombolysis in Acute Myocardial Infarction; Opioids for Pain Management in Cancer; Pharmacoeconomic Studies; Quality-of-life Studies; Importance of Postmarketing Drug Surveillance; Principles of Pharmacoepidemiologic Research; The Frequency of Adverse Drug Events; Study Designs; Observational Studies; Ecologic (correlational) Studies |
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Cross-sectional StudiesCase-control Studies; Cohort Studies; Common Types of Error in Observational Studies; Experimental Studies; Measures of Association; Data Sources for Observational Pharmacoepidemiologic Studies; Future Research Directions; References; CHAPTER 2 Drug Use and Older People: Sociological Perspectives; Introduction; The Role of Biomedicine; Doctors and the Elderly; Social Characteristics and Patterns of Drug Use; Drugs and the Culture of Ageing; Empowering Older People: The Role of Self-health Care and Consumerism; References |
CHAPTER 3 Economic Aspects of Drugs and Older PeopleIntroduction; What is Health Economics?; Demographic Trends; Life Expectancy; Prevalence of Acute and Chronic Ill-Health; GP Consultation Rates; Prescription Items Dispensed; Prescription Costs; Health Economics; Ten Common Mistakes in Health Economics; Methods of Analysis; Costs; Where Costs Fall; The Type of Costs; Outcomes; Sensitivity Analysis; Different Perspective; References; CHAPTER 4 Pharmacokinetics; Introduction; Drugs and the Older Population; Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Drug Effects |
Factors Influencing Pharmacokinetics in Older PeopleAge Related Changes in Drug Absorption and Bioavailability; Absorption; First Pass Metabolism and Bioavailability; Age Related Changes in Drug Distribution; Volume of Distribution; Protein Binding; Age Related Changes in Drug Clearance; Age Related Changes in Renal Excretion; Age Related Changes in Hepatic Clearance; Phase 1 Metabolism and Ageing; Factors Contributing to Age Related Reductions in Liver Metabolism; Phase 2 Metabolism and Ageing; Frailty, Disease and Drug Metabolism; Frailty; Disease; Conclusions; Research Work to Date |
Directions for Future ResearchReferences; CHAPTER 5 Pharmacodynamics; Introduction; Important Age-associated Pharmacodynamic Changes; Mechanisms of Pharmacodynamic Changes; Cardiovascular Drugs; Vascular Responses; Blood Pressure Lowering Drugs; Central Nervous System Drugs; Conclusions and Suggestions for Future Research; References; CHAPTER 6 Adverse Drug Reactions; Introduction; Definitions; ADRs and Hospital Admission; Studies in Hospital and Nursing Homes; Studies in Ambulatory Settings; Causes; Class of Drugs; Age; Number of Drugs; Consequences and Outcome |
Reports to Drug Regulatory Authorities |
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This book is designed for all those with a scientific interest in drug treatment and the older population. The authors have all been chosen for their expertise in the field and have been drawn from both sides of the Atlantic and South Africa. The contents fall into two parts - general principles of drug use as they apply to the elderly, and specific chapters dealing with common clinical areas. The editors aim to provide a concise up to date, evidence-based, resource book. |
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