1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910493746303321

Autore

Turvey Gerry <1940->

Titolo

The B&C Kinematograph Company and British cinema : early twentieth-century spectacle and melodrama / / Gerry Turvey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Exeter, England : , : University of Exeter Press, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

1-905816-65-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (373 pages)

Collana

Exeter Studies in Film History

Disciplina

791.430941

Soggetti

Motion pictures

Motion picture studios

Motion pictures - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book sheds new light on the under-researched period of early British cinema through a history of the British and Colonial Kinematograph Company in the years 1908-1916, when it became one of Britain's leading film producers. The book provides an account of its films and personalities, and explores its production methods and business practices.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778115603321

Titolo

Mobilizing the private sector for public education : : a view from the trenches / / Harry Anthony Patrinos, Shobhana Sosale, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2007]

copyright 2007

ISBN

1-281-00097-3

9786611000974

0-8213-7200-9

Descrizione fisica

xi, 88 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Directions in development. Human development

Altri autori (Persone)

PatrinosHarry Anthony

SosaleShobhana <1963->

Disciplina

371.19/5

Soggetti

Business and education

Public-private sector cooperation

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

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; Chapter 1 Public-Private Partnerships in Education; Tables; Chapter 2 Lessons from the U.S. Experience with Charter Schools; Figures; Chapter 3 True Partners in Public-Private Partnerships; Chapter 4 Public-Private Partnerships in Latin America: A Review Based on Four Case Studies; Chapter 5 The Role of the National Federation of Colombian Coffee Growers in a Public-Private Partnership for Rural Education in Colombia; Chapter 6 Breaking the State Monopoly in the Provision of Schooling: The Experience in England; Boxes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Historically, ensuring access to primary education has been seen as a predominantly public responsibility. However, governments are increasingly sharing this responsibility through a variety of subsidiary arrangements. Some governments are contracting services out to the private sector, to non-governmental organizations, and even to other public agencies. Some societies are transferring responsibility for financing, providing, and regulating primary education to lower levels of government, and in some cases, to communities. In education policy, public-private partnerships play an important rol