1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910707738403321

Autore

Lynch Thomas Francis <1960->

Titolo

The return of foreign fighters to Central Asia : implications for U.S. counterterrorism policy / / by Thomas F. Lynch III [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : National Defense University Press, , 2016

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (33 pages) : color illustration, color map

Collana

Strategic perspectives / Institute for National Strategic Studies ; ; no. 21

Soggetti

Terrorists - Recruiting - Asia, Central

Islamic fundamentalism - Asia, Central

Radicalism - Religious aspects

Jihad

Terrorism - Prevention - Government policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"October 2016."

"Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University"--PDF cover page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 24-32).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778810203321

Titolo

Learning with the lights off [[electronic resource] ] : educational film in the United States / / edited by Devin Orgeron, Marsha Orgeron, and Dan Streible

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-283-42767-2

9786613427670

0-19-987466-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (544 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

OrgeronDevin

OrgeronMarsha

StreibleDan

Disciplina

371.33/523

371.33523

Soggetti

Educational films - United States - History and criticism

Motion pictures in education - United States

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

Cover; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Companion Website; Introduction; 1. A History of Learning with the Lights Off; 2. The Cinema of the Future: Visions of the Medium as Modern Educator, 1895-1910; 3. Communicating Disease: Tuberculosis, Narrative, and Social Order in Thomas Edison's Red Cross Seal Films; 4. Visualizing Industrial Citizenship; 5. Film Education in the Natural History Museum: Cinema Lights Up the Gallery in the 1920's; 6. Glimpses of Animal Life: Nature Films and the Emergence of Classroom Cinema

7. Medical Education through Film: Animating Anatomy at the American College of Surgeons and Eastman Kodak 8. Dr. ERPI Finds His Voice: Electrical Research Products, Inc. and the Educational Film Market, 1927-1937; 9. Educational Film Projects of the 1930's: Secrets of Success and the Human Relations Film Series; 10. "An Indirect Influence upon Industry": Rockefeller Philanthropies and the Development of Educational Film in the United States, 1935-1953; 11. Cornering The



Wheat Farmer (1938); 12. The Failure of the NYU Educational Film Institute

13. Spreading the Word: Race, Religion, and the Rhetoric of Contagion in Edgar G. Ulmer's TB Films 14. Exploitation as Education; 15. Smoothing the Contours of Didacticism: Jam Handy and His Organization; 16. Museum at Large: Aesthetic Education through Film; 17. Celluloid Classrooms and Everyday Projectionists: Post-World War II Consolidation of Community Film Activism; 18. Screen Culture and Group Discussion in Postwar Race Relations; 19. "A Decent and Orderly Society": Race Relations in Riot-Era Educational Films, 1966-1970; 20. Everything Old is New Again

or, Why I Collect Educational Films 21. Continuing Ed: Educational Film Collections in Libraries and Archives; 22. A Select Guide to Educational Film Collections; Contributors; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

A vastly influential form of filmmaking seen by millions of people, educational films provide a catalog of twentieth century preoccupations and values. As a medium of instruction and guidance, they held a powerful cultural position, producing knowledge both inside and outside the classroom. This is the first collection of essays to address this vital phenomenon. The book provides an ambitious overview of educational film practices, while each essay analyzes a crucial aspect of educational film history, ranging from case studies of films and filmmakers to broader generic and historical assessment