1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990002069960403321

Autore

Burger, Otto

Titolo

Reisen eines naturforschers im tropischen Amerika ( fahren in Columbien und Venezuela ) / Otto Burger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leipzig : Dieterich'sche Verlagsbuchandlung, 1923

Descrizione fisica

222 pp. ; 23 cm

Disciplina

913

Locazione

DAGEN

Collocazione

61 X.6/22

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001284549707536

Autore

Genz, Alan

Titolo

Computation of multivariate normal and t probabilities [e-book] / by Alan Genz, Frank Bretz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : Springer, 2009

ISBN

9783642016899

Descrizione fisica

v.: digital

Collana

Lecture Notes in Statistics, 0930-0325 ; 195

Altri autori (Persone)

Bretz, Frankauthor

Soggetti

Statistics

Mathematical statistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Software

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782739703321

Autore

Cusic Don

Titolo

Discovering country music [[electronic resource] /] / Don Cusic

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger Publishers, , 2008

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2024

ISBN

979-84-00-64117-6

1-282-02672-0

9786612026720

0-313-35246-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Disciplina

781.642

Soggetti

Country music - History and criticism

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

Country music : what is it? -- Early country music -- On radio & in the movies -- Country music in the '40s -- Country music in the '50s -- Politics and country music -- Country music & the national media -- Country music in the '60s and '70s -- The '80s and '90s -- Country radio -- International -- Politics and religion -- The 21st century -- The road ahead.

Sommario/riassunto

Discovering Country Music chronicles the incredible evolution of country music in America - from the fiddle to the pop charts - and provides an insightful account of the reasons and motives that have determined its various transformations and offshoots over the years. In order to understand what country music is, and why, it is essential to understand how it makes its money Ñ the basic revenue streams, the major companies involved, and how country artists are booked and marketed. Author Don Cusic helps readers do that, and goes even further, covering not only the business and the technology th



4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830555403321

Autore

Winkler Martin M

Titolo

Spartacus [[electronic resource] ] : Film and History

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2008

ISBN

1-281-31116-2

9786611311162

0-470-76270-5

0-470-77660-9

0-470-77726-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

791.4372

Soggetti

Rome - History - Servile Wars, 135-71 B.C

Spartacus

Film

Music, Dance, Drama & Film

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Spartacus Film and History; Contents; List of Plates; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 Who Killed the Legend of Spartacus? Production, Censorship, and Reconstruction of Stanley Kubrick's Epic Film; 2 Dalton Trumbo vs. Stanley Kubrick: The Historical Meaning of Spartacus; 3 Spartacus, Exodus, and Dalton Trumbo: Managing Ideologies of War; 4 Spartacus: History and Histrionics; 5 Spartacus, Rebel Against Rome; 6 Training + Tactics = Roman Battle Success; 7 The Character of Marcus Licinius Crassus; 8 Roman Slavery and the Class Divide: Why Spartacus Lost

9 The Holy Cause of Freedom: American Ideals in Spartacus10 Spartacus and the Stoic Ideal of Death; 11 "Culturally Significant and Not Just Simple Entertainment": History and the Marketing of Spartacus; The Principal Ancient Sources on Spartacus; 1. Plutarch, Crassus 8-11 and Pompey 21.1-2; 2. Appian, The Civil Wars 1.14.111 and 116-121.1; 3. Sallust, The Histories 3.96 and 98 (M) = 3.64 and 66 (McG); 4. Livy, Periochae 95-97; 5. Velleius Paterculus, Compendium of Roman History 2.30.5-6; 6. Florus, Epitome of Roman History 2.8 (3.20); 7.



Frontinus, Strategies 1.5.20-22 and 7.6, 2.4.7 and 5.34

8. Orosius, History against the Pagans 5.24.1-8 and 18-19Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first book systematically to analyze Kirk Douglas' and Stanley Kubrick's depiction of the slave revolt led by Spartacus from different historical, political, and cinematic perspectives.Examines the film's use of ancient sources, the ancient historical contexts, the political significance of the film, the history of its censorship and restoration, and its place in film history.Includes the most important passages from ancient authors' reports of the slave revolt in translation.