1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000179130203316

Autore

Pearl, Judea

Titolo

Heuristics : intelligent search strategies for computer problem solving / Judea Pearl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reading (Mass.) [etc.] : Addison-Wesley, copyr. 1984

ISBN

0-201-05594-5

Descrizione fisica

XVII, 382 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Collana

Addison-Wesley series in artificial intelligence ; 0

Disciplina

0063

Collocazione

006.3 PEA

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784237703321

Autore

Chennault Ronald E

Titolo

Hollywood films about schools [[electronic resource] ] : where race, politics, and education intersect / / Ronald E. Chennault

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y., : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

ISBN

0-230-60105-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/6557

Soggetti

Schools in motion pictures

Education in motion pictures

Race relations in motion pictures

Motion pictures - 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 (p. [171]-185) and index.



Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Reagan, 'Rithmetic, and Race; 3 Controlling the Savage Enemy: Punishing the Other and Criminalizing Urban Space; 4 Isolating and Protecting Whiteness; 5 Bringing the West to the Rest: The Transmission of Civilizing Knowledge; 6 Learning from School Films; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

What do the Hollywood 'school films' of the 1980's and 1990's communicate about education and race? This book looks at The Graduate , Blackboard Jungle , The English Patient , Dead Poets Society , Pulp Fiction , Ghost , The Wizard of Oz , Top Gun and Forrest Gump to answer the question.