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UNINA9910786329903321 |
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Roemer Michael <1928-> |
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Titolo |
Shocked but connected [[electronic resource] ] : notes on laughter / / Michael Roemer |
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Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012 |
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1-283-63939-4 |
1-4422-1758-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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Comic, The |
Wit and humor - Philosophy |
Laughter |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235- 262) and index. |
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Contents; Preface; Ch01. Surprised; Ch02. Freud; Ch03. Different and Scary; Ch04. Disconnected; Ch05. Bergson and High Comedy; Ch06. Blind and Helpless but Alive; Ch07. Childhood; Ch08. Making It Real; Ch09. Annie Hall; Ch10. Connected but Free; Notes; Index |
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In Shocked But Connected, distinguished filmmaker Michael Roemer reflects on the nature of comedy and laughter. Incorporating the work of both the great thinkers and great comedians of our age, Roemer investigates what makes us laugh and what distinguishes comedy from all other art forms. |
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UNINA9910779414603321 |
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Autore |
Curcio Vincent |
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Henry Ford [[electronic resource] /] / Vincent Curcio |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2013 |
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0-19-991120-7 |
1-299-39725-5 |
0-19-971789-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (323 p.) |
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Collana |
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Lives and legacies series |
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Automobile industry and trade - United States - History |
Industrialists - United States |
United States Biography |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Contents; Introduction; ONE: HOW IT ALL BEGAN; TWO: WALKING INTO THE FUTURE; THREE: COOKING WITH GAS; FOUR: THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY; FIVE: THE MODEL T AND THE COMING OF MASS PRODUCTION; SIX: PEACE AND WAR AND CONSOLIDATING POWER; SEVEN: MODERN TIMES; EIGHT: HAS SOMETHING COME BETWEEN US?; NINE: A BODY IN MOTION TENDS TO STAY IN MOTION; TEN: EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN; ELEVEN: EFFLORESCENCE AND HARD ENDINGS; Acknowledgments; A Note on Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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Most great figures in American history reveal great contradictions, and Henry Ford is no exception. He championed his workers, offering unprecedented wages, yet crushed their attempts to organize. Virulently anti-Semitic, he never employed fewer than 3,000 Jews. An outspoken pacifist, he made millions producing war materials. He urbanized the modern world, and then tried to drag it back into a romanticized rural past he'd helped to destroy. As the American auto industry struggles to reinvent itself, Vincent Curcio's timely biography offers a wealth of new insight into the man who started it al |
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