Scotland re-formed, 1488-1587 / / Jane E. A. Dawson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910959524503321
• Autore: Dawson Jane E. A
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2007
• ISBN: 9786611089207; 9781281089205; 1281089206; 9780748628445; 0748628444
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (401 p.)
• Collana: New Edinburgh history of Scotland ; ; v. 6
• Disciplina: 941.104
• Soggetti: Reformation - Scotland; Scotland History 16th century; Scotland Politics and government 16th century
• 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; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Analytical Table of Contents; Maps, Tables and Illustrations; Preface; General Editor's Preface; Introduction The Kingdom of the Scots; PART ONE: 'Glore of all Princely Governing'; Chapter 1: The Princely King: James IV (1488–94); Chapter 2: The Thistle and the Rose: James IV (1495–1504); Chapter 3: Strutting the European Stage: James IV (1503–13); PART TWO: Renaissance Monarchy Triumphant; Chapter 4: The Survival of Renaissance Monarchy: James V's Minority (1513–28); Chapter 5: Courts and Clergy: James V (1528–37); Chapter 6: Imperious Majesty: James V (1537–42); PART THREE: The Battle for BritainChapter 7: Wars for Britain (1543–51); Chapter 8: Franco-Scotland (1550–60); Chapter 9: Reformation by the Sword (1555–61); Chapter 10: Reformation by the Word (1560–88); PART FOUR: Re-forming the Kingdom; Chapter 11: 'The Empire of a Woman': Mary, Queen of Scots (1561–7); Chapter 12: Civil Wars (1567–73); Chapter 13: The Last Douglas Ascendancy (1573–8); Chapter 14: James' Long Apprent
• Sommario/riassunto: From the death of James III to the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, Jane Dawson tells story of Scotland from the perspective of its regions ; and of individual Scots, as well as incorporating the view from the royal court. Scotland Re-formed shows how the country was re-formed as the relationship between church and crown changed, with these two institutions converging, merging and diverging, thereby permanently altering the nature of Scottish governance. Society was also transformed, especially by the feuars, new landholders who became the backbone of rural Scotland. The Reformation Crisis of

Before the crash : early video game history / / edited by Mark J. P. Wolf

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910960334003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Detroit, : Wayne State University Press, c2012
• ISBN: 0-8143-3722-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 255 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Contemporary approaches to film and media series
• Altri autori (Persone): WolfMark J. P
• Disciplina: 794.8
• Soggetti: Video games - History; Video games - Social aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword by Ed Rotberg -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Notes -- Video Games Caught Up in History: Accessibility, Teleological Distortion, and Other Methodological Issues -- Look Back in Anger: Accessibility Issues in the Computer Age -- Emulation and Technical Proficiency -- The Incomplete Object -- Teleological Illusion: From Early Cinema to Early Video Games -- Reconfiguring History -- Notes -- What's Victoria Got To Do with It? Toward an Archaeology of Domestic Video Gaming -- Back to the Future, or Pre-Positioning the Video Game Console -- The Home and the Media: Early Connections -- The Stereoscope: The First True Domestic Media Device -- A Tactile and Interactive Relationship with Domestic Media Develops -- The Boy Showman Entertains the Family -- Do It Yourself-In Good and In Bad -- Conclusion: Playing Pranks on Winky -- Notes -- Ball-and-Paddle Consoles -- Notes -- Channel F for Forgotten: The Fairchild Video Entertainment System -- ; History -- Channel F, From the Bottom Up -- Paradigms of Control -- Easter Eggs -- Conclusion -- Notes -- The Video Game Industry Crash of 1977 -- Early Rapid Growth -- A System on a Chip -- The Crash -- The Industry Bounces Back -- Notes -- A Question of Character: Transmediation, Abstraction, and Identification in Early Games Licensed from Movies -- Early Adventures in Movie-Game Convergence -- A Question of Character: Abstraction and Identification -- Conclusion: A Question of Character, After the Crash and Beyond -- Notes -- Every Which Way But . . . : Reading the Atari Catalog -- Nostalgia, Ephemera, and the Cultures of Gaming -- Digital Nostalgia -- Input Codes -- . . . But Loose? -- Notes -- One-Bit Wonders: Video Game Sound before the Crash -- How Sound Was Made -- How Sound Was Used.; Key Influential Games for Sound up to 1983: A Series of Firsts -- Conclusion -- Notes -- The Rise and Fall of Cinematronics -- A Quick Buck -- Space Wars, or Is It War? -- Vectorbeam and Me -- Crossed Swords -- Vectorbeam -- Crossover -- Late Nights at Cinematronics -- Last Gasps -- Another Grab Bag of Games and Legal Entanglements -- WMS Wins the Games, I Sign the Papers -- PGD, Trivia Master, and the Real End of Cinematronics -- Notes -- Color-Cycled Space Fumes in the Pixel Particle Shockwave: The Technical Aesthetics of Defender and the Williams Arcade Platform, 1980-82 -- Notes -- Coin-Drop Capitalism: Economic Lessons from the Video Game Arcade -- Sight -- Sound -- Play -- Reflect -- The Cost of Play -- Arcade as Deviant Site -- Arcades in Economic Context -- Pinball and Modernity -- Play As Training -- Computerization and Economic Upheaval -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Early Online Gaming: BBSs and MUDs -- Bulletin Board Systems -- Multi-User Dungeons -- BBSs, MUDs, and Economics -- Notes -- Appendix A: Video Game History: Getting Things Straight -- Appendix B: The Magnavox Co. v. Activision, Inc.: 1985 WL 9469 (N.D. Cal. 1985) -- Contributors -- Index -- BackCover.
• Sommario/riassunto: Following the first appearance of arcade video games in 1971 and home video game systems in 1972, the commercial video game market was exuberant with fast-paced innovation and profit. New games, gaming systems, and technologies flooded into the market until around 1983, when sales of home game systems dropped, thousands of arcades closed, and major video game makers suffered steep losses or left the market altogether. In Before the Crash: Early Video Game History, editor Mark J. P. Wolf assembles essays that examine the fleeting golden age of video games, an era sometimes overlooked for older games' lack of availability or their perceived "primitiveness" when compared to contemporary video games. In twelve chapters, contributors consider much of what was going on during the pre-crash era: arcade games, home game consoles, home computer games, handheld games, and even early online games. The technologies of early video games are investigated, as well as the cultural context of the early period-from aesthetic, economic, industrial, and legal perspectives. Since the video game industry and culture got their start and found their form in this era, these years shaped much of what video games would come to be. This volume of early history, then, not only helps readers to understand the pre-crash era, but also reveals much about the present state of the industry. Before the Crash will give readers a thorough overview of the early days of video games along with a sense of the optimism, enthusiasm, and excitement of those times. Students and teachers of media studies will enjoy this compelling volume.