1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456607203321

Autore

Bayer Mark <1973->

Titolo

Theatre, community, and civic engagement in Jacobean London [[electronic resource] /] / Mark Bayer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2011

ISBN

1-60938-040-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Collana

Studies in theatre history and culture

Disciplina

306.4/8480942109032

Soggetti

Theater and society - England - History - 17th century

Theater - England - London - History - 17th century

Electronic books.

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

Introduction: Theatre and social capital -- Rethinking city and suburb -- The public theatres and their communities -- Religious communities at London's northern playhouses -- The spectacle of history at the Red Bull -- The Clerkenwell riot and its aftermath -- Epilogue: After 1642.

Sommario/riassunto

Taking to heart Thomas Heywood's claim that plays "persuade men to humanity and good life, instruct them in civility and good manners, showing them the fruits of honesty, and the end of villainy," Mark Bayer's captivating new study argues that the early modern London theatre was an important community institution whose influence extended far beyond its economic, religious, educational, and entertainment contributions. Bayer concentrates not on the theatres where Shakespeare's plays were performed but on two important amphitheatres, the Fortune and the Red Bull, that offer a more nuanced pi



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910962844603321

Autore

Jonckheere Edmond A. <1954->

Titolo

Algebraic and differential topology of robust stability / / Edmond A. Jonckheere ; with 79 pictures, computer generated by Chih-Yung Cheng, Chung-Kuang Chu, and Murilo G. Coutinho

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-773204-6

1-280-52771-4

9786610527717

0-19-535768-X

1-4294-0123-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (625 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

629.8/312/015142

Soggetti

Control theory

Algebraic topology

Differential topology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p557-570) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; List of Symbols; 1 Prologue; I: SIMPLICIAL APPROXIMATION AND ALGORITHMS; II: HOMOLOGY OF ROBUST STABILITY; III: HOMOTOPY OF ROBUST STABILITY; IV: DIFFERENTIAL TOPOLOGY OF ROBUST STABILITY; V: ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY OF CROSSOVER; VI: EPILOGUE; VII: APPENDICES; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book brings together the seemingly unrelated fields of algebraic topology and robust control. It develops algebraic/differential topology from an application-oriented point of view. It should be suitable for students in engineering and/or applied mathematics and academic researchers.