1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974691903321

Autore

Harrison Lawrence E

Titolo

The central liberal truth : how politics can change a culture and save it from itself / / Lawrence E. Harrison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-19-770008-X

0-19-983984-0

1-280-84613-5

0-19-804111-X

9786610846139

1-4294-3838-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

306/.01

Soggetti

Culture

Politics and culture

Social values

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-244) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Riddle of Hispaniola; 2 Disaggregating "Culture"; 3 Models and Instruments of Cultural Transmission/Change; 4 Religions and Progress; 5 Culture in Action I; 6 Culture in Action II; 7 Patterns of Cultural Change; 8 Success and Failure; 9 Conclusion: Guidelines for Progressive Cultural Change; Notes; Appendix: Biographical Sketches; 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

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on a research project that explored the cultural values of many nations, this book focuses on values around the globe, describing how each nation's culture has propelled or retarded their political and economic progress. It presents 25 factors that operate differently in cultures prone to progress and those that resist it.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963327103321

Autore

Magner Blake A

Titolo

A history of American movies : a film-by-film look at the art, craft, and business of cinema / / Paul Monaco

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Taylor Trade Pub., ©2010

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2010

ISBN

979-88-8184-014-3

979-82-16-25078-4

1-282-56144-8

9786612561443

0-8108-7439-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Classificazione

PER004020PER004030

Disciplina

973.7

Soggetti

GAMES

HISTORY

Military

Trivia

United States

History

Trivia and miscellanea

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Miscellanea

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 (pages 329-338) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Classic Hollywood, 1927-1948 -- pt. 2. Hollywood in transition, 1949-1974 -- pt. 3. New Hollywood, 1975-2009.

Sommario/riassunto

A History of American Movies provides a survey of the narrative feature film from the 1920's to the present. The book focuses on 170 of the most highly regarded and recognized feature films selected by the Hollywood establishment: each Oscar winner for Best Picture, as well as those voted the greatest by members of the American Film Institute.