1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996391118703316

Autore

Hill Thomas <b. ca. 1528.>

Titolo

The profitable arte of gardening [[electronic resource] ] : nowthe thirde time sett forth: to which is added much necessary matter, and a number of secretes, with the phisicke helpes belonging to eche hearbe, and that easily prepared. To this is annexed two proper treatises, the one entituled, The marueilous gouernement, propertie, and benefite of bees, with the rare secretes of the hony and waxe. And the other, The yeerely coniectures meete for husbandmen to know: Englished by Thomas Hyll, Londoner. Whereunto is newly added a treatise of the arte of graffing and planting of trees

Pubbl/distr/stampa

At London, : Printed by Robert Walde-graue, Anno. 1586

Descrizione fisica

[8], 164, [8], 92 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

ArnoldRichard <d. 1521?>

Soggetti

Gardening

Bee culture

Weather

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

In two parts; part 2 has separate dated title page reading: A profitable instuction of the perfite ordering of bees .. To which is annexed .. Certaine husbandly coniectures of dearth and plentie .. and other matters.. By Thomas Hyll.

Register and pagination are separate.

The section on grafting is an extract from the "Chronicle" of Richard Arnold.

Reproduction of the original in the Arnold Arboretum (Harvard University). Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0006



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910970104503321

Autore

Winston Brian

Titolo

Messages : free expression, media and the west from Gutenberg to Google / / Brian Winston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005

ISBN

1-134-57291-3

90-04-14956-2

1-134-57292-1

1-280-29025-0

9786610290253

0-203-01563-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (443 p.)

Collana

Studies in Textile and Costume History Series ; ; v.4

Disciplina

302.23/09

Soggetti

Mass media - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

"The liberty to know" : printing from 1455 -- "Taking off vizards and vailes and disguises" : newspapers from 1566 -- "Congress shall make no law" : journalism from 1702 -- "Here's the papers, here's the papers" : journalism from 1836 -- "Leal sovvenir" : imaging from 1413 -- "Who knows not her name" : theatre from 1513 -- "So much for stage feeling" : stage and screen from 1737 -- "Give the public what we think they need" : radio from 1906 -- "American shots" : cinema from 1925 -- "See it now" : television from 1954 -- "Free expression is in very deep trouble" : media to 1991 and beyond.

Sommario/riassunto

Easy to read, and highly topical, Messages writes a history of mass communication in Europe and its outreaches, as a search for the origins of media forms from print and stage, to photography, film and broadcasting.Arguing that the development of the mass media has been an essential engine driving the western concept of an individual, Brian Winston examines how the right of free expression is under attack, and how the roots of media expression need to be recalled to make a case for the media's importance for the protection of individual liberty.Relating