1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792259103321

Autore

Hawkins Angus

Titolo

The forgotten prime minister [[electronic resource] ] : the 14th Earl of Derby . Volume II Achievements: 1851-1869 / / Angus Hawkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-19-960514-9

9786611825461

1-281-82546-8

0-19-154807-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (546 p.)

Disciplina

941.081092

Soggetti

Prime ministers - Great Britain

Statesmen - Great Britain

Great Britain Politics and government 1837-1901

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; LIST OF PLATES; GENEALOGICAL TABLES; 1. Derby's First Premiership: 1852; 2. 'Killing with Kindness': 1852-1855; 3. War and Peace: 1855-1858; 4. Derby's Second Premiership: 1858-1859; 5. Watching and Waiting: 1859-1866; 6. Derby's Third Premiership: 1866-1868; 7. Recession and Reputation: 1868-1869; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

The first full biographical study of Lord Derby - the first British statesman to become prime minister three times and the longest serving leader in the history of British party politics. A book that will seriously affect the way we think not only about Derby himself, but also about Victorian politics and society more generally. - ;Lord Derby was the first British statesman to become prime minister three times. He remains the longest serving party leader in modern British politics, heading the Conservative party for twenty-two years from 1846 to 1868. He abolished slavery in the British Empire



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910970480603321

Autore

Water Manon van de

Titolo

Moscow Theatres for Young People: A Cultural History of Ideological Coercion and Artistic Innovation, 1917-2000 / / by Manon van de Water

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2006

ISBN

9786611366056

9781281366054

1281366056

9781403984692

1403984697

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVIII, 302 p. 12 illus.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History

Disciplina

792/.0947/31

Soggetti

Theater-History

Theater

Russia-History

Europe, Eastern-History

Civilization-History

Theatre History

Theatre and Performance Studies

Russian, Soviet, and East European History

Cultural History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-292) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Moscow Theatres for Young People: A Cultural History of Ideological Coercion and Artistic Innovation, 1917-2000 -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Note on Transliteration -- Selected Glossary of Terms -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I The Soviet Period -- 1 From Marxism-Leninism to Perestroika and Glasnost -- 2 The Historical Role and Cultural Function of Russian Theatre for Young Audiences -- 3 Thaw and Freeze -- II Perestroika and Glasnost -- 4 The Change in Cultural Function with Glasnost and Perestroika --



5 Central Children's Theatre -- 6 The Moscow Theatre of the Young Spectator -- III A New Millenium -- 7 Cultural Shifts and Theatrical Innovation -- 8 Shaking the Past: The Russian Academic Youth Theatre -- 9 Provoking Assumptions: Kama Ginkas at the Mtiuz -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book shows how the totalitarian ideology of the Soviet period shaped the practices of Soviet theatre for youth. It weaves together politics, pedagogy and aesthetics to reveal the complex intersections between theatre and its socio-historical conditions. It paints a picture of the theatrical developments from 1917 through to the new millennium.