1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996208321903316

Autore

Seiler R. M (Robert Morris)

Titolo

Reel time : movie exhibitors and movie audiences in prairie Canada, 1896 to 1986 / / Robert M. Seiler and Tamara P. Seiler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athabasca University Press, 2013

Edmonton, Alberta : , : AU Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-927356-01-6

1-299-13255-3

1-927356-00-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (381 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

302.234309712

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Social aspects - Prairie Provinces - History

Motion pictures - Economic aspects - Prairie Provinces - History

Motion picture theaters - Social aspects - Prairie Provinces - History

Motion picture theaters - Economic aspects - Prairie Provinces - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Pioneers -- Introducing Cinema to Prairie Canada: Movie Exhibition, to 1896 1904 -- Movie Exhibition During the Nickelodeon Era, 1905 to 1913 -- Reforms and Regulations: Movie Censorship in the Prairie West -- Grand Entertainment: Movie Exhibition During the Picture Palace Era, 1914 to 1932 -- Famous Players Canadian Corporation Limited -- The Struggle for Control: Odeon Theatres (Canada) Limited -- Consolidation.

Sommario/riassunto

In this authoritative work, Seiler and Seiler argues that the establishment and development of moviegoing and movie exhibition in Prairie Canada is best understood in the context of changing late-nineteenth-century and early-twentieth-century social, economic, and technological developments. From the first entrepreneurs who attempted to lure customers in to movie exhibition halls, to the digital revolution and its impact on moviegoing, Reel Time highlights the pivotal role of amusement venues in shaping the leisure activities of working- and middle-class people across North America. As marketi



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911022356103321

Autore

Kévonian Dzovinar

Titolo

Managing Global Student Migration in the Twentieth Century : The Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris Experiment

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2025

©2025

ISBN

3-031-81766-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Migration History Series

Altri autori (Persone)

TronchetGuillaume <1983->

Disciplina

378.44361

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This open-access book examines student migration in the twentieth century, focusing on the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris.Established in 1925 by the French government with support from a diverse coalition of international public and private actors, this campus was intended to host up to 10,000 students from various national.