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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



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910153273303321

Autore

Cavicchioli Alberto

Titolo

Higher-Dimensional Generalized Manifolds: Surgery and Constructions / / Alberto Cavicchioli, Friedrich Hegenbarth, Dušan D. Repovš

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Zuerich, Switzerland, : European Mathematical Society Publishing House, 2016

ISBN

3-03719-656-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (154 pages)

Collana

EMS Series of Lectures in Mathematics (ELM) ; , 2523-5176

Classificazione

57-xx18-xx19-xx

Disciplina

516.07

Soggetti

Topology

Manifolds and cell complexes

Category theory; homological algebra

$K$-theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Generalized manifolds: introduction -- Surgery theory and applications to resolutions of generalized manifolds -- Controlled surgery theory and constructions of generalized manifolds -- Generalized manifolds and surgery theory.

Sommario/riassunto

Generalized manifolds are a most fascinating subject to study. They were introduced in the 1930s, when topologists tried to detect topological manifolds among more general spaces (this is nowadays called the manifold recognition problem). As such, generalized manifolds have served to understand the nature of genuine manifolds. However, it soon became more important to study the category of generalized manifolds itself.   A breakthrough was made in the 1990s, when several topologists discovered a systematic way of constructing higher-dimensional generalized manifolds, based on advanced surgery techniques. In fact, the development of controlled surgery theory and the study of generalized manifolds developed in parallel. In this process, earlier studies of geometric surgery turned out to be very helpful.   Generalized manifolds will continue to be an attractive subject to study, for there remain several unsolved fundamental problems. Moreover, they hold promise for new research, e.g. for finding appropriate structures on these spaces which could bring to light



geometric (or even analytic) aspects of higher-dimensional generalized manifolds.  This is the first book to systematically collect the most important material on higher-dimensional generalized manifolds and controlled surgery. It is self-contained and its extensive list of references reflects the historic development. The book is based on our graduate courses and seminars, as well as our talks given at various meetings, and is suitable for advanced graduate students and researchers in algebraic and geometric topology.