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Planet TV - A Global Television Reader (Hardcover): Lisa Parks, Shanti Kumar Planet TV - A Global Television Reader (Hardcover)
Lisa Parks, Shanti Kumar
R3,199 Discovery Miles 31 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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aEverybody knows that TV is crucial to globalization. Now, thanks to Lisa Parks and Shanti Kumar, we know why and how television matters globally. With TV studies moving out of the classroom and onto the world stage, this volume is an indispensable passport.a
--Toby Miller, editor of "Television & New Media"

From the 1967 live satellite program "Our World" to MTV music videos in Indonesia, from French television in Senegal to the global syndication of African American sitcoms, and from representations of terrorism on German television to the international Teletubbies phenomenon, TV lies at the nexus of globalization and transnational culture.

Planet TV provides an overview of the rapidly changing landscape of global television, combining previously published essays by pioneers of the study of television with new work by cutting-edge television scholars who refine and extend intellectual debates in the field. Organized thematically, the volume explores such issues as cultural imperialism, nationalism, postcolonialism, transnationalism, ethnicity and cultural hybridity. These themes are illuminated by concrete examples and case studies derived from empirical work on global television industries, programs, and audiences in diverse social, historical, and cultural contexts.

Developing a new critical framework for exploring the political, economic, sociological and technological dimensions of television cultures, and countering the assumption that global television is merely a result of the current dominance of the West in world affairs, Planet TV demonstrates that the global dimensions of television were imagined intoexistence very early on in its contentious history. Parks and Kumar have assembled the critical moments in television's past in order to understand its present and future.

Contributors include Ien Ang, Arjun Appadurai, Jose B. Capino, Michael Curtin, Jo Ellen Fair, John Fiske, Faye Ginsburg, R. Harindranath, Timothy Havens, Edward S. Herman, Michele Hilmes, Olaf Hoerschelmann, Shanti Kumar, Moya Luckett, Robert McChesney, Divya C. McMillin, Nicholas Mirzoeff, David Morley, Hamid Naficy, Lisa Parks, James Schwoch, John Sinclair, R. Anderson Sutton, Serra Tinic, John Tomlinson, and Mimi White.

Alexander the Great - A Captivating Guide to the King Who Conquered the Persian Empire and Babylon, Including His Impact on... Alexander the Great - A Captivating Guide to the King Who Conquered the Persian Empire and Babylon, Including His Impact on Ancient Greece and Rome (Hardcover)
Captivating History
R656 R589 Discovery Miles 5 890 Save R67 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The History of Consumer Credit - Doctrines and Practices (Hardcover): R. Gelpi, F. Julien-Labruyere The History of Consumer Credit - Doctrines and Practices (Hardcover)
R. Gelpi, F. Julien-Labruyere
R2,867 Discovery Miles 28 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From the early forms of loans to farmers to present day credit cards, consumer credit has always been part of human life and economics. However, ever since the Bible, controversy has reigned as to its legitimacy. It is the history of this controversy that is presented here by the authors. Outlining significant developments in different aspects of consumer credit from the Hammurabi Code through to current questions such as household overindebtedness, they shed some historical light on modern debates.

Riding the Roller Coaster - A History of the Chrysler Corporation (Hardcover): Charles K Hyde Riding the Roller Coaster - A History of the Chrysler Corporation (Hardcover)
Charles K Hyde
R1,045 Discovery Miles 10 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The first comprehensive history of the Chrysler Corporation, this book is intended for readers interested in the history of automobiles and of American business, and for fans and critics of Chrysler's products. From the Chrysler Six of 1924, to the front-wheel-drive vehicles of the 70s and 80s, to the minivan, Chrysler boasts an impressive list of technological "firsts." But even though the company has catered well to a variety of consumers, it has come to the brink of financial ruin more than once in its seventy-five-year history. How Chrysler achieved monumental success and then managed colossal failure and sharp recovery is explained in Riding the Roller Coaster, a lively, unprecedented look at a major force in the American automobile industry since 1925. Charles Hyde tells the intriguing story behind Chrysler--its products, people, and performance over time--with particular focus on the company's management. He offers a lens through which the reader can view the U.S. auto industry from the perspective of the smallest of the automakers who, along with Ford and General Motors, make up the "Big Three." The book covers Walter P. Chrysler's life and automotive career before 1925, when he founded the Chrysler Corporation, and traces the company's history to 1998, when it merged with Daimler-Benz. Chrysler made a late entrance into the industry in 1925 when it emerged from Chalmers and Maxwell, and further grew when it absorbed Dodge Brothers and American Motors Corporation. The author follows this journey, explaining the company's leadership in automotive engineering, its styling successes and failures, its changing management, and its activities from auto racing to defense production toreal estate. Throughout, the colorful personalities of its leaders--including Chrysler himself and Lee lacocca--emerge as strong forces in the company's development, imparting a risk-taking mentality that gave the company its verve.

The Reach Official American League Base Ball Guide; 1900-1901 (Hardcover): Anonymous The Reach Official American League Base Ball Guide; 1900-1901 (Hardcover)
Anonymous
R1,041 Discovery Miles 10 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Jerome Bonaparte - The War Years, 1800-1815 (Hardcover, New): Glenn Lamar Jerome Bonaparte - The War Years, 1800-1815 (Hardcover, New)
Glenn Lamar
R2,759 Discovery Miles 27 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Napoleon's youngest brother, Jerome, has over the centuries been portrayed as a military commander who was completely incompetent and unimportant to his famous sibling. This first biography of Jerome by an American author utilizes many firsthand accounts ofJerome's abilities that have never before been available to readers in English, as well as archival material that has never been published in any language, to challenge this view. Focussing on the lesser-known theaters of operation from 1800 to the Russian campaign in 1812, this study completes the gaps in the military history of the Napoleonic Wars. As Lamar demonstrates, Jerome was not responsible for the failure of Napoleon's early maneuvers during the invasion of Russia, nor did he lose the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

Jerome's relationship with Napoleon was affected by his position as the youngest member of the Bonaparte family. Much of Emperor Napoleon I's true nature can be seen through his dealings with Jerome and his naval career. After discussing Jerome's experiences as the only Bonaparte to serve in the navy, Lamar detailsJerome's involvement in land campaigns, in such varied places as Silesia, Russia, and Waterloo. Another important aspect of Jerome's career was his leadership role as King of Westphalia. This objective account sheds new light on the life and accomplishments of one of the most maligned figures of the Napoleonic era.

Fencing or the Science of Arms - Illustrated Edition (Hardcover): Salvator Fabris, A.F. Johnson, Michael Chidester Fencing or the Science of Arms - Illustrated Edition (Hardcover)
Salvator Fabris, A.F. Johnson, Michael Chidester
R1,496 Discovery Miles 14 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The High Middle Ages (Hardcover): Kari Elisabeth Borresen, Adriana Valerio The High Middle Ages (Hardcover)
Kari Elisabeth Borresen, Adriana Valerio
R1,887 Discovery Miles 18 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fencing - A Renaissance Treatise (Hardcover): Camillo Agrippa Fencing - A Renaissance Treatise (Hardcover)
Camillo Agrippa; Edited by Ken Mondschein
R1,040 Discovery Miles 10 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Camillo Agrippa's widely influential "Treatise on the Science of Arms" was a turning point in the history of fencing. The author - an engineer by trade and not a professional master of arms - was able to radically re-imagine teaching the art of fencing. Agrippa's treatise is the fundamental text of Western swordsmanship. Just as earlier swordsmanship can be better understood from Agrippa's critiques, so too was his book the starting point for the rapier era. Every other treatise of the early-modern period had to deal explicitly or implicitly with Agrippa's startling transformation of the art and science of self-defense with the sword. Likewise, all of the fundamental ideas that are still used today - distance, time, line, blade opposition, counterattacks and countertime - are expressed in this paradigm-shifting treatise. This is a work that should be on the bookshelf of anyone interested in the history, practice or teaching of fencing. His treatise was also a microcosm of sixteenth-century thought. It examines the art, reduces it to its very principles, and reconstructs it according to a way of thinking that incorporated new concepts of art, science and philosophy. Contained within this handy volume are concrete examples of a new questioning of received wisdom and a turn toward empirical proofs, hallmarks of the Enlightenment. The treatise also presents evidence for a redefinition of elite masculinity in the wake of the military revolution of the sixteenth century. At the same time, is offers suggestive clues to the place of the hermetic tradition in the early-modern intellectual life and its implications for the origins of modern science. Camillo Agrippa's "Treatise on the Science of Arms" was first published in Rome in 1553 by the papal printer Antonio Blado. The original treatise was illustrated with 67 engravings that belong to the peak of Renaissance design. They are reproduced here in full. "Mondschein has at last made available to English-speaking readers one of the most important texts in the history of European martial arts. Agrippa marks a turning point in the intellectual history of these arts.... Mondschein's introduction to his work helps the reader understand Agrippa - and the martial practices themselves - as pivotal agents in the evolving cultural and intellectual systems of the sixteenth century. Above all, Mondschein's translation is refreshingly clean and idiomatic, rendering the systematic clarity of the Italian original into equally clear modern English - evidence of the author's familiarity with modern fencing and understanding of the physical realities that his author is trying to express. Mondschein's contextualization of his topic points the way for future scholarly exploration, and his translation will doubtless be valued by both students of cultural history and practitioners of modern sword arts." - Dr. Jeffrey L. Forgeng, Paul S. Morgan Curator -Higgins Armory Museum, Adj. Assoc. Prof. of Humanities, Worcester Polytechnic Institute First English translation. Hardcover, 234 pages, 67 illustrations, introduction, bibliography, glossary, appendix, index."

Bear Memories - The Chicago-Green Bay Rivalry (Hardcover): Beth Gorr Bear Memories - The Chicago-Green Bay Rivalry (Hardcover)
Beth Gorr
R781 R686 Discovery Miles 6 860 Save R95 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Great Pretender - The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness (Paperback): Susannah Cahalan The Great Pretender - The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness (Paperback)
Susannah Cahalan
R548 R508 Discovery Miles 5 080 Save R40 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"One of America's most courageous young journalists" and the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Brain on Fire investigates the shocking mystery behind the dramatic experiment that revolutionized modern medicine (NPR). Doctors have struggled for centuries to define insanity--how do you diagnose it, how do you treat it, how do you even know what it is? In search of an answer, in the 1970s a Stanford psychologist named David Rosenhan and seven other people--sane, healthy, well-adjusted members of society--went undercover into asylums around America to test the legitimacy of psychiatry's labels. Forced to remain inside until they'd "proven" themselves sane, all eight emerged with alarming diagnoses and even more troubling stories of their treatment. Rosenhan's watershed study broke open the field of psychiatry, closing down institutions and changing mental health diagnosis forever. But, as Cahalan's explosive new research shows in this real-life detective story, very little in this saga is exactly as it seems. What really happened behind those closed asylum doors?

Lehigh Alumni Bulletin 1913-1914 (volume 1, No.4); 1 (Hardcover): Anonymous Lehigh Alumni Bulletin 1913-1914 (volume 1, No.4); 1 (Hardcover)
Anonymous
R711 Discovery Miles 7 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Hammurabi - A Captivating Guide to the Sixth King of the First Babylonian Dynasty, Including the Code of Hammurabi (Hardcover):... Hammurabi - A Captivating Guide to the Sixth King of the First Babylonian Dynasty, Including the Code of Hammurabi (Hardcover)
Captivating History
R719 R635 Discovery Miles 6 350 Save R84 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
National Socialism - Its Principles and Philosophy (Hardcover): Carlos Videla National Socialism - Its Principles and Philosophy (Hardcover)
Carlos Videla
R774 Discovery Miles 7 740 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Tennessee's Arabian Horse Racing Heritage (Hardcover): Andra Kowalczyk Tennessee's Arabian Horse Racing Heritage (Hardcover)
Andra Kowalczyk
R781 R686 Discovery Miles 6 860 Save R95 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Time, the City, and the Literary Imagination (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Anne Marie Evans, Kaley Kramer Time, the City, and the Literary Imagination (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Anne Marie Evans, Kaley Kramer
R3,381 Discovery Miles 33 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Time, the City, and the Literary Imagination explores the relationship between the constructions and representations of the relationship between time and the city in literature published between the late eighteenth century and the present. This collection offers a new way of reading the literary city by tracing the ways in which the relationship between time and urban space can shape literary narratives and forms. The essays consider the representation of a range of literary cities from across the world and consider how an understanding of time, and time passing, can impact on our understanding of the primary texts. Literature necessarily deals with time, both as a function of storytelling and as an experience of reading. In this volume, the contributions demonstrate how literature about cities brings to the forefront the relationship between individual and communal experience and time.

Reimagining Teaching in Early 20th Century Experimental Schools (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Alessandra Arce Hai, Helen May,... Reimagining Teaching in Early 20th Century Experimental Schools (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Alessandra Arce Hai, Helen May, Kristen Nawrotzki, Larry Prochner, Yordanka Valkanova
R3,615 Discovery Miles 36 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book considers the diffusion and transfer of educational ideas through local and transcontinental networks within and across five socio-political spaces. The authors examine the social, political, and historical preconditions for the transfer of "new education" theory and practices in each period, place, and school, along with the networks of ideas and experts that supported this. The authors use historical methods to examine the schools and to pursue the story of the circulation of new ideas in education. In particular, chapters investigate how educational ideas develop within contexts, travel across boundaries, and are adapted in new contexts.

Nebraska Cornhusker Football (Hardcover): Mark Fricke Nebraska Cornhusker Football (Hardcover)
Mark Fricke
R674 Discovery Miles 6 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Lost Restaurants of Detroit (Paperback): Paul Vachon Lost Restaurants of Detroit (Paperback)
Paul Vachon
R557 R517 Discovery Miles 5 170 Save R40 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Red Shadows of the Blood Moon (Hardcover): Msw-Lcsw John Wesley Contway Red Shadows of the Blood Moon (Hardcover)
Msw-Lcsw John Wesley Contway
R661 Discovery Miles 6 610 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
School(house) Design and Curriculum in Nineteenth Century America - Historical and Theoretical Frameworks (Hardcover, 1st ed.... School(house) Design and Curriculum in Nineteenth Century America - Historical and Theoretical Frameworks (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Joseph Da Silva
R2,628 Discovery Miles 26 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines the formative relationship between nineteenth century American school architecture and curriculum. While other studies have queried the intersections of school architecture and curriculum, they approach them without consideration for the ways in which their relationships are culturally formative-or how they reproduce or resist extant inequities in the United States. Da Silva addresses this gap in the school design archive with a cross-disciplinary approach, taking to task the cultural consequences of the relationship between these two primary elements of teaching and learning in a 'hotspot' of American education-the nineteenth century. Providing a historical and theoretical framework for practitioners and scholars in evaluating the politics of modern American school design, the book holds a mirror to the oft-criticized state of American education today.

The Wheelmen's Gazette; v. 1 Apr. 1886-Mar. 1887 (Hardcover): Anonymous The Wheelmen's Gazette; v. 1 Apr. 1886-Mar. 1887 (Hardcover)
Anonymous
R1,073 Discovery Miles 10 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
History's schools - Past struggles and present realities (Paperback): Aziz Choudry, Salim Vally History's schools - Past struggles and present realities (Paperback)
Aziz Choudry, Salim Vally
R325 R300 Discovery Miles 3 000 Save R25 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

How do educators and activists in today's struggles for change use historical materials from earlier periods of organizing for political education? How do they create and engage with independent and often informal archives and debates? How do they ultimately connect this historical knowledge with contemporary struggles? History's Schools aims to advance the understanding of relationships between learning, knowledge production, history and social change. This unique collection explores engagement with activist/movement archives; learning and teaching militant histories; lessons from liberatory and anti-imperialist struggles; and learning from student, youth and education struggles. Six chapters foreground insights from the breadth and diversity of South Africa's rich progressive social movements; while others explore connections between ideas and practices of historical and contemporary struggles in other parts of the world including Argentina, Iran, Britain, Palestine, and the US. Besides its great relevance to scholars and students of Education, Sociology, and History, this innovative title will be of particular interest to adult educators, labour educators, archivists, community workers and others concerned with education for social change.

Private Property and Abuse of Rights in Victorian England - The Story of Edward Pickles and the Bradford Water Supply... Private Property and Abuse of Rights in Victorian England - The Story of Edward Pickles and the Bradford Water Supply (Hardcover)
Michael Taggart
R3,942 Discovery Miles 39 420 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The leading case of The Mayor, Alderman and Burgesses of the Borough of Bradford v Pickles was the first to establish that it is not unlawful for a property owner to exercise his or her property rights maliciously and to the detriment of others, or the public interest. Though controversial at the time, today it is often invisible and taken for granted. This book explores why the common law, in contrast to civil law systems, developed in this way.

Ancient Anatolia - A Captivating Guide to Ancient Civilizations of Asia Minor, Including the Hittite Empire, Arameans, Luwians,... Ancient Anatolia - A Captivating Guide to Ancient Civilizations of Asia Minor, Including the Hittite Empire, Arameans, Luwians, Neo-Assyrian Empire, Cimmerians, Scythians, Persians, Romans, and More (Hardcover)
Captivating History
R721 R637 Discovery Miles 6 370 Save R84 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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