The history of cinema, and notably that of post-war Italian cinema, can only be understood adequately in the context of other contiguous cultural disciplines. World literature, including that of France, Germany, and Russia, played a key role in the development of post-war Italian film and the cinematic technique it has come to embody. Moving away from the usual modes of defining this period--a trajectory that begins with neorealism and ends with Bertolucci--author Carlo Testa offers proof that coming to terms with literary texts is an essential step toward understanding the motion pictures they influenced.

The means of recreating literature for the screen has changed drastically over the last half-century, as has the impact of different national traditions on Italian cinema. Testa's work is the first to explicitly and deliberately link postwar Italian cinema to general intellectual concerns such as the relationship between literary authors and cinematic auteurs. Moreover, his analysis of the impact of French, German, and Russian cultures on Italy brings forth a new reading of Italian cinema, a new paradigm for exploring complex issues of authorship, culture, and art.

In the likely near future, humanity is doomed to destruction, and The Omega Team, a group of scientists and humanists, is to reverse the trend and restore, through a ferocious intervention, the well-being of the planet. After decades of environmental degradation, climate change and consumerism, humanity has backed itself into a corner that it can't get out of without taking drastic and horrifying steps. Our fate rests in The Omega Team's hands - but will they steel themselves and take the necessary measures to prevent extinction? This novel follows the decline of the economies and behaviour of the West and the surge of the major "developing" countries - and the inevitable results. It is based on solid scientific facts and informed by the author's long experience with the issues presented. It is not just a scientific thriller but a warning of the consequences of inaction in changing the way we live - before it is too late. CARLO TESTA has worked in thirty countries and lived in twenty. He served with UNESCO, UNDP (the United Nations Development Plan), UNICEF and the World Bank, as well as government agencies and private corporations. He has taught at the University of California at Berkeley, at St. Louis and at the University of Toronto. He is the author of several technical books, one historical novel in Italian, and hundreds of columns on social and economic affairs. He lives in Blandford, Nova Scotia. This book was written in 1999 and kept in a drawer. Without any changes it has become part history and part forecast.

The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative and International Law, 1600-1926, brings together foreign, comparative, and international titles in a single resource. Its International Law component features works of some of the great legal theorists, including Gentili, Grotius, Selden, Zouche, Pufendorf, Bijnkershoek, Wolff, Vattel, Martens, Mackintosh, Wheaton, among others. The materials in this archive are drawn from three world-class American law libraries: the Yale Law Library, the George Washington University Law Library, and the Columbia Law Library.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.+++++++++++++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: +++++++++++++++Yale Law LibraryLP3Y037090018860101The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative, and International Law, 1600-1926"Ouvrages consultes" 1 p. following p. vi.Paris: A. Durand et G. Pedone-Lauriel, 1886vi, 2], 347 p. 23 cmFrance