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Documentary about Indian film archivist and scholar P.K. Nair.
Having founded the National Film Archive of India in 1964, Nair
sought to source and preserve Indian cinema for the sake of its
cultural heritage. For the next 30 years he collected films from
throughout India and the wider world and was instrumental in
introducing world cinema to an Indian audience.
This book consolidates the descriptive results of a pantropical
project called Agroforestry Systems Inventory (AFSI), undertaken by
the International Council for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) from
1982 to 1987. Since agroforestry was a relatively new term when the
project was initiated, the main objective was to increase the
understanding of and provide a state-of the-art information base on
existing agroforestry systems. Therefore, the project was designed
to systematically collect, collate, synthesize, and dissem inate
information on existing agroforestry systems in developing
countries. One of the major results of the project, descriptions of
existing agroforestry systems, was published as a series of
articles in Agroforestry Systems. These system descriptions form
the bulk of this book. Other products of the project include a
microcomputer database on agroforestry systems, practices and
components, and voluminous unpublished reports and records. Perhaps
the title of the book is misleading in that the book does not
include or cover all existing agroforestry systems in the tropics
and geographical regions in the tropics. Additionally, some of the
systems described are outside the tropical boul;ldaries of 23. 5"
Nand S latitudes. For the purpose of this book, the word tropics is
used in a general sense to also include subtropical developing
countries that have agro-ecological and socio-economic character
istics and land-use problems similar to those of the countries
within the geographical limits of the tropical belt."
This book consolidates the descriptive results of a pantropical
project called Agroforestry Systems Inventory (AFSI), undertaken by
the International Council for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) from
1982 to 1987. Since agroforestry was a relatively new term when the
project was initiated, the main objective was to increase the
understanding of and provide a state-of the-art information base on
existing agroforestry systems. Therefore, the project was designed
to systematically collect, collate, synthesize, and dissem inate
information on existing agroforestry systems in developing
countries. One of the major results of the project, descriptions of
existing agroforestry systems, was published as a series of
articles in Agroforestry Systems. These system descriptions form
the bulk of this book. Other products of the project include a
microcomputer database on agroforestry systems, practices and
components, and voluminous unpublished reports and records. Perhaps
the title of the book is misleading in that the book does not
include or cover all existing agroforestry systems in the tropics
and geographical regions in the tropics. Additionally, some of the
systems described are outside the tropical boul;ldaries of 23. 5"
Nand S latitudes. For the purpose of this book, the word tropics is
used in a general sense to also include subtropical developing
countries that have agro-ecological and socio-economic character
istics and land-use problems similar to those of the countries
within the geographical limits of the tropical belt."
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Early Cinema in Asia (Hardcover)
Nick Deocampo; Contributions by Charles Musser, Stephen Bottomore, Aaron Gerow, Wimal Dissanayake, …
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R2,563
R2,369
Discovery Miles 23 690
Save R194 (8%)
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Early Cinema in Asia explores how cinema became a popular medium in
the world's largest and most diverse continent. Beginning with the
end of Asia's colonial period in the 19th century, contributors to
this volume document the struggle by pioneering figures to
introduce the medium of film to the vast continent, overcoming
geographic, technological, and cultural difficulties. As an early
form of globalization, film's arrival and phenomenal growth
throughout various Asian countries penetrated not only colonial
territories but also captivated collective states of imagination.
With the coming of the 20th century, the medium that began as mere
entertainment became a means for communicating many of the cultural
identities of the region's ethnic nationalities, as they turned
their favorite pastime into an expression of their cherished
national cultures. Covering diverse locations, including China,
India, Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Iran, and the
countries of the Pacific Islands, contributors to this volume
reveal the story of early cinema in Asia, helping us to understand
the first seeds of a medium that has since grown deep roots in the
region.
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Early Cinema in Asia (Paperback)
Nick Deocampo; Contributions by Charles Musser, Stephen Bottomore, Aaron Gerow, Wimal Dissanayake, …
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R1,061
Discovery Miles 10 610
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Early Cinema in Asia explores how cinema became a popular medium in
the world's largest and most diverse continent. Beginning with the
end of Asia's colonial period in the 19th century, contributors to
this volume document the struggle by pioneering figures to
introduce the medium of film to the vast continent, overcoming
geographic, technological, and cultural difficulties. As an early
form of globalization, film's arrival and phenomenal growth
throughout various Asian countries penetrated not only colonial
territories but also captivated collective states of imagination.
With the coming of the 20th century, the medium that began as mere
entertainment became a means for communicating many of the cultural
identities of the region's ethnic nationalities, as they turned
their favorite pastime into an expression of their cherished
national cultures. Covering diverse locations, including China,
India, Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Iran, and the
countries of the Pacific Islands, contributors to this volume
reveal the story of early cinema in Asia, helping us to understand
the first seeds of a medium that has since grown deep roots in the
region.
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