Описание: Sloane Crosley`s essays talk about the experience of being young and living in New York. Sparkling, witty, urbane, her book soared straight to the top of the US best-seller lists. Prepare to be amused and delighted and to laugh out loud.
The name of Carl Hagenbeck is as evocative in Europe as that of P. T. Barnum or Walt Disney in North America. Hagenbeck was the nineteenth century's foremost animal trader and ethnographic showman, known for his enormously popular displays of people, animals, and artifacts gathered from all corners of the globe. The culmination of Hagenbeck's commercial ventures was the opening of his Tierpark near Hamburg in 1907, a dazzling assemblage of constructed exotic environments inhabited by humans and animals.
Eric Ames shows that Hagenbeck's various enterprises illustrate a significant evolution in popular culture. Earlier display forms that relied on the collection and presentation of “authentic” artifacts and living beings--the panorama, the zoological garden, the ethnographic collection--gave rise to the self-consciously synthetic forms of entertainment that we now associate with theme parks and films. This shift took place in the context of Hagenbeck's exhibitions, which were simultaneously the apotheosis of the collecting impulse and the germinating source for the creation of fictional spaces that rely for their effect on the spectator's imaginative engagement and interaction with the spectacle.
Carl Hagenbeck's Empire of Entertainments locates Hagenbeck's myriad enterprises in the context of colonialism and nascent globalization; ethnography and anthropology; zoological gardens and international expositions; museum culture and visual spectacle; and consumerism and immersive entertainments. By tracing out the divergent lineages of themed environments, Ames offers a vivid reconstruction of the impulses and contradictions that lay behind the visual and display culture of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries--a culture that forms the foundation of contemporary themed environments.
Written in an accessible style with many wonderful images, this book draws on meticulous archival research and a wealth of primary sources not available in English. It is an original and entertaining interdisciplinary study that will appeal to readers interested in visual culture, popular culture, nineteenth-century German history, and film studies, as well as anyone intrigued by the history of such popular entertainments as zoos, museums, panoramas, world's fairs, cinema, theme parks, anthropological exhibitions, and Wild West Shows.
Описание: Kenneth Glyn Jones has revised his definitive version of Messier`s catalogue. His own observations and drawings, together with maps and diagrams, make this a valuable introduction to deep sky observing. Historical and astrophysical notes bring the science of these nebulae to the fore. This is a unique handbook, unlikely ever to be equalled in its completeness and importance to the telescope owner.
Описание: Along the coast of Northern Ireland, there is an unusual place called `The Giant`s Causeway.` According to a local story, a big man, or `giant,` made it. Scientists, however, have a different story. How was this unusual place made? Was there really a giant?
Описание: When Volkswagen launched the Golf GTI, over thirty years ago, it could hardly have known the impact its compact and sporty model would have on the car-buying public. Through an uncertain birth to its class-topping iconic status of today, rarely does a new model of car make a whole new market segment for itself but the Golf was the original hot hatch, a car that others would copy but seldom equal.
Описание: Puffins are a kind of bird that lives in Iceland. Each year baby puffins, or pufflings, leave their homes to find the sea. Sometimes the pufflings get lost and cannot find their way. Groups of people must rescue, or help, the pufflings. How do people rescue the pufflings?
Описание: In 1962, amidst the Cuban Revolution, Third World decolonization, and the African American freedom movement, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago became the first British West Indian colonies to gain independence. This book is an international history of Anglo-American-Caribbean relations, including the role of the transnational African diaspora, during the long decolonization of the British Caribbean.
Описание: Full of analysis and interpretation, historical background, discussions and commentaries, York Notes will help you get right to the heart of the text you`re studying, whether it`s poetry, a play or a novel.
Автор: Babic, Dr Milan (Maastricht University) Название: Rise of State Capital ISBN: 1788215729 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781788215725 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 6334.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A comprehensive analysis of the unprecedented rise in large-scale, state-led transnational investment from countries as diverse as China, Russia and Norway, and the rise of the state in the global economy.
Автор: McNab, Chris Название: Tommy, First World War Soldier ISBN: 1841653691 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781841653693 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 950.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This Guide explores the reality, and unpacks the myths, of `Tommy`, the British soldier on the Western Front in the First World War. It looks at every aspect of his personal experience - uniform, kit, trench cuisine, health and hygiene, pay, training and weaponry.
Автор: Brown, Nathanial P. Название: Elementary Geometry ISBN: 0821843478 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780821843475 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 12355.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Elementary geometry provides the foundation of modern geometry. For the most part, the standard introductions end at the formal Euclidean geometry of high school. This book revisits geometry, but from the higher viewpoint of university mathematics. It is suitable for a one-semester course in geometry for undergraduates.
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