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Robinson chronicles the early use of film as vaudeville sideshow; as sheer spectacle of moving images precluding any notion of plot development or drama; and as a fledgling dramatic effort, ranging from prizefights to Passion plays.

Divided into two parts, this book reviews and criticizes sociological and psychological theoretical approaches to the topic of racism and introduces the challenges to them posed by discourse analysis. It examines how white New Zealanders make sense of their own history and actions towards the Maori minority.

In Sweden and Britain, imperial powers both, Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks ruled over their own small scientific empires, promoting botanical exploration to justify the exploitation of territories, peoples, and natural resources. This book explores the entwined destinies of these two men and how their influence served both science and empire.

Argues that 'globalization' and 'global markets' are misleading terms, because they mask the local quality of much of the activity occurring within those rubrics. This book contains case studies that focus on France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the transition economies of Eastern Europe.

This is a survey of real-life moments when people working in the news had to make critical decisions. Questions of craft, ethics, competition and commerce combine in case studies that examine the issues that shape the production and presentation of the news in the 21st century.

A disturbing account of the Vichy period, demonstrating how in the interests of stability, French national feeling favored collboration with the German-controlled regime.

More than any other episode since the end of the Cold War, the conflict in Kosovo revealed the distinctive attributes of a American "way of war." This volume includes an overview of the war. It explores the conflict's relationship to US strategy, the Revolution in Military Affairs, and American civil-military relations, among other topics.

Are the factors that initiate democratization the same as those that maintain a democracy already established?

This unique anthology is the first representative collection of Japanese literature from one of the most creative periods in Japanese culture, known variously as the Edo or the Tokugawa. It includes a wide range of fiction, poetry, and drama, and also essays, literary criticism, folk stories, and other noncanonical works with a number of new translations.

This text chronicles millions of years of evolution, linking extinct larger feline species with those still living, including lions, tigers, cougars, and cheetahs. It explains how living species and fossil remains make possible the reconstruction of the cat's social and predatory behaviour.

Exploring a tumultuous time in Japanese 19th-century history, when the country began to emerge from self-imposed exile, this study profiles activists such as Sakamoto Ryoma and Nakaoka Shintaro, who played an important role in the development of a unified nation state.

Brings together 17 essays by leading scholars to construct a comprehensive cultural history of Taiwan under Japanese rule. This book explores a number of topics through a variety of theoretical, comparative, and postcolonial perspectives, painting a complex and nuanced portrait of a pivotal time in the formation of Taiwanese national identity.

During the 1960s And 1970s, the issue of runaways became a source of national concern. This book examines the programs and policies that took shape during this period. It also discusses the effects of legislation, including the federal Runaway Youth Act of 1974, which endorsed the alternative service community's model.

This classic text, originally published in 1991 and now revised and updated to include a new preface, draws upon fieldwork and interviews to explore the ways gay men and lesbians are constructing their own notions of kinship by drawing on the symbolism of love, friendship, and biology.

This text is a translation of one of the most influential works of the Mahayana Buddhist canon, and is of particular importance to the Ch'an or Zen sect. Written in the first century BC, it claims to record events from the time of Sakyamuni Buddha, over 400 years earlier.

Using film theory and current criticism, White traces the figure of woman in the work of Max Ophuls.

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At last available in paperback, this book anticipates and explains the post-structuralist turn to empiricism. Presenting a challenging reading of David Hume's philosophy, the work is invaluable for understanding the progress of Deleuze's thought.

Not too long ago, literary theorists were writing about the death of the novel and the death of the author; today many are talking about the death of Theory.

A guide to writing about business and economics. This book demystifies basic concepts of macroeconomics, microeconomics, financial markets, and international economics and trade. It suggests investigative techniques and strategies for covering specific beats, including personal finance, the environment, labor and workplace issues, and more.

Features source readings on history, society, and thought in China. This book aims to bring together source texts from more than three centuries of Chinese history, with opening essays by China authorities providing context for readers not familiar with the period in question. It covers Sino-Western contacts in the 17th century.

Reflects the history of Jazz and explores race and class and how they defined the material and psychic divides of a city. This book conveys the drama and artistry of the music of various artists as well as the personal hardships many of them endured. It explores the music's richness through political, social, and philosophical contexts.

Provides a representative sampling of stories, essays, and poems from each of Taiwan's nine indigenous tribes. This book explores such themes as the decline of traditional ways of life in Taiwan's aboriginal communities, residual belief in ancestral spirits, assimilation into a society dominated by Han Chinese, and others.

Explores the theoretical and practical implications of a crucial aspect of environmental philosophy and policy-the autonomy of nature. Focusing on the recognition and meaning of nature's autonomy and linking issues of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and policy, this volume provide a variety of perspectives on human relationships to nature.

Explores the panics, myths, and ever-shifting attitudes regarding food and its safety. This book recounts the development of safety methods that became the Western model for fighting animal diseases. It discusses crucial and curious food-related incidents, trends, and beliefs.