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Television in the Multichannel Age: A Brief History of Cable Television
ISBN: 9781405149693 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Television in the Multichannel Age is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to the history of multichannel television in all its forms - from cable to direct-to-home satellite and beyond. Chapter by chapter, the book traces the evolution of cable television from its pre-historical origins in the late 1940s to the communications satellites and DBS distribution systems of the modern digital age, both in the U.S. and internationally.
Television in the Multichannel Age is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to the history of multichannel television in all its forms - ...
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433,50 |
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Small Screen
ISBN: 9781405161558 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Television is one of the most important socializing forces in contemporary culture. This book is a cultural history of prime-time television in America during the 1990s.
Television is one of the most important socializing forces in contemporary culture. This book is a cultural history of prime-time television in Americ...
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173,25 |
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Television Truths: Forms of Knowledge in Popular Culture
ISBN: 9781405169790 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Television Truths considers what we know about TV, whether we love it or hate it, where TV is going, and whether viewers should bother going along for the ride. This engaging volume, written by one of television's best known scholars, offers a new take on the history of television and an up-to-date analysis of its imaginative content and cultural uses.
Television Truths considers what we know about TV, whether we love it or hate it, where TV is going, and whether viewers should bother going al...
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173,25 |
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Television Truths
ISBN: 9781405169806 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Television Truths considers what we know about TV, whether we love it or hate it, where TV is going, and whether viewers should bother going along for the ride. This engaging volume, written by one of television's best known scholars, offers a new take on the history of television and an up-to-date analysis of its imaginative content and cultural uses.
Television Truths considers what we know about TV, whether we love it or hate it, where TV is going, and whether viewers should bother going al...
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433,50 |
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Defining Visions: Television and the American Experience in the 20th Century
ISBN: 9781405170536 / Angielski / Miękka / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Defining Visions is a powerful narrative social history that examines television's rise as the great -certifying agent- in American life. This newly updated and fully revised edition extends its coverage to the end of the 20th century. It defines the -Television Age- as a discrete period in American history bracketed by monumental events--the triumph of the Allied victory of WWII and the devastation of 9/11.
Defining Visions is a powerful narrative social history that examines television's rise as the great -certifying agent- in American life. This ...
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173,25 |
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Defining Visions 2e
ISBN: 9781405170543 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Defining Visions is a powerful narrative social history that examines television's rise as the great -certifying agent- in American life. This newly updated and fully revised edition extends its coverage to the end of the 20th century. It defines the -Television Age- as a discrete period in American history bracketed by monumental events--the triumph of the Allied victory of WWII and the devastation of 9/11.
Defining Visions is a powerful narrative social history that examines television's rise as the great -certifying agent- in American life. This ...
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479,43 |
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Hollywood: Warts 'N' All!
ISBN: 9781412084192 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hollywood Warts 'N' All is an anthology of scandal, trivia and anecdotes about the first one hundred years of American cinema. For more than a decade the author has gleaned thousands of items from hundreds of films, biographies and movie publications in general, focusing on the bizarre, the scandalous and the controversial aspects of Tinseltown and, in particular, the private and public lives of the stars themselves. As the title implies, it is a no-holds-barred portrait of an industry notorious for its promiscuity, eccentricities and outrageous behaviour.
In these pages the reader will... Hollywood Warts 'N' All is an anthology of scandal, trivia and anecdotes about the first one hundred years of American cinema. For more than a decade ...
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101,90 |
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Reading with Oprah: The Book Club That Changed America
ISBN: 9781557287823 / Angielski / Twarda / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rooney combines extensive research with a lively personal voice and engaging narrative style to untangle the myths and presuppositions surrounding the club, and reveal its complex and far-reaching cultural influence. Comprehensive and up-to-date, the book features a wide survey of recent commentary, and describes the Club's suspension of operations in April 2002, as well as its resumption in June 2003 with a new focus on "great books."
Rooney combines extensive research with a lively personal voice and engaging narrative style to untangle the myths and presuppositions surrounding the...
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106,61 |
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The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV
ISBN: 9781557835574 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Applause Books). Television history was made on April 30, 1997, when comedian Ellen DeGeneres and her sitcom alter-ego Ellen Morgan, "came out" to her close friends and 36 million viewers. This groundbreaking episode represented a significant milestone in Amerian television. For the first time, a TV series centered around a lesbian character who was portrayed by an openly gay actor. The millions of viewers who tuned in that historic night were witnesses to a new era in television. THE PRIME TIME CLOSET offers an entertaining and in-depth glimpse into homosexuality on television from the...
(Applause Books). Television history was made on April 30, 1997, when comedian Ellen DeGeneres and her sitcom alter-ego Ellen Morgan, "came out" to he...
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72,67 |
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News from Nowhere: Television and the News
ISBN: 9781566633000 / Angielski / Miękka / 347 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In an age when the American public relies more on television for its news than any other medium, Edward Jay Epstein's detailed, probing analysis of the decision-making process in network news organizations has achieved the status of a classic. Mr. Epstein shows how internal corporate policy and budget requirements shape the direction of television news coverage. What we see on the network evening news, he demonstrates, does not mirror reality because TV's essential aim is not to inform but to excite viewers enough to induce them to "stay tuned." "The best book ever written about any aspect of...
In an age when the American public relies more on television for its news than any other medium, Edward Jay Epstein's detailed, probing analysis of th...
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62,97 |
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Hi There, Boys and Girls!: America's Local Children's TV Shows
ISBN: 9781578063963 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Whatever happened to Bozo the Clown, to Aunt Norma, to Solomon C. Whiskers, those television celebrities who hammed it up between cartoons and contests during local kids' shows? In Hi There, Boys and Girls America's Local Children's TV Programs, Tim Hollis tracks down the story of every known local children's TV show from markets across the United States. There have been many books about children's television on the networks, and such shows as Captain Kangaroo, Howdy Doody, and Sesame Street are legends in broadcasting. However, the local branch of... Whatever happened to Bozo the Clown, to Aunt Norma, to Solomon C. Whiskers, those television celebrities who hammed it up between cartoons and cont... |
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193,91 |
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Goodnight, John Boy: A Celebration of an American Family and the Values That Have Sustained Us Through Good Times and Bad
ISBN: 9781581822984 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For eight wonderful years "The Waltons, " the story of a family living in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains during the Depression, entertained America and the world. Yet this television show was more than entertaining. Each episode combined wonderful stories and "teachable moments" in which adults and children alike learned the importance of honesty, hard work, respect, responsibility, self-sacrifice, and kindness. As is true in most families, the Waltons faced many challenges, occasionally stumbled along the way, but they struggled to live their lives within the framework of...
For eight wonderful years "The Waltons, " the story of a family living in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains during the Depression, ente...
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68,38 |
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Tv's Grooviest Variety Shows of the '60s and '70s
ISBN: 9781581825503 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. TV's Grooviest Variety Shows (of the '60s and '70s)' is an irresistible page-turning account of TV's greatest and goofiest variety shows of the psychedelic 1960s and '70s. Designed to be browser-friendly, the book covers the main shows of the era?Ed Sullivan, Lawrence Welk, Dean Martin, the Smothers Brothers, 'Laugh-In, ' Flip Wilson, 'Sonny and Cher, ' 'Midnight Special, ' classic 'Saturday Night Live' (1975-80), 'SCTV, ' and 'The Muppets.' Each of these key chapters is fast-moving and fun, with quick, easy-to-skim sidebars like Memorable Moments,"" ""Quotable Quotes,"" and ""Bloopers &...
TV's Grooviest Variety Shows (of the '60s and '70s)' is an irresistible page-turning account of TV's greatest and goofiest variety shows of the psyche...
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87,23 |
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Backstage at the Tonight Show: From Johnny Carson to Jay Leno
ISBN: 9781589793033 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With an eye for the eccentric, amusing, or downright bizarre, Sweeney's portraits offer a glimpse at celebrity from the other side of the curtain during the peak years of the "Tonight Show."
With an eye for the eccentric, amusing, or downright bizarre, Sweeney's portraits offer a glimpse at celebrity from the other side of the curtain duri...
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85,69 |
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Inventing Late Night
ISBN: 9781591023425 / Angielski / Twarda / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Basing his work on exclusive interviews, Alba has produced a wonderful history of the first "Tonight" show, complete with terrific photos and revealing insights from more than 30 legends who knew and worked with Steve Allen.
Basing his work on exclusive interviews, Alba has produced a wonderful history of the first "Tonight" show, complete with terrific photos and revealin...
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113,99 |
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Seinology: The Sociology of Seinfeld
ISBN: 9781591023951 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sociologist and avid "Seinfeld" fan, Tim Delaney explores what sociologists and all interested readers can learn about themselves and their society from this tremendously popular sitcom. His work represents a fascinating blend of popular and contemporary culture with the keen observations of a scholar trained to assess social behavior. Delaney uses excerpts from many of the now-classic episodes to illustrate key facets of social interaction. In fifteen chapters, amusingly titled after some of the show's famous incidents, he reviews what its characters teach us about ourselves and the complex...
Sociologist and avid "Seinfeld" fan, Tim Delaney explores what sociologists and all interested readers can learn about themselves and their society fr...
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106,11 |
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Blue Skies: A History of Cable Television
ISBN: 9781592132874 / Angielski / Twarda / 816 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Blue Skies is the first complete history of cable television, the most influential technology affecting the lives of almost every American. Author Patrick Parsons writes about the early days of cable -- they go back farther than most people know -- and the pioneers in the last half of the twentieth century whose business skills, entrepreneurial instinct, and luck all played out to give rise to the most ubiquitous technology in the country-- still outpacing computers and the internet -- cable TV.
Blue Skies is the first complete history of cable television, the most influential technology affecting the lives of almost every American. Author Pat...
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329,66 |
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The Forgotten Network: Dumont and the Birth of American Television
ISBN: 9781592134991 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, the name DuMont was synonymous with the new medium of television. Many people first watched TV on DuMont-brand sets, the best receivers money could buy. More viewers enjoyed their first programs on the DuMont network, which was established in 1946. This book examines DuMont's programs and personalities.
During the late 1940s and early 1950s, the name DuMont was synonymous with the new medium of television. Many people first watched TV on DuMont-brand ...
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116,30 |
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Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
ISBN: 9781845110291 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rhonda Wilcox is the world's foremost authority on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, its characters, and its themes. Wilcox argues that Buffy is enduring as art by exploring its excellence in both long-term story arc construction and in producing individual episodes that are powerful on their own. She examines the larger patterns that extend through all seven seasons: the hero myth, imagery of light, naming symbolism, Buffy's relationship with Spike, sex, and redemption. Wilcox also focuses on acclaimed and noteworthy episodes, including the musical *Once More, with Feeling, * the...
Rhonda Wilcox is the world's foremost authority on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, its characters, and its themes. Wilcox argues that Buffy i...
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132,63 |
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Television and Consumer Culture: Britain and the Transformation of Modernity
ISBN: 9781845110789 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The radical expansion and dramatic changes in television broadcasting during the third quarter of the twentieth century reflected and promoted the development of a new form of consumer culture in Britain. Society was becoming marked by fragmentation, individualism and consumerism and at the same time, ITV, a new commercial service, was challenging the middle-class, public service BBC. This book's examination of television's novel intervention in and re-articulation of British culture over this period pinpoints a crucial moment in the development of consumer capitalism when television's novel...
The radical expansion and dramatic changes in television broadcasting during the third quarter of the twentieth century reflected and promoted the dev...
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714,42 |
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