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Empires of Entertainment: Media Industries and the Politics of Deregulation, 1980-1996
ISBN: 9780813550534 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Empires of Entertainment integrates legal, regulatory, industrial, and political histories to chronicle the dramatic transformation within the media industries between 1980 and 1996. As film, broadcast, and cable grew from fundamentally separate industries to interconnected, synergistic components of global media conglomerates, the concepts of vertical and horizontal integration were redesigned. The parameters and boundaries of market concentration, consolidation, and government scrutiny began to shift as America's politics changed under the Reagan administration. Through the use of case...
Empires of Entertainment integrates legal, regulatory, industrial, and political histories to chronicle the dramatic transformation within the media i...
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How Television Invented New Media
ISBN: 9780813550053 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now if I just remembered where I put that original TV play device--the universal remote control . . . Television is a global industry, a medium of representation, an architectural component of space, and a nearly universal frame of reference for viewers. Yet it is also an abstraction and an often misunderstood science whose critical influence on the development, history, and diffusion of new media has been both minimized and overlooked. How Television Invented New Media adjusts the picture of television culturally while providing a corrective history of new media studies... Now if I just remembered where I put that original TV play device--the universal remote control . . . Television is a global industry, a medi... |
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History of the Iron, Steel, Tinplate and Other Trades of Wales
ISBN: 9781108026932 / Angielski / Miękka / 490 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Charles Wilkins (1831 1913) was a Welsh postmaster and librarian who had a deep interest in local and regional history, especially of the town of Merthyr Tydfil where he lived. He wrote prolifically for many of the local newspapers, and produced histories of the town, Welsh literature, and the region's coal trade before tackling this work, published in 1903, which examines the rise of the iron and steel industries across the region, and gives a lively account of the notable families who were behind this industrial expansion from the eighteenth century onwards. Wales was a hub of steel, iron...
Charles Wilkins (1831 1913) was a Welsh postmaster and librarian who had a deep interest in local and regional history, especially of the town of Mert...
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Mine Drainage: Being a Complete and Practical Treatise on Direct-Acting Underground Steam Pumping Machinery
ISBN: 9781108026659 / Angielski / Miękka / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1881, this work provides a comprehensive account of Victorian mine-drainage technology and its history.
First published in 1881, this work provides a comprehensive account of Victorian mine-drainage technology and its history.
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The Oneonta Roundhouse
ISBN: 9780978906689 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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84,93 |
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Antique Clock Dials, Hands, and Corner Pieces from Long Case and Lantern Clocks
ISBN: 9781446529287 / Angielski / Miękka / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This antiquarian volume contains an interesting treatise on antique clock dials, hands, and corner pieces from long case and lantern clocks, with information on history, production, fashion, evolution, and much more. Including a great number of original photographs and interesting information on each piece, this is a text that will be of considerable value for the clock enthusiast, and it is not to be missed by discerning collectors of vintage literature of this ilk. The chapters of this text include: Clock Dials; The Development of Clock Dials; Dials, Hands, and Corner Pieces; Spandrel...
This antiquarian volume contains an interesting treatise on antique clock dials, hands, and corner pieces from long case and lantern clocks, with info...
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119,15 |
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Classic Styles of Grandfather Clocks
ISBN: 9781446529386 / Angielski / Miękka / 46 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage work comprises a detailed discussion on classic grandfather clocks, with information on long cases, dials, hands, corner pieces, and more. Written in clear, concise language and complete with detailed descriptions and fascinating historical information, this volume will appeal to those with a keen interest in the history and development of grandfather clocks, and will make for a lovely addition to collections of allied literature. Many older works such as this are increasingly hard-to-come-by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that this work is being republished now, in...
This vintage work comprises a detailed discussion on classic grandfather clocks, with information on long cases, dials, hands, corner pieces, and more...
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Beautiful Antique Clocks from Around the World - Descriptions, Stories, and the History of These Beautiful Clocks
ISBN: 9781446529409 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage book comprises a guide to some of the world's most beautiful antique clocks, complete with detailed descriptions, interesting stories, and comments on the history of these wonderful pieces. An interesting and informative guide, this book will appeal to those with a keen interest in historical clocks of note, and it is a book not to be missed by the discerning collector. The chapters of this volume include: Curious Griffin Clock Water-Clock Frankfort Clock James I. s Clockmakers Clock a Surname Dutch Musical Clock Foreign Clockmakers in London Charles I. charters the Clockmakers...
This vintage book comprises a guide to some of the world's most beautiful antique clocks, complete with detailed descriptions, interesting stories, an...
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Clock Makers and Clock Manufacture in the North East of England - Celebrated Clock Manufacturers from the Golden Age of Northern Horology
ISBN: 9781446529447 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage text contains a comprehensive guide to the clock makers and clock manufacture in the north east of England, being a discussion of celebrated clock manufacture from the golden age of northern horology. Containing a wealth of interesting historical information and a plethora of detailed illustrations, this volume will appeal to those with a keen interest in the history and development of English clock manufacture, and it would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. The chapters of this book include: A History of Clocks and Watches, Clock Making in York,...
This vintage text contains a comprehensive guide to the clock makers and clock manufacture in the north east of England, being a discussion of celebra...
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An Encyclopaedia of Famous Clock and Watchmakers - Details of Famous and World Renowned Watch and Clock Makers
ISBN: 9781446529515 / Angielski / Miękka / 426 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage text contains a comprehensive encyclopaedia of famous and world-renowned watch and clock makers, being a detailed list of English clock makers compete with dates, addresses, and other notable information. This is a text that will be of utility to those with an interest in famous historical clock makers, and it will be of considerable utility to antiques dealers, clock and watch collectors, and historians. Many antiquarian books such as this are increasingly hard-to-come-by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this antiquarian book now in an...
This vintage text contains a comprehensive encyclopaedia of famous and world-renowned watch and clock makers, being a detailed list of English clock m...
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The Morals of Measurement: Accuracy, Irony, and Trust in Late Victorian Electrical Practice
ISBN: 9780521187565 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Morals of Measurement is a contribution to the social histories of quantification and of electrical technology in nineteenth-century Britain, Germany, and France. It shows how the advent of commercial electrical lighting stimulated the industrialisation of electrical measurement from a skilled labour-intensive activity to a mechanised practice relying on radically new kinds of instruments. Challenging traditional accounts that focus on metrological standards, this book shows instead the centrality of trust when measurement was undertaken in an increasingly complex division of labour with...
The Morals of Measurement is a contribution to the social histories of quantification and of electrical technology in nineteenth-century Britain, Germ...
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The People and History of The Marine and Pocket Chronometer
ISBN: 9781446529256 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This antiquarian book contains a detailed account of the history of marine and pocket chronometer, with information on notable designers and manufactures, popularity, evolution, and much more. This fascinating and easy-to-digest treatise will appeal to those with a keen interest in the history and development of clocks and watches, and it would make for a worthy addition to collections of related literature. The chapters of this volume include: A history of clocks and watches, History of the chronometer, Pocket chronometer, Marine chronometers. Many antiquarian books such as this are...
This antiquarian book contains a detailed account of the history of marine and pocket chronometer, with information on notable designers and manufactu...
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The Clockmakers Company - A History of the London Guild of Clockmakers Including Biographies of Famous Members
ISBN: 9781446529270 / Angielski / Miękka / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This antiquarian volume contains a detailed history of the 'London Guild of Clockmakers', including biographies of famous members. Containing fascinating and insightful information on the guild, as well as offering descriptions and illustrations of their most notable achievements in clockmaking, this text will greatly appeal to those with an interest in the guild, and it makes for a great addition to collections of clock-related literature. Famous members for whom biographies are given include: Edward East, Henry Jones, Edward Barlow, Tompion and Graham, George Graham, Daniel Quare,...
This antiquarian volume contains a detailed history of the 'London Guild of Clockmakers', including biographies of famous members. Containing fascinat...
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The Development of Grandfather Clock Cases and the Men That Made Them
ISBN: 9781446529393 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage book comprises a concise treatise on the history and development of the grandfather clock, with information on some of the most notable designers of these wonderful instruments. Easy-to-digest and including detailed illustrations of noteworthy examples, this text constitutes a must-have for those with a keen interest in the history of grandfather clocks, and makes for a great addition to collections of allied literature. The sections of this book include: The Development of Grandfather Clock Cases, John Fromanteel, Edward East, William Clement, Thomas Tompion, Thomas Tompion and...
This vintage book comprises a concise treatise on the history and development of the grandfather clock, with information on some of the most notable d...
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The Pocket Watch - The History and Stories Surrounding the First Pocket Watches
ISBN: 9781446529508 / Angielski / Miękka / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage book contains a concise yet detailed discussion of the pocket watch, being a short essay on the history of the pocket watch with information on early designers, important people, its development, and much more. Written in clear, plain language and full of interesting information on the subject, this book will be of considerable value to those with an interest in the history and development of horologic, and it is one not to be missed by the discerning collector of such literature. Many antiquarian books like as this are increasingly hard-to-come-by and expensive, and it is with...
This vintage book contains a concise yet detailed discussion of the pocket watch, being a short essay on the history of the pocket watch with informat...
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Mediterranean Wooden Shipbuilding: Economy, Technology and Institutions in Syros in the Nineteenth Century
ISBN: 9789004306141 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Mediterranean Wooden Shipbuilding: Economy, Technology and Institutions in Syros in the Nineteenth Century Apostolos Delis analyses the wooden shipbuilding industry of the port of Syros, an important maritime and commercial crossroad in the nineteenth century eastern Mediterranean. The main axes of analysis are the economic, technical and institutional aspects of the industry in relation to the wider international context of shipping and trade. Based on unpublished archival sources, multi-language secondary literature and the employment of interdisciplinary theoretical tools...
In Mediterranean Wooden Shipbuilding: Economy, Technology and Institutions in Syros in the Nineteenth Century Apostolos Delis analyses the wood...
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Cotton
ISBN: 9781845202996 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the fascinating history and present-day practices associated with cotton. This is a story of commercial and cultural enterprise, of the ties and tensions between East and West, of technological and industrial revolution, social modernization, colonialism and slavery. Cotton's history mirrors profound global transformations. And cotton remains one of the most significant mass commodities today. Cotton's track record on labor conditions in factories and plantations has tarnished its history and reputation, even as cotton clothes became the hallmark of modern... This book explores the fascinating history and present-day practices associated with cotton. This is a story of commercial and cultural enterprise,... |
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Locomotive to Aeromotive: Octave Chanute and the Transportation Revolution
ISBN: 9780252036316 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. French-born and self-trained civil engineer Octave Chanute designed America's two largest stockyards, created innovative and influential structures such as the Kansas City Bridge over the previously "unbridgeable" Missouri River, and was a passionate aviation pioneer whose collaborative approach to aeronautical engineering problems helped the Wright brothers take flight. Drawing on a rich trove of archival material and exclusive family sources, "Locomotive to Aeromotive" is the first detailed examination of Chanute's life and his immeasurable contributions to the fields of engineering and...
French-born and self-trained civil engineer Octave Chanute designed America's two largest stockyards, created innovative and influential structures su...
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Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground
ISBN: 9780307588692 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Former hacker Kevin Poulsen has, over the past decade, built a reputation as one of the top investigative reporters on the cybercrime beat. In Kingpin, he pours his unmatched access and expertise into book form for the first time, delivering a gripping cat-and-mouse narrative--and an unprecedented view into the twenty-first century's signature form of organized crime.
The word spread through the hacking underground like some unstoppable new virus: Someone--some brilliant, audacious crook--had just staged a hostile takeover of an online criminal network that siphoned billions of dollars... Former hacker Kevin Poulsen has, over the past decade, built a reputation as one of the top investigative reporters on the cybercrime beat. In Kingpin...
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76,02 |
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The Inventions, Researches and Writings of Nikola Tesla, with Special Reference to His Work in Polyphase Currents and High Potential Lighting
ISBN: 9781614270607 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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67,49 |
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