the cooperstown symposium on baseball and american culture

The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Alvin L Hall, PUBLISHER: McFarland & Company Incorporated Publishers, NA Acquista Ora

Chaplin and American Culture: The Evolution of a Star Image

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Maland, Charles J., PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press, Charles Maland focuses on ong>theong> cultural sources of ong>theong> on-and-off, love-hate affair between Chaplin and ong>theong> American public that was perhaps ong>theong> stormiest in American stardom.

Baseball on the Web

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Edelman, Rob, PUBLISHER: MIS-Press, ong>Theong> great American pasttime is featured on a half-million Web sites. This fun and attractive guide picks 500 of ong>theong> best. Sites are organized into categories, including: pro teams, Little League, rotisserie leagues, baseball history and trivia, and up-to-ong>theong>-minute news and stats. Even ong>theong> most inexperienced Web surfer can find what ong>theong>y're looking for, from ong>theong> number of times Don Baylor was hit by pitches to ong>theong> world's worst baseball jokes.

The Cambridge Companion to Modern American Culture

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bigsby, Christopher, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, ong>Theong> Cambridge Companion to Modern American Culture offers a comprehensive, authoritative and accessible overview of ong>theong> cultural ong>theong>mes and intellectual issues that drive ong>theong> dominant culture of ong>theong> twentieth century. This companion explores ong>theong> social, political and economic forces that have made America what it is today. It shows how ong>theong>se contexts impact upon twentieth-century American literature, cinema and art. An international team of contributors examines ong>theong> special contribution of African Americans and of immigrant communities to ong>theong> variety and vibrancy of modern America. ong>Theong> essays range from art to politics, popular culture to sport, immigration and race to religion and war. Varied, extensive and challenging, this Companion is essential reading for students and teachers of American studies around ong>theong> world. It is ong>theong> most accessible and useful introduction available to an exciting range of topics in modern American culture.

Proceedings of the Ankara symposium on arid zone,

Proceedings of ong>theong> Ankara ong>symposiumong> on arid zone hydrology, jointly organized by ong>theong> Government of Turkey and Unesco, April Paris: Description 268 p. + 2 bijl. Series title Arid zone research Euro 40 (varie 552)

Ambiguous Relations: The American Jewish Community and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shafir, Shlomo, PUBLISHER: Wayne State University Press, This monograph, based on extensive research in many archival collections in ong>theong> United States, Germany, and lsrael, focuses on ong>theong> time period from ong>theong> end of World War II until and deals with ong>theong> American Jewish community's ambiguous attitude towards Germany since ong>theong> Holocaust years. Examining ong>theong> community's early intercessions with ong>theong> American administration and its impact on American public opinion and on ong>theong> West German government, this study develops a picture of ambiguity and denial in a pivotal time in American Jewry. Rationales and strategies of major Jewish organizations are discussed as well as ong>theong> subsequent rise of Holocaust consciousness and ong>theong> role of ong>theong> survivors effect on ong>theong> tension between special Jewish interests and American national interest.

Fight for Civil Rights...

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sanchez, Richard, PUBLISHER: ABDO & Daughters, From ong>theong> ancient Aztecs and Maya to ong>theong> Hispanic Americans of today, this series examines ong>theong> history and culture of Hispanic people and ong>theong>ir contributions to American culture and society. -- Supports social studies and history curriculum -- Multiculturally focused -- Photos, paintings, and glossary enhance ong>theong> informative text

International Symposium on the origin of the Humankind

Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti International ong>symposiumong> on ong>theong> origin of ong>theong> humankind 14 e 15 maggio Program and abstract pagg. 74, come nuovo, solo un nome scritto a penna in copertina possibile spedizione piego di libro Ho molti altri libri simili, di ecologia, natura, scienze, arte, ecc...

Farmers as Hunters: The Implications of Sedentism

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kent, Susan / Audouze, Francoise / Broodbank, Cyprian, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Farmers as hunters analyses from an essentially ethnographic perspective ong>theong> role of hunters in small-scale farming societies. ong>Theong> twelve contributors examine ong>theong> effects of hunting and mobility on behaviour, diet, economy and material culture at both culture-specific and cross-cultural levels. ong>Theong> influence of sedentism and ong>theong> increasing use of domesticates is also explored across a wide range of societies from ong>theong> American southwest and Amazonian to Africa, New Guinea and ong>theong> Phillipines. Differing perceptions of ong>theong> status of animals and plants are reviewed and cultural values are throughout given due weight in a field where discussion too often verges on ong>theong> economically deterministic.

The History of the Houston Astros

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Goodman, Michael E., PUBLISHER: Child's World, Baseball may have been derived from two English games, cricket and rounders, but it is definitely ong>Theong> Great American Game. Maris, Cobb, Young, and Ruth made it that way. McGwire and Sosa have kept it alive, giving baseball fans much to cheer about as ong>theong>y take a trip around ong>theong> bases time after time. This year, Creative Education's baseball series welcomes ong>theong> majors' two youngest teams, ong>theong> Tampa Bay Devil Rays and ong>theong> Arizona Diamondbacks. Baseball: ong>Theong> Great American Game chronicles ong>theong> history and heroes of each team, from its beginnings to ong>theong> present, capturing ong>theong> spirit and energy of ong>theong> major leagues. ong>Theong> swings and throws, ong>theong> enthusiasm and determination, ong>theong> big wins and bitter losses -- ong>theong>y're all here in color photographs and lively text that will have kids agreeing: This series hits one out of ong>theong> park

The Mexican American Experience: An Encyclopedia

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Meier, Matt S. / Gutierrez, Margo, PUBLISHER: Greenwood, Mexican Americans are rapidly becoming ong>theong> largest minority in ong>theong> United States, playing a vital role in ong>theong> culture of ong>theong> American Southwest and beyond. This A-to-Z guide offers comprehensive coverage of ong>theong> Mexican American experience, including: Arts Religion Popular culture Science Technology Business Government And more Entries range from figures such as Corky Gonzales, Joan Baez, and Nancy Lopez to general entries on bilingual education, assimilation, border culture, and southwestern agriculture. Court cases, politics, and events such as ong>theong> Delano Grape Strike all receive full coverage, while ong>theong> definitions and significance of terms such as coyote and Tejano are provided in shorter entries. Taking a historical approach, this book's topics date back to ong>theong> Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, a radical turning point for Mexican Americans, as ong>theong>y lost ong>theong>ir lands and found ong>theong>mselves thrust into an alien social and legal system. ong>Theong> entries trace Mexican Americans' experience as a small, conquered minority, ong>theong>ir growing influence in ong>theong> 20th century, and ong>theong> essential roles ong>theong>ir culture plays in ong>theong> borderlands, or ong>theong> American Southwest, in ong>theong> 21st century.

The Baseball Catalog

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schlossberg, Dan, PUBLISHER: Jonathan David Publishers, In twenty fact-filled chapters, Schlossberg covers ong>theong> rules and language of ong>theong> game, ong>theong> record-breaking players and teams, ong>theong> media, ong>theong> franchises, ong>theong> umpires, ong>theong> traditions and superstitions, and much more. Baseball lovers will find ong>theong> Millennium Edition of this attractively designed and illustrated work a veritable feast.

Passport to Hollywood

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Morrison, James, PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press, In Passport to Hollywood, James Morrison examines a series of Hollywood films by directors from European art-cinemas. Drawing widely on current research in film ong>theong>ory, film history, and cultural studies, he traces ong>theong> influence of European filmmakers in Hollywood from ong>theong> s to ong>theong> s and illuminates ong>theong> relation between modernism and mass-culture in American movies. By interpreting important American films, Morrison also shows how ong>theong>se films illustrate key issues of cultural hierarchy and national culture over fifty years of American cinema. In addition, he explores ong>theong> complex and often contradictory ways that ong>theong>se Hollywood movies conceptualize ideas about "foreignness". Using insightful close viewings, Morrison demonstrates new connections among modernism, postmodernism, and American movies.

Algorithms and Computation: 19th International Symposium,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hong, Seok-Hee, PUBLISHER: Springer, This book constitutes ong>theong> refereed proceedings of ong>theong> 19th International ong>Symposiumong> on Algorithms and Computation, ISAAC , held in Gold Coast, Australia in December . ong>Theong> 78 revised full papers togeong>theong>r with 3 invited talks presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 229 submissions for inclusion in ong>theong> book. ong>Theong> papers are organized in topical sections on approximation algorithms, online algorithms, data structure and algorithms, game ong>theong>ory, graph algorithms, fixed parameter tractability, distributed algorithms, database, approximation algorithms, computational biology, computational geometry, complexity, networks, optimization as well as routing. Acquista Ora

Creeks

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Green, Michael / Porter, Frank W., PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publications, -- Presents comprehensive and honest accounts of ong>theong> life and culture of American Indians -- Examines ong>theong> issues and conflicts involving Native Americans today -- Discusses many lesser-known but equally important tribes -- Packed with photographs, paintings, and maps -- 8-page full-color photo essay on Indian art and relics

Sitting at the Feet of the Past: Retelling the North

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hettinga, Donald R. / Schmidt, Gary D., PUBLISHER: Praeger, Must a folktale be connected to its culture? Can a tale with universal applications be transmitted from one culture to anoong>theong>r without loss? Does a teller from one culture have ong>theong> ability--or even ong>theong> right--to relate a tale from anoong>theong>r culture? What happens to a tale when it leaves ong>theong> oral and adult arenas and appears in print for children? Is it legitimate for a reteller to create variants to suit a child audience? Children's literature is today ong>theong> major conduit for folklore, and professionals in ong>theong> field must consider ong>theong>se questions. Editors Gary Schmidt and Donald Hettinga have brought togeong>theong>r twenty-three writers of children's literature, illustrators, storytellers, and literary critics, who explore ong>theong> issues and offer ong>theong>ir experiences and views. ong>Theong> scope of ong>theong> volume is ong>theong> North American folktale, a rich amalgam of four major distinct traditions: ong>theong> Native American folktale, ong>theong> African American folktale, ong>theong> retold Western European folktale, and ong>theong> American tall tale. Each tradition is separately presented with an introductory survey and a selection of essays by ong>theong> writers and critics. This focused collection will be valuable to scholars and professions in folklore, anthropology, American literature, and children's literature and useful also as a text in courses on children's literature and folklore.

The Dreamlife of Johnny Baseball

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Grossinger, Richard, PUBLISHER: North Atlantic Books, This book, along with ong>theong> "Temple of Baseball" and "Baseball, I Gave You ong>theong> Best Years of My Life," makes a fantastic trilogy of personal baseball. ong>Theong> viewing experience is melded with playing, art, and life (before it was fashionable) into something great.

The Thinking Fan's Guide to Baseball 3 Ed

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Koppett, Leonard, PUBLISHER: Total Sports, Originally published in , this book by ong>theong> dean of American sportswriters explores every facet of America's favorite sport: batting, pitching, and fielding; ong>theong> use of statistics and ong>theong> importance of scouting; ong>theong> media; and ong>theong> powers that govern ong>theong> business. In tracing baseball's evolution through ong>theong> past 150 years, it offers fresh insight into ong>theong> workings of ong>theong> game and ong>theong> personalities who drive it. Author Leonard Koppett writes for ong>theong> fan who would raong>theong>r read about ong>theong> realities of ong>theong> sport than ong>theong> myths that surround it. This insider's guide looks at ong>theong> way baseball people approach each task, and ong>theong> way ong>theong>y ultimately succeed or fail.

The Saloon on the Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: West, Elliott, PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press, Elliott West's careful analysis of ong>theong> role and development of ong>theong> saloon as an institution on ong>theong> mining frontier provides unique insights into ong>theong> social and economic history of ong>theong> American West. Drawing on contemporaneous newspapers and many unpublished firsthand accounts, West shows that ong>theong> physical evolution of ong>theong> saloon, from crude tents and shanties into elegant establishments for drinking and gaming, reflected ong>theong> growth and maturity of ong>theong> surrounding community.

Lonely Planet Middle East on a Shoestring

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Humphreys, Andrew, PUBLISHER: Lonely Planet, -- ong>theong> only complete travel guide to ong>theong> Middle East, now also including Libya -- detailed notes on ong>theong> fascinating culture and history of ong>theong> region, including special sections on Islamic arts, architecture and food -- up-to-date accommodation and restaurant listings for all budgets and tastes -- local and overland transport options -- practical Arabic, Turkish, Persian and Hebrew language sections

American Presidency: A Glorious Burden

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bunch, Lonnie G. / Crew, Spencer R. / Hirsch, Mark G., PUBLISHER: Smithsonian Books, This lavishly illustrated volume recounts ong>theong> evolution of ong>theong> presidency, from ong>theong> age of George Washington until today. Drawing from ong>theong> vast collections of ong>theong> Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, it provides a revealing glimpse of ong>theong> culture, particularly ong>theong> material culture, of ong>theong> presidency. Using objects as varied as Thomas Jefferson's portable desk, Abraham Lincoln's stovepipe hat, a Teddy Bear named for ong>Theong>odore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt's pince-nez, and a drum played during John E Kennedy's funeral, ong>theong> book explores how ong>theong> presidency has changed, and how presidential administrations have shaped -- and been shaped by -- relationships with ong>theong> American people. Advertisements, movies, and television programs are also invoked to show how popular culture has informed Americans' collective memory of ong>theong> presidency. ong>Theong> American Presidency accompanies a permanent exhibition of ong>theong> same name at ong>theong> Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A Reader

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Storey, John, PUBLISHER: University of Georgia Press, This new edition is a companion volume to An Introduction to Cultural ong>Theong>ory and Popular Culture, just published in its second edition. ong>Theong> Reader supplements and extends ong>theong> cultural terrain of ong>theong> introductory volume by offering students ong>theong> opportunity to experience firsthand ong>theong> work of many cultural ong>theong>orists and critics. Intended as a ong>theong>oretical, analytical, and historical introduction to ong>theong> study of popular culture within cultural studies, ong>theong> current edition contains nine new readings, a new general introduction, and a fully updated bibliography. ong>Theong> readings cover ong>theong> culture and civilization tradition, culturalism, structuralism and post-sttucturalism, Marxism, feminism, and postmodernism, as well as current debates in ong>theong> study of popular culture. Used in conjunction with An Introduction to Cultural ong>Theong>ory and Popular Culture, or on its own, this collection will be invaluable to scholars and students.

Communication, Culture, and Organizational Processes

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gudykunst, William B. / Stewart, Leah P. / Ting-Toomey, Stella, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), ong>Theong> ong>theong>me of Volume 9 of ong>theong> series is ong>theong> influence of culture on organizational processes. It includes a general discussion of cultural approaches to studying organizations, cultural codes in organizational settings, and stereotypes and schemata. Individual chapters examine ong>theong> role of culture in conflict, negotiation, and decision-making processes in organizational settings. ong>Theong> volume is generally ong>theong>oretical in its approach, and includes several new conceptual schemes and suggested directions for future research.

Culture and Local Development

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Local Economic and Employment Development, PUBLISHER: Organization for Economic Cooperation & Devel, This publication highlights ong>theong> impact of culture on local economies and ong>theong> methodological issues related to its identification. In particular, ong>theong> book demonstrates that ong>theong> contemporary contribution of culture to economic development is not only limited to attracting tourists, but that it increasingly acts as a catalyst for oong>theong>r activities to furong>theong>r develop through territorial clusters. It also demonstrates ong>theong> power of culture as a tool for ong>theong> social integration of distressed people and communities, thus contributing to sustainable development.

Lonely Planet Venezuela

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dydynski, Krzysztof, PUBLISHER: Lonely Planet, This new edition is packed with insider information for sites both on and off ong>theong> beaten track, from ong>theong> snow-capped Andes to ong>theong> Amazon wilderness. With sections on ong>theong> national parks, an outline of ong>theong> country's history and culture, full details on travel options, and directions for getting to Angel Falls, ong>theong> world's highest waterfall.

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