The Divo and the Duce: Promoting Film Stardom and Political Leadership in 1920s America

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Since the movie industry's earliest days, Hollywood has mythologized itself through stories of stardom. In the first book to focus exclusively on t...

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DescriptionHow Western donor assistance can both help and undermine democracy in different parts of the world Democracy promotion is a central pill...

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Reducere. The images of the 1920s have been indelibly imprinted on the American imagination-from jazz, bootleggers, flappers, talkies, the Model T Ford, Babe...

DescriptionRevolution in the Revolution? is a brilliant, pragmatic assessment of the situation in Latin America in the 1960s. First published in 19...

An inside look at parole board decision making and its consequences.

James Agee brought to bear all his moral energy, slashing wit, and boundless curiosity in the criticism and journalism that established him as one ...

Reducere. A new Ku Klux Klan arose in the early 1920s, a less violent but equally virulent descendant of the relatively small, terrorist Klan of the 1870s. U...

Reducere. O Holy Night - 4: 01White Christmas - 3: 51Ave Maria - 4: 53When A Child Is Born - 3: 00Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful) - 3: 49Over The Rai...

Chronicles representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer sexualities over one hundred years of American film. This book explores the ever-ch...

A regional, intersectional, and transnational perspective of psychoanalysis in Latin America and the Caribbean that illuminates psychoanalysis's ro...

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers IncIllustration(s): tablesNumber of pages: 187Publication date: 2003Dimensions: 263 x 186 x 18Cover type: Hardba...

Most Americans admire the determination and drive of artists, athletes, and CEOs, but they seem to despise similar ambition in their elected offici...

The story of how America turned its back on the world... In the heady days after 1945, the authority of the United States was unrivalled and, with ...

Global Crises and the Crisis of Global Leadership - Stephen Gill

Reducere. CD: 1. Somewhere 2. Unbreak My Heart (Regresa a Mi) 3. Promessa 4. Unchained Melody (Senza Catene) 5. Nights in White Satin (Notte Di Luce) 6. With...

Reducere. DescriptionHARLEM RENAISSANCE: Five Novels of the 1920s leads off with Jean Toomer's Cane (1923), a unique fusion of fiction, poetry, and drama roo...

Reducere. Biblical history, enriched by many religious and cultural traditions, flows into and is intertwined with our nation's epic, both for better and for...

Reducere. Gettysburg is a defining moment in our history when two great armies were on a collision course with each other and with history. The Civil War is ...

DescriptionIn this riveting popular history, the creator of You Must Remember This probes the inner workings of Hollywood's glamorous golden age th...

Reducere. Amintiri politice Volumul 2: Chinuitoarele alternative - Razboiul Mai tragica era problema tineretii, Marele Stat-Major dand ordin ca toti tinerii ...

Reducere. This Special Collector's Edition of Mamie Van Doren's autobiography, Playing the Field, is a no-holds-barred story by an iconic beauty and a true s...

Description"Muslim Americans are at a political crossroads, " write editors Brian Calfano and Nazita Lajevardi. Whereas Muslims are now widely inco...

This book explores many different aspects of an amazing decade. Whether your interests are in fashion or politics there is something of interest fo...

Offers a new contribution to the literature on institutions and growth through the analysis of historical cases of institutional change and economi...

Manny Farber (1917-2008) was a unique figure among American movie critics. Champion of what he called "termite art" (focused, often eccentric virtu...

Reducere. Amintiri politice Volumul 1: Inceputul unei noi domnii. Regele Ferdinand si Regina Maria - Neutralitatea Regina Elisabeta era cea mai inversunata a...

Reducere. La cea de-a 30-a aniversare a nuntii sale cu Lisa McDowell, printul Akeem din Zamunda este convocat in fata tatalui sau pe moarte, regele Jaffe Jof...

The methods developed by British intelligence in the early twentieth century continue to resonate today. Much like now, the intelligence activity o...

Reducere. DescriptionIn The Turnout Gap, Bernard L. Fraga offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of the causes and consequences of racial and ethnic ...

Against long odds, the Anishinaabeg resisted removal, retaining thousands of acres of their homeland. Their success rested partly on their being ke...

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Reducere. 1. The Power of Love (La Fuerza Mayor) 5: 00 2. La Promessa 4: 26 3. Adagio 4: 36 4. Hallelujah (Aleluya) 3: 19 5. L'Alba Del Mondo 4: 46 6. Enamor...

Essays on all 46 American Presidents who have held the office over the last 230 years - from George Washington to Joe Biden.Publisher: Hodder & Sto...

This book offers a comprehensive, region-wide examination of the politics of taxation in Latin America, one of the most pressing issues to confront...

Organizations are about conversations. For any organization to achieve its goals, people need to interact and those interactions require dialogue a...

Reducere. Christopher Knowlton, author of Cattle Kingdom and former Fortune writer, takes an in-depth look at the spectacular Florida land boom of the 1920s ...

In this book Ryan Salzman examines the political potential of placemaking, an increasingly popular set of behaviors that were unfamiliar to the Ame...

Reducere. This evocation of the figures and events of one of the most extraordinary eras of this century makes the most vivid portrait of the period yet writ...

Reducere. Amintiri politice Volumul 3: A murit Bratianu otravit de rusi? - Deznodamantul Ion G. Duca s-a nascut la Bucuresti in anul 1879, fiul lui Gheorghe ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Deborah (University of Technology Sydney, Australia) Ascher BarnstoneIllustration(s): 41 color and 6...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Deborah (University of Technology Sydney, Australia) Ascher BarnstoneIllustration(s): 41 color and 6...

Reducere. An authority on Asia and globalization identifies the challenges China's growing power poses and how it must be confronted "Timely and thought-prov...

Pornind de la filme ale unor monstri sacri ca Griffith, filmele sovietice de propaganda ale deceniului trei (inclusiv Eisenstein) sau cele propagan...

Offering the first comparative study of 1920s' US and Canadian print cultures, 'Imagining Gender, Nation and Consumerism in Magazines of the 1920s'...

The richness of Brazilian stardom extends well beyond the ubiquitous Carmen Miranda, and among the studies assembled in this volume are fascinating...