The study of cinematic style has in many ways shaped attitudes towards films. Style assigns films to a tradition, distinguishes a classic and signals the arrival of an innovation. This book aims to show how film scholars have attempted to explain stylistic continuity and change across the history of cinema. The author explores the theories of style launched by Andre Bazin, Noel...(展开全部)

The study of cinematic style has in many ways shaped attitudes towards films. Style assigns films to a tradition, distinguishes a classic and signals the arrival of an innovation. This book aims to show how film scholars have attempted to explain stylistic continuity and change across the history of cinema. The author explores the theories of style launched by Andre Bazin, Noel...(展开全部)

Based on unexplored and often confidential sources from AT&T, the National Association of Manufacturers, Standard Oil, and other major institutions, this book shows how the art of public relations has molded the "public mind" and warped the contours of American democracy. Beginning during the first World War, the book chronicles the birth pangs and coming of age of the PR cultu...(展开全部)

The Story of Film presents the history of the movies in a way never told before. Mark Cousins's chronological journey through the worldwide history of film is told from the point of view of filmmakers and moviegoers. Weaving personalities, film technology, and production with engaging descriptions of groundbreaking scenes, Cousins uses his experience as film historian, producer...(展开全部)

The Story of Film presents the history of the movies in a way never told before. Mark Cousins's chronological journey through the worldwide history of film is told from the point of view of filmmakers and moviegoers. Weaving personalities, film technology, and production with engaging descriptions of groundbreaking scenes, Cousins uses his experience as film historian, producer...(展开全部)

阿萨·布里格斯，1921年生于约克郡的凯利，毕业于剑桥大学悉尼·苏塞克斯学院，1944年任教于牛津大学伍斯特学院。从1976年至1991年，他一直担任该学院院长。从1968年到1976年，他担任苏塞克斯大学的名誉副校长。在1978年至1994年期间，他担任英国开放大学的校长。 阿萨·布里格斯撰写了许多有关19世纪和20世纪英国历史的文章和著作，其中包括维多利亚时代三部曲（《维多利亚时代的城市》《维多利亚时代的人民》和《维多利亚时代的物品》），他还撰写了《改进的时代》和五卷本的《联合王国的广播史》以及合著《传媒的社会史：从古滕堡到互联网》等。阿萨·布里格斯一直担任英国社会史和文化史学会以及维多利亚协会的主席。阿萨·布里格斯已婚，有4个孩子。1976年他被封为终身贵族。 作为英中了解协会的主席，他曾访问中国并对之非常了解。他的作品目前译成中文的除本书外，...(展开全部)

阿萨·布里格斯，1921年生于约克郡的凯利，毕业于剑桥大学悉尼·苏塞克斯学院，1944年任教于牛津大学伍斯特学院。从1976年至1991年，他一直担任该学院院长。从1968年到1976年，他担任苏塞克斯大学的名誉副校长。在1978年至1994年期间，他担任英国开放大学的校长。 阿萨·布里格斯撰写了许多有关19世纪和20世纪英国历史的文章和著作，其中包括维多利亚时代三部曲（《维多利亚时代的城市》《维多利亚时代的人民》和《维多利亚时代的物品》），他还撰写了《改进的时代》和五卷本的《联合王国的广播史》以及合著《传媒的社会史：从古滕堡到互联网》等。阿萨·布里格斯一直担任英国社会史和文化史学会以及维多利亚协会的主席。阿萨·布里格斯已婚，有4个孩子。1976年他被封为终身贵族。 作为英中了解协会的主席，他曾访问中国并对之非常了解。他的作品目前译成中文的除本书外，...(展开全部)

The lands surrounding the Black Sea share a colorful past. Though in recent decades they have experienced ethnic conflict, economic collapse, and interstate rivalry, their common heritage and common interests run deep. Now, as a region at the meeting point of the Balkans, Central Asia, and the Middle East, the Black Sea is more important than ever. In this lively and entertaini...(展开全部)