Transatlantic Crossings

Author : Sarah Street
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781474290685

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Transatlantic Crossings by Sarah Street Pdf

Transatlantic Crossings is a major study of the distribution and exhibition of British films in the USA. Charting the cross-cultural reception of many British films, Sarah Street draws on a wide range of sources including studio records, film posters, press books and statistics. While the power of Hollywood made it difficult for films that crossed the Atlantic, Street's research demonstrates that some strategies were more successful than others. She considers which British films made an impact and analyzes conditions that facilitated a positive reception from critics, censors, exhibitors and audiences. Case studies include Nell Gwyn (1926), The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), The Ghost Goes West (1935), Henry V (1946), Black Narcissus (1947), The Red Shoes (1948), Ealing comedies, The Horror of Dracula (1958), Tom Jones (1963), A Hard Day's Night (1964), Goldfinger (1964), The Remains of the Day (1993), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) and Trainspotting (1996). Against a background of the economic history of the British and Hollywood film industries, Transatlantic Crossings considers the many fascinating questions surrounding the history of British films in the USA, their relevance to wider issues of Anglo-American relations and to notions of "Britishness" on screen.

Author : Daniel T. RODGERS
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 671 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674042827

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Atlantic Crossings by Daniel T. RODGERS Pdf

This text is an account of the vibrant international network that the American soci-political reformers constructed - so often obscured by notions of American exceptionalism - and of its profound impact on the USA from the 1870's through to 1945.

Author : Mark Leone
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004343481

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Atlantic Crossing in the Wake of Frederick Douglass by Mark Leone Pdf

In Atlantic Crossings in the Wake of Frederick Douglass, edited by Mark P. Leone and Lee M. Jenkins, twelve chapters on archaeology, literature, and spatial culture explore crossings between American, African American, and Irish historical experience and culture.

Author : Miléna Santoro,Paula Ruth Gilbert
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773537873

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Transatlantic Passages by Miléna Santoro,Paula Ruth Gilbert Pdf

An interdisciplinary, literary, critical, and creative anthology that explores cultural connections between Quebec and francophone Europe.

Author : Jean-Paul Rodrigue,Claude Comtois,Brian Slack
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781136777325

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The Geography of Transport Systems by Jean-Paul Rodrigue,Claude Comtois,Brian Slack Pdf

Mobility is fundamental to economic and social activities such as commuting, manufacturing, or supplying energy. Each movement has an origin, a potential set of intermediate locations, a destination, and a nature which is linked with geographical attributes. Transport systems composed of infrastructures, modes and terminals are so embedded in the socio-economic life of individuals, institutions and corporations that they are often invisible to the consumer. This is paradoxical as the perceived invisibility of transportation is derived from its efficiency. Understanding how mobility is linked with geography is main the purpose of this book. The third edition of The Geography of Transport Systems has been revised and updated to provide an overview of the spatial aspects of transportation. This text provides greater discussion of security, energy, green logistics, as well as new and updated case studies, a revised content structure, and new figures. Each chapter covers a specific conceptual dimension including networks, modes, terminals, freight transportation, urban transportation and environmental impacts. A final chapter contains core methodologies linked with transport geography such as accessibility, spatial interactions, graph theory and Geographic Information Systems for transportation (GIS-T). This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the field, with a broad overview of its concepts, methods, and areas of application. The accompanying website for this text contains a useful additional material, including digital maps, PowerPoint slides, databases, and links to further reading and websites. The website can be accessed at: http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans This text is an essential resource for undergraduates studying transport geography, as well as those interest in economic and urban geography, transport planning and engineering.

Author : James Walvin
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780232041

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Crossings by James Walvin Pdf

We all know the story of the slave trade—the infamous Middle Passage, the horrifying conditions on slave ships, the millions that died on the journey, and the auctions that awaited the slaves upon their arrival in the Americas. But much of the writing on the subject has focused on the European traders and the arrival of slaves in North America. In Crossings, eminent historian James Walvin covers these established territories while also traveling back to the story’s origins in Africa and south to Brazil, an often forgotten part of the triangular trade, in an effort to explore the broad sweep of slavery across the Atlantic. Reconstructing the transatlantic slave trade from an extensive archive of new research, Walvin seeks to understand and describe how the trade began in Africa, the terrible ordeals experienced there by people sold into slavery, and the scars that remain on the continent today. Journeying across the ocean, he shows how Brazilian slavery was central to the development of the slave trade itself, as that country tested techniques and methods for trading and slavery that were successfully exported to the Caribbean and the rest of the Americas in the following centuries. Walvin also reveals the answers to vital questions that have never before been addressed, such as how a system that the Western world came to despise endured so long and how the British—who were fundamental in developing and perfecting the slave trade—became the most prominent proponents of its eradication. The most authoritative history of the entire slave trade to date, Crossings offers a new understanding of one of the most important, and tragic, episodes in world history.

Author : Anne-Emmanuelle Berger,ric Fassin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-30
Category : Feminism
ISBN : 0822363976

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Transatlantic Gender Crossings by Anne-Emmanuelle Berger,ric Fassin Pdf

A special issue of differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies As much as French feminism influenced the establishment of women's studies in U.S. universities, so has U.S. gender and queer theory marked the French intellectual and academic landscape. For this reason, gender and sexuality studies have been bound up from the beginning with specific intractable questions of internationalization. Has internationalization contributed to an "Americanization" of the field, or has it allowed for different ways of understanding the connections between the local and the global, the center and the periphery? And how might institutionalization and internationalization affect our thinking about the political and theoretical intersections between gender and sexuality or between sex and race? Contributors from Europe and the United States consider theoretical, political, and institutional questions raised by the transatlantic exchange of feminist theories over four decades. Contributors Anne Emmanuelle Berger, Éric Fassin, Delphine Gardey, Clare Hemmings, Ranjana Khanna, Griselda Pollock, Tuija Pulkkinen, Elizabeth Weed

Author : Ana Lúcia Rodrigues da Silva
Publisher : Synergia
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9786598187118

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Cruises by Ana Lúcia Rodrigues da Silva Pdf

The book consists of three parts. The first deals with different types of trips and companies, including mini cruises, themed itineraries, crossings, and river cruises. The second part of the book is dedicated to around-the-world itineraries, with objective criteria to make it easier to choose between different ships and itineraries, the necessary arrangements before and during the trip, the routine on board, details of the destinations visited by the author, as well as curiosities about this experience. The third part of the book is dedicated to the cruise industry in international academia, identifying the most studied and researched topics associated with the cruise industry, as well as the participation of different countries and geographical regions in the production of this knowledge, in addition to a chapter with the experience of the research group on sea and river cruises coordinated by PUC Rio.

Author : Stephen Stern
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Ocean travel
ISBN : 9781455612499

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Stern's Guide to the Cruise Vacation by Stephen Stern Pdf

Author : Birgit Braasch,Claudia Müller
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783643912466

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Off Shore by Birgit Braasch,Claudia Müller Pdf

The book highlights facets of people's experiences since the 19th century with Atlantic space and the design of their stay on board ships. The contributions range from the perspective of pleasure-seeking tourists, who used ships as a temporary, luxurious homes to the perspective of military personnel, who perceived the Atlantic Passage as a transition between homeland security and potentially dangerous professional operations - the risks of sea voyages even on technically sophisticated ocean liners, whose interiors and services often include grand hotels in the metropolises of the late 19th and 20th century, were discreetly ignored by the passengers. The charm of the Atlantic and the ship, unthinkable in earlier times, should not be decimated in any way.

Author : Steven B. Stern
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-22
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781524540265

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Stern’S Guide to the Cruise Vacation: 2017 Edition by Steven B. Stern Pdf

"The extent of detail given . . . is good not only for the novice cruiser finding their way around . . . but also for the veteran cruiser who wants to know the latest about the newest ships" (CyberCruises.com). "This is the book with which to gain a full and thorough understanding of the wonderful world of cruising. Repeat cruisers and novices alike will gain from the volume of featuresmenus, daily schedules, photos, as well as details on every cruise ship and port of call throughout the world. This should be the encyclopedia for any cruise aficionado" (World of Cruising). "People who've never cruised beforeor those who have, but find themselves faced with a confusing onslaught of new shipsneed to know a great deal, and this book goes a long way in providing it" (Chicago Tribune). "Stern's Guide to the Cruise Vacation is one of the most comprehensive authorities and a must-have for both the novice and the seasoned cruiser" (Porthole Magazine).

Author : Malcolm McConnell
Publisher : Graymalkin Media
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781631684289

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First Crossing by Malcolm McConnell Pdf

The account of a couple’s voyage in a small sailboat from New York to Greece is unique. They best describe it themselves: “We are both writers, and we were aware that...the passage would affect us deeply and possibly change us in unforeseen ways, both as individuals and as a couple. “We agreed to meld the events, insights, and emotions recorded in our separate logs into one narrative. We realized that it is the internal, private voyage that one remembers long after the memories of dark wind and sunny wave crests have faded.”

Author : Steven B. Stern
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 815 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-11
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781503592155

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Stern’S Guide to the Cruise Vacation: 2016 Edition by Steven B. Stern Pdf

This valuable guide assists you in selecting the ship best suited to your taste, advises you on how to prepare for your cruise, and explains what to expect once you are onboard. Stern discusses every major port of call worldwide, listing details on attractions, beaches, hotels, restaurants, shopping, sports, and other recreation. He also includes guidelines on how to make the most of an eight-hour stay in port.

Author : William H. Miller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Cruise ships
ISBN : 0882406612

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Crossing the Atlantic by William H. Miller Pdf

Photo essay that covers cruise routes as well as famous disasters and rescues from the Titanic and the Lusitania to the United States and the Andrea Doria.

Author : Jana Evans Braziel
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780813063133

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Duvalier's Ghosts by Jana Evans Braziel Pdf

"Urgently pursues those nameless ghosts of Haitians lost in the liminal space of the Black Atlantic."--New West Indian Guide "Foregrounds the experiences of refugees (particularly those refused asylum and detained in camps), the political mobilization of the diaspora in the United States, the ramifications of the policies and adjustment programmes imposed on Haiti by the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and USAID."--Bulletin of Latin American Research "Theoretically sound and well researched. Braziel has written a compelling book on the literatures of post-Duvalier Haiti."--Millery Polyne, New York University "A very original study, a tour-de-force that crisscrosses the disciplinary boundaries typically separating the social sciences and the humanities. It is richly researched, beautifully written, and will surely attract much critical attention and praise."--Valerie Kaussen, University of Missouri From a position of urgent political engagement, this provocative book offers novel and compelling interpretations of several well-known Haitian-born authors, particularly regarding U.S. intervention in their homeland. Drawing on the diasporic cultural texts of several authors, such as Edwidge Danticat and Dany Laferrière, Jana Evans Braziel examines how writers participate in transnational movements for global social justice. In their fictional works they discuss the United States’ many interventionist methods in Haiti, including surveillance, foreign aid, and military assistance. Through their work, they reveal that the majority of Haitians do not welcome these intrusions and actively criticize U.S. treatment of Haitians in both countries. Braziel encourages us to analyze the instability and violence of small nations like Haiti within the larger frame of international financial and military institutions and forms of imperialism. She forcefully argues that by reading these works as anti-imperialist, much can be learned about why Haitians and Haitian exiles often have negative perceptions of the U.S.