Now Playing

Now PlayingLocates the origins of the mass audience and the emergence of everyday moviegoing in the culture of cities. Winner of the 2009 Gertrude J. Robinson Book Prize presented by the Canadian Communication Association Using Toronto as a case study, and focusing on a period from the opening of the first theaters showcasing moving pictures in 1906 to the end of World War I, Now Playing locates the origins of our present day mass audience in the culture of

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He attacked the attempt of Mellen and Morgan to gain a monopoly hold over new England transportation as he strenuously and doggedly opposed the merger of the Boston & Maine with the New Haven railroad

leaving current food systems ill-prepared for climate change

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and practical matters

In this intriguing book

rage within the religious right

World Film Locations: Vienna sheds new light on the movies shot in the former imperial capital – and on the city itself

ordinarily conceived as a two-dimensional diagram used to focus meditation

Featuring detailed analyses of Rou’s films and their social and industrial contexts

This volume discusses Persian book painting (14th-16th centuries)

From Pariah to Priority gives a unique