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Part of a series that tells the "life story" of the objects and technologies that have become so vital to our daily lives. This volume combines a discussion of technical developments with a description of the effect the technology has on the fabric of society and culture. It traces the history of Television from its beginning.

With actress Pam Griers breakthroughs in Coffy and Foxy Brown, women entered action, science fiction, war, westerns and martial arts filmsgenres that had previously been considered the domain of male protagonists. This ground-breaking cinema, however, wasand still isviewed with ambivalence. While women were cast in new and exciting roles, they did not always arrive with their femininity intact, often functioning more as a pseudo-male rather th...

This book pays tribute to 10 prominent television actresses who played lead roles in popular comedy shows of the 1950s. Each chapter covers the works and personalities of one actress: Lucille Ball (I Love Lucy), Gracie Allen (The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show), Eve Arden (Our Miss Brooks), Spring Byington (December Bride), Joan Davis (I Married Joan), Anne Jeffreys (Topper), Donna Reed (The Donna Reed Show), Ann Sothern (Private Secretary...

Griffin plans to avoid his class speech by refusing to talk altogether in a fake protest against child soldiers. His actions set off a chain of events he could never have predicted.

This book addresses the concept of organizing which is centered around collective learning and on the organization paradigm. It presents a theory of organizational learning based on a model of memory, explaining processes and dynamics through which memory is built and updated.

Project infrastructure and software repositories are now widely available at low cost with easy extraction, providing a foundational base to conduct detailed cyber-archeology at a scale not open to researchers before. Emerging Free and Open Source Software Practices provides a collection of empirical research acting as a focal point to the status of these repositories and infrastructures along with the F/OSS project.Emerging Free and Open Sour...

Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and the role of e-commerce in these organizations continue to change, grow and evolve. Researchers and governments have given rise to the number of strategies, to address the challenges these enterprises face daily in competition with large, global businesses.E-Commerce in Regional Small to Medium Enterprises showcases detailed studies of e-commerce in multiple regional areas, focusing on the role of business...

Compiles information and experiences from CIO's from all over the world. As senior management address the importance of information technology to the functioning of an organization the formally recognized role performed by a CIO emerges, which is contingent upon many factors.

Providing a complete reference source for information concerning more than 60 children's poets, this new title will be invaluable to school and public librarians.

On the night of April 8, 1956, marine drill instructor, Matthew McKeon led Platoon 71 on a forced march through backwaters of Parris Island in an effort to restore flagging discipline. Strong currents in Ribbon Creek and panic led to drowning of six recruits. This work examines events of that night, men of Platoon 71, and fate of Sergeant McKeon.

The most complete source on America's most famous musical theater team, including current information on recent revivals, a comprehensive list of recordings, up-to-date biographies on hundreds of people who worked with R&H.,

Clive Roots has been a zoo director for many years. He has travelled the world collecting live animals for zoo conservation programs. Roots has acted as a masterplanning and design consultant for numerous zoological garden and related projects around the world, and has written many books on zoos and natural history subjects.

Joan Bauer draws on her own teen experiences to create the unique characters that entice young adults to read her novels, such as Hope Was Here and Rules of the Road.

Chapters by leading authorities survey the Western dramatic tradition from Ancient Greece to the present.

On September 21, 1953, U.S. airmen at Kimpo Air Base near Seoul, Korea, were startled to see landing a MiG-15, the most advanced Soviet-built fighter plane of the era, piloted by Senior Lieutenant No Kum-Sok, a 21-year-old North Korean Air Force officer. Once he landed, Lieutenant No found that his mother had escaped to the South two years earlier, and they were soon reunited. At his request, No came to the United States and became a U.S. citi...

H.R. Pufnstuf, Lidsville, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, Land of the Lost: For a generation of children, these were some of the most memorable shows on Saturday morning television. At a time when television cartoons had lost some of their luster, two puppeteers named Sid and Marty Krofft put together a series of shows that captivated children. Using colorful sets and mysterious lands full of characters that had boundless energy, the Kroffts cre...

Florence Lawrence's film career began just as the cinema was being born. Her early work with the Vitagraph company gained her a legion of fans and a reputation as a willing and hard working actress. In 1908 she appeared in Romeo and Juliet?America's very first screen Juliet. By 1909, she was working steadily for the Biograph studio?she was dubbed ?the Biograph girl??and was being praised for her ?personal attractions? and ?very fine dramatic a...

The author attempts to demonstrate that the Italian Army deserves attention for its often humanitarian treatment of Italian Jews and other Jews. He also analyzes revisionist histories of Pope Pius XII and his alleged silence, arguing that revisionists were writing for a popular audience interested in sensation and scandal, and that this profitable trail attracted journalists and historians alike. Focusing primarily on the roles played by the V...

Provides hints and tips to enhance and develop the role of nursing in general practice. This toolkit prepares readers for adjusting their roles in accordance with patient needs, personal and professional aims and career aspirations. It is useful for nurses and health care assistants in general practice.

Plato's Cratylus is a brilliant but enigmatic dialogue. It bears on a topic, the relation of language to knowledge, which has never ceased to be of central philosophical importance, but tackles it in ways which at times look alien to us. In this reappraisal of the dialogue, Professor Sedley argues that the etymologies which take up well over half of it are not an embarrassing lapse or semi-private joke on Plato's part. On the contrary, if take...