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Based on extensive fieldwork among less-studied migrants, as well as wide-ranging, interdisciplinary research, this book offers a comprehensive understanding of the multiple, interactive factors-structural, cultural, and personal-that influence people to

When the Fox Film Corporation merged with Twentieth Century Pictures in 1935, the company posed little threat to industry juggernauts such as Paramount and MGM. In the years that followed however, guided by executives Darryl F. Zanuck and Spyros Skouras, it soon emerged as one of the most important studios. Though working from separate offices in New York and Los Angeles and often of two different minds, the two men navigated Twentieth Century-Fox through the trials of the World War II boom, the birth of television, the Hollywood Blacklist, and more to an era of exceptional success, which included what was then the highest grossing movie of all time, The Sound of Music. Twentieth Century-Fox is a comprehensive examination of the studio's transformation during the Zanuck-Skouras era. Instead of limiting his scope to the Hollywood production studio, Lev also delves into the corporate strategies, distribution models, government relations, and technological innovations that were the responsibilities of the New York headquarters. Moving chronologically, he examines the corporate history before analyzing individual films produced by Twentieth Century-Fox during that period. Drawn largely from original archival research, Twentieth Century-Fox offers not only enlightening analyses and new insights into the films and the history of the company, but also affords the reader a unique perspective from which to view the evolution of the entire film industry.

A state-of-the-art primer on digital applications for social scientists, with explorations of the emerging field of hypermedia ethnography

Draws on insights into the filmmaker's creative sources that he has never revealed before to forge a startlingly original template for analysing Lynch's recent films

This insightful study examines Mexico's oil crisis and the communities affected by the decline of Cantarell, the nation's aging supergiant offshore oilfield

Weston Agor's carefully documented analysis of the organization and workings of the Chilean Senate is the first of its kind and fills a long-standing need in the comparative study of the internal structure of legislative bodies.

This study seeks to go beyond attributions of responsibility to investigate the concrete conditions which determined and limited Palestinian Arab actions between 1920 and 1948.

A towering Mexican thinker discusses both Latin America's internal problems and its relations with the United States, Russia, and the rest of the world.

An interpretation of the politics and philosophy of Augusto C. Sandino, the intellectual progenitor of Nicaragua's Sandinista revolution.

Twelve leading scholars trace Islamic discourse on the performing arts to give insight into genres of pious productions throughout the world.

Winner of the 2012 Los Angeles Book Festival Photography/Art Book Award, this lavishly illustrated volume surveys the entire oeuvre of internationally award-winning photographer Dan Winters, including iconic celebrity portraits, scientific photography, photojournalism, and lyrical personal expressions.

An essential exploration of the pivotal rebellion whose repercussions continue to be felt throughout the West, this timely study reclaims the early twentieth-century Iraqi revolution narrative to emphasize the voices of the vanquished, who lost the battle

By the award-winning author of The Puppet, this novel weaves myth and contemporary life into a tale of a desert community whose nomadic way of life is irrevocably changed by an unpredictable turn of events.

This provocative new companion to Conspiracy Narratives in Roman History shows how viewing an array of Latin texts through the lens of conspiracy theory reveals a host of socioeconomic tensions from the Roman Republic through the age of the emperors.

Now updated with an extensive afterword that reveals how the bank failures of 2008 resulted from the lack of regulatory oversight discussed in this book, here is the acclaimed insider's account of how financial super predators brought down an industry by

A biography of the Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornados founder, a rock and roll innovator whose Grammy Awardwinning career spans half the twentieth century.Doug Sahm was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist of legendary range and reputation. The first American musician to capitalize on the 1960s British invasion, Sahm vaulted to international fame leading a faux-British band called the Sir Douglas Quintet, whose hits included ';She's About a Mover,' ';The Rains Came,' and ';Mendocino.' He made the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in 1968 and 1971 and performed with the Grateful Dead, Dr. John, Willie Nelson, Boz Scaggs, and Bob Dylan.Texas Tornado is the first biography of this national music legend. Jan Reid traces the whole arc of Sahm's incredibly versatile musical career, as well as the manic energy that drove his sometimes-turbulent personal life and loves. Reid follows Sahm from his youth in San Antonio as a prodigy steel guitar player through his breakout success with the Sir Douglas Quintet and his move to California, where, with an inventive take on blues, rock, country, and jazz, he became a star in San Francisco and invented the ';cosmic cowboy' vogue. Reid also chronicles Sahm's later return to Texas and to chart success with the Grammy Awardwinning Texas Tornados, a rowdy ';conjunto rock and roll band' that he modeled on the Beatles and which included Sir Douglas alum Augie Meyers and Tejano icons Freddy Fender and Flaco Jimenez.With his exceptional talent and a career that bridged five decades, Doug Sahm was a rock and roll innovator whose influence can only be matched among his fellow Texas musicians by Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Janis Joplin, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Texas Tornado vividly captures the energy and intensity of this musician whose life burned out too soon, but whose music continues to rock.';Doug was like me, maybe the only figure from that period of time that I connected with. His was a big soul. He had a hit record, ';She's About a Mover,' and I had a hit record [';Like a Rolling Stone'] at the same time. So we became buddies back then, and we played the same kind of music. We never really broke apart. We always hooked up at certain intervals in our lives.... I'd never met anyone who'd played on stage with Hank Williams before, let alone someone my own age. Doug had a heavy frequency, and it was in his nerves.... I miss Doug. He got caught in the grind. He should still be here.' Bob Dylan';I once made the analogy that Doug was like St. Sebastianpierced by 1,000 arrowsbut instead of blood, talent coming out of every wound. I really regard him as the best musician I ever knew, because of his versatility, and the range of his information and taste.' Jerry Wexler, Atlantic Records producer

Experts in five disciplines-history, art history, music, French and English literature-evaluate the influence of Eleanor and her court on history and the arts.

The author convincingly shows that writers of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries in England wrote with a lively and creative sense of the visual-a sense richly informed by the theory and practice of Renaissance art.

';Stanton's analysis of radio as a new tool of the colonial state contributes a great deal to studies of Mandate Palestine and imperialism.' Journal of Palestinian Studies Modeled after the BBC, the Palestine Broadcasting Service was launched in 1936 to serve as the national radio station of Mandate Palestine, playing a pivotal role in shaping the culture of the emerging middle class in the region. Despite its significance, the PBS has become nearly forgotten by scholars of twentieth-century Middle Eastern studies. Drawn extensively from British and Israeli archival sources, ';This Is Jerusalem Calling' traces the compelling history of the PBS's twelve years of operation, illuminating crucial aspects of a period when Jewish and Arab national movements simultaneously took form. Andrea L. Stanton describes the ways in which the mandate government used broadcasting to cater to varied audiences, including rural Arab listeners, in an attempt to promote a ';modern' vision of Arab Palestine as an urbane, politically sophisticated region. In addition to programming designed for the education of the peasantry, religious broadcasting was created to appeal to all three main faith communities in Palestine, which ultimately may have had a disintegrating, separatist effect. Stanton's research brings to light the manifestation of Britain's attempts to prepare its mandate state for self-governance while supporting the aims of Zionists. While the PBS did not create the conflict between Arab Palestinians and Zionists, the service reflected, articulated, and magnified such tensions during an era when radio broadcasting was becoming a key communication tool for emerging national identities around the globe.

Tracing the Islamization of Egyptian celebrities and their fans and the emergence of an Islamic aesthetics, this book offers a unique history of the religious revival in Egypt through the lens of the performing arts.

This examination of Tunisia's ruling family between 1700 and 1900 reveals the significance of the palace and the crucial political and economic roles women played in the family's relationship with the imperial government.

Writing Brazilian women back into history, this book presents the first comprehensive study in English of how women experienced and understood their lives within the society created by the Portuguese imperial government and the colonial era Roman Catholic

This study of the Guatemalan legal system during the regimes of two of Latin America's most repressive dictators reveals the surprising extent to which Maya women used the courts to air their grievances and defend their human rights.

Leading authorities provide the first state-of-the-art study of the history, meaning, and significance of Native American tattooing in the Eastern Woodlands and Great Plains.

This inspiring story of a high school basketball team's unlikely journey to victory in segregated WWII-era San Antonio sheds light on Mexican American cultural identity formation through sports and education and exposes stereotypes that are still held tod

The first book-length study of the human ecology of the Bari, drawing on more than forty years of field research to examine relations with natural and social environments, reactions to depredations and warfare, and belief in the possibility that a child can have dual paternity.