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The City Symphony Phenomenon Cinema Art and Urban Modernity Between the Wars

The 1920s and 1930s saw the rise of the city symphony an experimental film form that presented the city as protagonist instead of mere decor. Combining experimental documentary and narrative practices these films were marked by a high level of abstraction reminiscent of high-modernist experiments in painting and photography. Moreover interwar city symphonies presented a highly fragmented oftentimes kaleidoscopic sense of modern life and they organized their urban-industrial images through rhythmic and associative montage that evoke musical structures. In this comprehensive volume contributors consider the full 80 film corpus from Manhatta and Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt to lesser-known cinematic explorations. | The City Symphony Phenomenon Cinema Art and Urban Modernity Between the Wars

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Group-Theoretic Methods in Mechanics and Applied Mathematics

Group analysis of differential equations has applications to various problems in nonlinear mechanics and physics. For the first time this book gives the systematic group analysis of main postulates of classical and relativistic mechanics. The consistent presentation of Lie group theory is illustrated by plentiful examples. Symmetries and conservation laws of differential equations are studied. Specific equations and problems of mechanics and physics are considered and exact solutions are given for the following equations: dynamics of rigid body heat transfer wave hydrodynamics Thomas-Fermi and more. The author pays particular attention to the application of group analysis to developing asymptotic methods of applied mathematics in problems with small parameter. The methods are used to solve basic equations (Van Der Pol's equation Duffing equation etc. ) encountered in the theory of nonlinear oscillations. This book is intended for a wide range of scientists engineers and students in the fields of applied mathematics mechanics and physics. | Group-Theoretic Methods in Mechanics and Applied Mathematics

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Chef's Guide to Charcuterie

Charcuterie the art of transforming pork meats into various preparations as an array of dishes has traditionally held a very important place in gastronomy. An art that demands serious attention by the chef its success depends not only on the execution but also on the presentation. Chef's Guide to Charcuterie demonstrates how to transform lesser quality meats and organ meats into enjoyable and beautiful foods including bacon ham sausage terrines galantines ptés and confit. Chef Jacques Brevery presents a complete collection of recipes and information from his career some of which he learned from his mentors over the years. The book is designed as a reference for beginning chefs providing them with accurate recipes for classic preparations as well as new ideas that will allow them to expand and improve their portfolio of recipes. The book also presents helpful charts and tables as well as useful conversion and substitution guides. As the interest in this ancient skill is being revived today charcuterie requires more than just a daily performance of routine tasks. Chefs must understand why and how these traditional charcuterie processes work. This volume serves as a solid foundation for learning and perfecting the skills of charcuterie.

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Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal

Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal analyzes political ideologies to help readers understand individual ideologies and the concept of ideology from a political science perspective. This best-selling title promotes open-mindedness and develops critical thinking skills. It covers a wide variety of political ideologies from the traditional liberalism and conservatism to recent developments in liberation politics the emergence of the Alt-Right and environmental politics. NEW TO THIS EDITION Focus on the recent rise of populism and an illiberal democracy and how this poses a real challenge to the pillars of Western Liberal democracy; A look at early Conservatives and the idea of natural aristocracy with focus on the thoughts of Edmund Burke; A new discussion on whether Donald Trump is really a conservative and if so to what extent this is true; An expanded look at Stalinism and the apparent rebirth of Mao Zedong thought in China through Xi Jinping thought; A more in-depth look at the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party and how myth was crucial to legitimizing both the man and the party; New section on the history of American Fascism from its origins to the recent emergence of the Alt-Right; Expansion of the discussion around the recent protest movements Black Lives Matter and #MeToo along with the repercussions of these movements; Discussion on the obstacles facing transgender people implemented in recent years including the bathroom laws and the ban from US military service; Account of how Donald Trump has galvanized the environmental movement like never before through his ardent anti-environment policies and appointments; In-depth look at how the effects of climate change are increasingly turning people into environmental migrants and how the presence of these people has fueled far-right movements across Europe and the US; Additional photos throughout; An updated author-written Instructor’s Manual and Test Bank.

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Neuroaesthetics

The beginning of psychological aesthetics is normally traced back to the publication of Gustav Theodor Fechner's seminal book Vorschule der Aesthetik in 1876. Following in the footsteps of this rich tradition editors Martin Skov and Oshin Vartanian view neuroaesthetics - the emerging field of inquiry concerned with uncovering the ways in which aesthetic behavior is caused by brain processes - as a natural extension of Fechner's 'empirical spirit' to understand the link between the objective and subjective worlds inherent in aesthetic experience. The editors had two specific aims for this book. The first was to highlight the diversity of approaches that are underway under the banner of neuroaesthetics. Currently this topic is being investigated from experimental evolutionary neuropsychological and neuroimaging perspectives to tackle problems in the visual arts literature music and film. Its quintessentially interdisciplinary nature has functioned as a breeding ground for generating and testing hypotheses in multiple domains. The second goal was more integrative and involved distilling some of the key features common to these diverse strands of work. The book presents a possible framework for neuroaesthetics by highlighting what the contributors consider to be its defining features and offering a working definition of neuroaesthetics that captures these features. Neuroaesthetics will provide an empirical and theoretical framework to motivate further work in this area. Ultimately the hope is that puzzles in aesthetics can be solved through insights from biology but that the contribution can be truly bidirectional.

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The American School From the Puritans to the Trump Era

This current comprehensive history of American education is designed to stimulate critical analysis and critical thinking by offering alternative interpretations of each historical period. In his signature straight-forward concise style Joel Spring provides a variety of interpretations of American schooling from conservative to leftist in order to spark the reader’s own critical thinking about history and schools. This tenth edition follows the history of American education from the seventeenth century to the integration into global capitalism of the twenty-first century to the tumultuous current political landscape. In particular the updates focus on tracing the direct religious links between the colonial Puritans and the current-day Trump administration. Chapters 1 and 2 have been rewritten to take a closer look at religious traditions in American schools leading up to the educational ideas of the current U. S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. An updated Chapter 15 further links traditional religious fundamentalist ideas and the twentieth century free market arguments of the Chicago school of economists to President Trump’s administration and the influence of the Alt-Right. | The American School From the Puritans to the Trump Era

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Political Ideologies Their Origins and Impact

Comprehensive yet accessible this classic text now in its thirteenth edition follows the evolution of political thought over 300 years. Organized chronologically this text examines each ideology within a political historical economic and social context. In addition to a thorough updating of examples and data here’s what you’ll find in the new edition: Analyses of President Trump’s rollback of Obamacare trade war with China and changes to immigration taxation and environmental policy. Conservative justifications for supply-side economics and liberal rationale for drug legalization and trigger-word bans. Brexit’s effects on the Scottish independence movement. Resurgence of feminist protest including the Me Too movement alongside anarchist protest following Trump’s election including groups like Black Bloc and Antifa. China’s rising environmental and social problems including unrest among its heavily controlled Uighur population. Cuba’s transfer of power from the Castros to President Díaz-Canel and their fraught rapprochement with the U. S. Russia’s disinformation campaigns and alternating brinksmanship and détente between Trump and North Korea’s Chairman Kim Jong-un. The ascent of the Alt-right in the U. S. and white supremacist influence on parties in the U. S. and Europe. The continuing salience of Islamism the teetering Iran deal and ongoing degeneration of the Arab Spring to the Islamist Winter. | Political Ideologies Their Origins and Impact

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The American Anomaly U.S. Politics and Government in Comparative Perspective

The American Anomaly systematically analyzes the U. S. political system by way of comparison with other countries especially other industrialized democracies. It is organized into four sections respectively covering the constitutional order governmental institutions political participation and public policy. Extended case studies and examples in each chapter draw on all the major regions of the world. Thoroughly revised throughout the fourth edition includes: Updates to reflect events including the anomalous presidential election of 2016 the start of the unconventional presidency of Donald Trump and shifting partisan dynamics within Congress. Coverage of recent political developments such as the Black Lives Matter and Antifa left-wing groups the rise of the Alt-Right and resurgent nationalism and youth-led movements for immigration reform and gun violence prevention. A newly developed chapter offering a comparative perspective on U. S. public opinion and mass media including social media; includes a new case study focused on post-Communist Russia and a chart on comparative freedom of the press. The contextualizing of emerging political memes such as fake news alternative facts the deep state Brexit and #MeToo. Updates to examples from other countries including challenges to the European Union; the aftermath of the Arab Uprisings; recent political upheavals in Venezuela Zimbabwe South Korea and Brazil; the global reassertion of Russian power and its possible manipulation of the US election; and the steady growth of China’s global military and economic role. A substantive update to the domestic policy chapter in light of the return of unified Republican control in Washington DC and to the foreign policy chapter taking into account isolationist and unlateralist thinking in the Trump administration. Updated tables and charts comparing major democratic political systems; expanded further reading suggestions; and revised discussion questions and Web-based exercises throughout the book. | The American Anomaly U. S. Politics and Government in Comparative Perspective

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