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Across the Waves

How the United States and France Shaped the International Age of Radio

By: Derek W Vaillant

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Across the Waves

How the United States and France Shaped the International Age of Radio

By: Derek W Vaillant

In 1931, the United States and France embarked on a broadcasting partnership built around radio. Over time, the transatlantic sonic alliance came to personify and to shape American-French relations in an era of increased global media production and distribution. Drawing on a broad range of American and French archives, Derek Vaillant joins textual and aural materials with original data analytics and maps to illuminate U.S.-French broadcasting's political and cultural development. Vaillant focuses on the period from 1931 until France dismantled its state media system in 1974. His analysis examines mobile actors, circulating programs, and shifting institutions that shaped international radio's use in times of war and peace. He explores the extraordinary achievements, the miscommunications and failures, and the limits of cooperation between America and France as they shaped a new media environment. Throughout, Vaillant explains how radio's power as an instantaneous mass communications tool produced, legitimized, and circulated various notions of states, cultures, ideologies, and peoples as superior or inferior. A first comparative history of its subject, Across the Waves provocatively examines how different strategic agendas, aesthetic aims and technical systems shaped U.S.-French broadcasting and the cultural politics linking the United States and France.

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University of Illinois Press

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Across the Waves

How the United States and France Shaped the International Age of Radio

By: Derek W Vaillant

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How the United States and France Shaped the International Age of Radio

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Sounds of Reform

Progressivism and Music in Chicago, 1873-1935

By: Derek Vaillant

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Sounds of Reform

Progressivism and Music in Chicago, 1873-1935

By: Derek Vaillant

Between 1873 and 1935, reformers in Chicago used the power of music to unify the diverse peoples of the metropolis. These musical progressives emphasized the capacity of music to transcend differences among various groups. Sounds of Reform looks at the history of efforts to propagate this vision and the resulting encounters between activists and ethnic, immigrant, and working-class residents. Musical progressives sponsored free concerts and music lessons at neighborhood parks and settlement houses, organized music festivals and neighborhood dances, and used the radio waves as part of an unprecedented effort to advance civic engagement. European classical music, ragtime, jazz, and popular American song all figured into the musical progressives' mission. For residents with ideas about music as a tool of self-determination, musical progressivism could be problematic as well as empowering. The resulting struggles and negotiations between reformers and residents transformed the public culture of Chicago. Through his innovative examination of the role of music in the history of progressivism, Derek Vaillant offers a new perspective on the cultural politics of music and American society.

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420

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UNC Press Books

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0807862428

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9780807862421

To Dare and to Conquer

Special Operations and the Destiny of Nations, from Achilles to Al Qaeda

By: Derek Leebaert

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To Dare and to Conquer

Special Operations and the Destiny of Nations, from Achilles to Al Qaeda

By: Derek Leebaert

In the tradition of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Leebaert tells the stories of small forces that have triumphed over vastly larger ones and changed the course of history -- from the Trojan Horse to Al Qaeda. Maps and charts.

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708

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Little, Brown

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0316075450

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9780316075459

Dmitri Shostakovich Catalogue

The First Hundred Years and Beyond

By: Derek C. Hulme

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Dmitri Shostakovich Catalogue

The First Hundred Years and Beyond

By: Derek C. Hulme

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-75) was one of the greatest composers of the 20th century, as well as the first major Soviet composer. In the fourth edition of Dmitri Shostakovich Catalogue: The First Hundred Years and Beyond, Derek C. Hulme names and describes all known musical compositions of the Russian composer. More than 175 major works are annotated and discussed, including such comprehensive details as titles and subtitles, dates of composition, instrumentation, and duration; information on dedications and premieres; arrangements by the composer and others; publication details; notes on bibliographical references and the location of the autograph score; and comprehensive chronological lists of vinyl, compact disc, and visual recordings. The entries are presented chronologically and by opus number, while indexes of names and compositions provide full accessibility. Several appendixes supplement the volume, guiding readers to further information in published sources and providing information on the composer's film, radio, television, and theatre productions; his abandoned projects and obscure works; and his recordings, including box sets and special USSR recordings. An appendix also discusses the monogram DSCH, a musical motif based on his name that permeates his compositions. This new edition also includes a comprehensive chronological chart of Shostakovich's works and historical events and several plates of memorabilia.

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824

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Scarecrow Press

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081087265X

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9780810872653

Smoking Among Healthcare Professionals

By: Derek R. Smith,Peter A. Leggat

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Smoking Among Healthcare Professionals

By: Derek R. Smith,Peter A. Leggat

There are one billion smokers on the planet today and up to half will die from their habit. According to the World Health Organization, approximately one person dies every six seconds from tobacco use. Despite the negative effects of smoking, the healthcare profession is not entirely smoke-free; an issue which must be addressed as this group is on the frontlines of tobacco control. This book presents the findings of more than 360 surveys of smoking among doctors, dentists and nurses, as well as students in these fields. Much can be learned from the data; the most important being a comprehensive understanding of how many healthcare professionals smoke, in what country, and at what stage in their career. The gathering of such data is the focus of this book.

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118

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DARLINGTON PRESS

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1921364173

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9781921364174

Well-being in Amsterdam's Golden Age

By: Derek L. Phillips

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Well-being in Amsterdam's Golden Age

By: Derek L. Phillips

This captivating volume paints a broad portrait of daily life in seventeenth-century Amsterdam. Taking the reader into the heart of the Dutch Golden Age, Derek Phillips uses a wide variety of sources in order to provide a wealth of domestic detail: from how people washed their clothes and cooked their meals to how they lived, married, and raised their children. Well-Being in Amsterdam's Golden Age covers the terrain of merchants' offices, regents' drawing rooms, and servants' quarters through a range of multidisciplinary perspectives, revealing the processes linking equality and well-being in seventeenth-century Amsterdam and beyond.

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Amsterdam University Press

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9085550424

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9789085550426

The Taking of Hong Kong

Charles and Clara Elliot in China Waters

By: Susanna Hoe,Derek Roebuck

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The Taking of Hong Kong

Charles and Clara Elliot in China Waters

By: Susanna Hoe,Derek Roebuck

Relations between Britain and China have, for over 150 years, been inextricably bound up with the taking of Hong Kong Island on 26 January 1841. The man responsible, Britain's plenipotentiary Captain Charles Elliot, was recalled by his government in disgrace and has been vilified ever since by China. This book describes the taking of Hong Kong from Elliot's point of view for the first time '- through the personal letters of himself and his wife Clara '- and shows a man of intelligence, conscience and humanitarian instincts. The book gives new insights into Sino-British relations of the period. Because these are now being re-assessed both historically and for the future, revelations about Elliot's role, intentions and analysis are significant and could make an important difference to our understanding of the dynamics of these relations. On a different level, the book explores how Charles the private man, with his wife by his side, experienced events, rather than how Elliot the public figure reported them to the British government. The work is therefore of great historiographical interest.

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Routledge

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1136822569

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9781136822568

Staying Human during Residency Training

How to Survive and Thrive after Medical School, Seventh Edition

By: Allan D. Peterkin, MD,Derek Puddester, MD

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Staying Human during Residency Training

How to Survive and Thrive after Medical School, Seventh Edition

By: Allan D. Peterkin, MD,Derek Puddester, MD

The ultimate survival guide for medical students, interns, residents, and fellows, Staying Human during Residency Training provides time-tested advice and the latest information on every aspect of a resident’s life – from choosing a residency program to coping with stress, enhancing self-care, and protecting personal and professional relationships. The book features hundreds of tips on how to cope with sleep deprivation, time pressures, and ethical and legal issues. Updated to reflect the latest research and resources, the seventh edition provides new emphasis on virtual practice, gender, diversity, and accountability in the context of medical education.. It offers practical strategies learned from new technologies and new insight on the COVID-19 pandemic regarding public health, virtual appointment protocols, and AI developments. Presenting practical antidotes regarding cynicism, careerism, and burnout, the book also offers guidance on fostering more empathic connections with patients and deepening relationships with colleagues, friends, and family. Acknowledged by thousands of doctors across North America as an invaluable resource, Staying Human during Residency Training has helped to shape notions of trainee well-being for medical educators worldwide. Offering wise, compassionate, and professional counsel, this new edition again shows why it is required reading for medical students and new physicians pursuing postgraduate training.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487555490

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9781487555498

The Psychology of Retirement

Coping with the Transition from Work

By: Derek L. Milne

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The Psychology of Retirement

Coping with the Transition from Work

By: Derek L. Milne

The Psychology of Retirement is the first self-help guide to retirement based on highly proven psychological coping strategies. Provides the most comprehensive and coherent account of the challenges of retirement and the associated aging process Represents the culmination of over 30 years of clinical, teaching and research involvement in the main issues discussed within this book Draws systematically on applied scientific theories, accepted professional circles, which are interpreted and communicated by an applied scientist A constructive emphasis establishes the best possible coping strategies and perspectives

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470972661

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9780470972663

Book's by Derek W Vaillant

Across the Waves

Across the Waves

Across the Waves

Across the Waves

Sounds of Reform

Sounds of Reform

To Dare and to Conquer

To Dare and to Conquer

Dmitri Shostakovich Catalogue

Dmitri Shostakovich Catalogue

Smoking Among Healthcare Professionals

Smoking Among Healthcare Professionals

Well-being in Amsterdam's Golden Age

Well-being in Amsterdam's Golden Age

The Taking of Hong Kong

The Taking of Hong Kong

Staying Human during Residency Training

Staying Human during Residency Training

The Psychology of Retirement

The Psychology of Retirement

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