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Siren City: Sound and Source Music in Classic American Noir - Robert Miklitsch - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=YwBlgs-EO8UC&pg=PA39&dq=Murder,+My+Sweet&hl=de&sa=X&ei=7l4lUZXwLMTGtQbBg4CoAQ&ved=0CDgQ6AEwATgK#
Hailed for its dramatic expressionist visuals, film noir is one of the most prominent genres in Hollywood cinema. Yet, despite the "boom" in sound studies, the role of sonic effects and source music in classic American noir has not received the attention…
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The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia - René Grousset - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=CHzGvqRbV_IC&pg=PA284&lpg=PA284&dq=Uriyangqatai&source=bl&ots=xkPzsDdN8X&sig=-sydWr7nr8nFInMz5Oh
While the early history of the steppe nomad is shrouded in obscurity, The Empire of the Steppes brings both the general reader and the specialist the majestic sweep, grandeur and the overriding intellectual grasp of Grousset's original. Hailed as a…
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Uneasy Careers and Intimate Lives: Women in Science, 1789-1979 - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?hl=de&lr=&id=X7vjCMcM9lQC&oi=fnd&pg=PA36
Focuses on 19th and 20th century American and European women scientists. Great introduction by the editors of essays written by 12 women historians. References, notes and a decent index helps for further reading and wondering when the "men of science" will…
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Black Magic: White Hollywood and African American Culture - Krin Gabbard - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=OnM-6EUxJOwC&pg=PA94&dq=Be-Bop-A-Lula&hl=de&sa=X&ei=po2CUvm3D62u4QSs0YCIBg&ved=0CFIQ6AEwAw#v=one
Why do so many African American film characters seem to have magical powers? And why do they use them only to help white people? When the actors are white, why is the sound track so commonly performed by African Americans? And why do so many white actors…
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The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics, and the Games - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=nMzYdZpk8qMC&pg=PA58&dq=rotholz%2Bboxer#v=onepage
The Olympics thrill the world with spectacle and drama. They also carry a cultural and social significance that goes beyond the stadium, athletes, and fans. The Games are arenas in which individual and team athletic achievement intersect with the politics…
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Physics in the Nineteenth Century - Robert D. Purrington - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=rfGWoxqLhbwC&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=Robert+Symmer&source=bl&ots=BK9K37rhou&sig=DW7833yd9EXEf_XeMRF8
Putting physics into the historical context of the Industrial Revolution and the European nation-state, Purrington traces the main figures, including Faraday, Maxwell, Kelvin, and Helmholtz, as well as their interactions, experiments, discoveries, and…
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The Delaware Indians: A History - Clinton Alfred Weslager - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=5k34LON-MUwC&pg=PA284&lpg=PA284&dq=%22Goschgosching%22&source=web&ots=pYNgiLjV3k&sig=rsoaOC3a2bb
"One of the best tribal histories . . . the product of decades of study by a layman archeologist-historian. With a rich blend of archeology, anthropology, Indian oral traditions (he gives us one of the best accounts of the Walum Olum, the fascinating…
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"After Mecca": Women Poets and the Black Arts Movement - Cheryl Clarke - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=0dvrwyT9QzQC&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&dq=Cheryl+Clarke:+%22After+Mecca%22:+Women+Poets+and+the+Black+A
The politics and music of the sixties and early seventies have been the subject of scholarship for many years, but it is only very recently that attention has turned to the cultural production of African American poets. In "After Mecca," Cheryl Clarke…
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Down the Jersey Shore - Russell Roberts, Richard Youmans - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=sNhX5E6YsdwC&pg=PA90&dq=%22Lois+Delander%22&hl=en&ei=qC-UTaPnGIbBswa7jKWyCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&
Summer visitors and year-round residents alike are sure to discover Jersey Shore lore that captures their fancy in this entertaining account of the people, places, and events that have shaped New Jersey's famous shoreline. From ghost stories and the comic…
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From Hanoi to Hollywood: The Vietnam War in American Film - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=HrYrtkMU_t4C&pg=PA89&dq=magnum+pi&hl=de&ei=0AfnS4-CLITgsAaYlNScBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&
This volume is about power. It is about the power to make war and to destroy lives. It is also about another kind of power-the power to make images that may distort, displace, and destroy knowledge of the times in which those lives were lived. Many of the…