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In the early part of the twentieth century, migrants made their way from rural homes to cities in record numbers and many traveled west. Los Angeles became a destination. Women flocked to the growing town to join the film industry as workers and spectators, creating a "New Woman." Their efforts transformed filmmaking from a marginal business to a cosmopolitan, glamorous, and bohemian one. By 1920, Los Angeles had become the only western city where women outnumbered men. In Go West, Young Women, Hilary A. Hallett explores these relatively unknown new western women and their role in the development of Los Angeles and the nascent film industry. From Mary Pickford's rise to become perhaps the most powerful woman of her age, to the racist moral panics of the post-World War I years that culminated in Hollywood's first sex scandal, Hallett describes how the path through early Hollywood presaged the struggles over modern gender roles that animated the century to come.
Women in the motion picture industry --- California --- Los Angeles (Calif.) --- History --- 20th century --- Motion picture actors and actresses --- Motion pictures and women --- United States --- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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In the early part of the twentieth century, migrants made their way from rural homes to cities in record numbers and many traveled west. Los Angeles became a destination. Women flocked to the growing town to join the film industry as workers and spectators, creating a "New Woman." Their efforts transformed filmmaking from a marginal business to a cosmopolitan, glamorous, and bohemian one. By 1920, Los Angeles had become the only western city where women outnumbered men. In Go West, Young Women, Hilary A. Hallett explores these relatively unknown new western women and their role in the development of Los Angeles and the nascent film industry. From Mary Pickford's rise to become perhaps the most powerful woman of her age, to the racist moral panics of the post-World War I years that culminated in Hollywood's first sex scandal, Hallett describes how the path through early Hollywood presaged the struggles over modern gender roles that animated the century to come.
Motion pictures and women --- Motion picture actors and actresses --- Women in the motion picture industry --- Women and motion pictures --- Women --- Film actors --- Film stars --- Motion picture stars --- Movie stars --- Moving-picture actors and actresses --- Stars, Movie --- Actors --- Actresses --- Motion picture industry --- History --- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) --- Hūlīwūd (Los Angeles, Calif.) --- Hollywood (Calif.) --- 20th century film history. --- 20th century women. --- academic books. --- american history. --- birth of los angeles. --- book club reads. --- books for film lovers. --- books for history lovers. --- discrimination of women. --- discussion books. --- early modern american history. --- easy to read. --- educational books. --- feminism. --- film capital of the united states. --- gender studies. --- history of hollywood. --- hollywood sex scandal. --- learning while reading. --- men and women. --- modern gender roles. --- page turner. --- post war cinema industry. --- sex. --- the great war.
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Around the turn of the twentieth century, disorders that Chinese physicians had been writing about for over a millennium acquired new identities in Western medicine—sudden turmoil became cholera; flowers of heaven became smallpox; and foot qi became beriberi. Historians have tended to present these new identities as revelations, overlooking evidence that challenges Western ideas about these conditions. In Forgotten Disease, Hilary A. Smith argues that, by privileging nineteenth century sources, we misrepresent what traditional Chinese doctors were seeing and doing, therefore unfairly viewing their medicine as inferior. Drawing on a wide array of sources, ranging from early Chinese classics to modern scientific research, Smith traces the history of one representative case, foot qi, from the fourth century to the present day. She examines the shifting meanings of disease over time, showing that each transformation reflects the social, political, intellectual, and economic environment. The breathtaking scope of this story offers insights into the world of early Chinese doctors and how their ideas about health, illness, and the body were developing far before the advent of modern medicine. Smith highlights the fact that modern conceptions of these ancient diseases create the impression that the West saved the Chinese from age-old afflictions, when the reality is that many prominent diseases in China were actually brought over as a result of imperialism. She invites the reader to reimagine a history of Chinese medicine that celebrates its complexity and nuance, rather than uncritically disdaining this dynamic form of healing.
Beri-beri --- Medicine --- Foot --- Medical literature --- Life sciences literature --- Feet --- Paw --- Paws --- Leg --- Health Workforce --- Kakké --- Deficiency diseases --- History. --- Diseases --- S21/0300 --- History --- China: Medicine, public health and food--Chinese medicine: general
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Veel Nederlanders denken redelijk Engels te kunnen spreken. In de praktijk blijkt dit echter vaak tegen te vallen. Het is niet niks om de kennis van woorden en grammatica vlot toe te passen en te schakelen tussen bijvoorbeeld enkelvoud en meervoud of heden, verleden en toekomst. Met Taaltempo Engels kun je in korte tijd je gespreksvaardigheid sterk verbeteren. In het boek wordt gewerkt met vragen en antwoorden. Je leest of beluistert een vraag en formuleert dan een antwoord door de juiste grammaticale regels toe te passen, waarna je het antwoord kunt controleren in het boek en het audiomateriaal. Het geven van een goed antwoord wordt zo gaandeweg een automatisme. Je leert de grammaticale rijtjes los te laten en vervoegingen snel en correct toe te passen. Daarbij oefen je niet alleen de grammatica, maar ook je vocabulaire, uitspraak en intonatie. Het niveau wordt geleidelijk opgevoerd van A1 naar B2, waarbij het voorafgaande steeds wordt herhaald.
Didactics of English --- taalvaardigheid --- Engels --- taalstudie --- #KVHA:Taalkunde; Engels --- #KVHA:Taalonderwijs; Engels --- #KVHA:Spreekvaardigheid; Engels
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