A Most Valuable Medium: The Remediation of Oral Performance on Early Commercial Recordings

Between 1895 and 1920, the United States saw a sharp increase in commercial sound recording, the first mass medium of home entertainment. As companies sought to discover what kinds of records would appeal to consumers, they turned to performance forms already familiar to contemporary audiences--sales pitches, oratory, sermons, and stories. In A Most Valuable Medium, Richard Bauman explores the practical problems that producers and performers confronted when adapting familiar oral genres to this innovative medium of sound recording. He also examines how audiences responded to these modified and commoditized presentations. Featuring audio examples throughout and offering a novel look at the early history of sound recording, A Most Valuable Medium reveals how this new technology effected monumental change in the ways we receive information.

Business & Money

Bauman, Richard

Economics

Indiana University Press

Political trials can deepen our understanding of the history, constitution, law, politics and foreign policy of a society as well as of its general ethos. "Political Trials in Ancient Greece" concentrates on 5th and 4th century BC Athens and on Macedonia under Alexander and the first successors, with occasional glances at other Greek states. During the inspired years of the Athenian empire, through the tragedy of its collapse, to the more prosaic era that followed, most of the great names in Athenian history brushed up against the criminal law at some stage in their careers. These trials contribute important details to what we know otherwise about such important figures as Aeschylus, Pericles, Thucydides, Alcibiades, Socrates, Demosthenes and Aristotle, as well as a host of more minor characters. The Macedonian defendants include some of Alexander's generals, his court historian, his mother, and one or two of his successors. The author looks in detail at institutions as well as at personalities, exploring the jurisdiction of the Aeropagus, trials of communities, joint trials, and the personal jurisdiction of the Macedonian king, and examining in particular trials for impiety.

Political Trials in Ancient Greece

History

Americas

Routledge

The study of the agenda of women in the societies of antiquity has assumed a fresh significance in recent years. This book delineates not only the influential and manipulative role of Roman women in the business of government, law and public affairs in general, but also the emergence of women's political and liberationist movements. Professor Bauman's investigation covers the period from c.350 BC to AD 68, and thus embraces the Middle and Late Republic and the Early Principate. It is demonstrated that the story of Roman women over that period is one of cohesion and continuity, of the steady expansion of women's roles in public affairs. That paced expansion, and the means by which it was achieved, such as the acquisition and use of legal knowledge and the influence of women's movements, is the central theme of this book. Bauman's treatment is principally chronological, stressing sequential development, climaxing with the Great Women of the Emperor's House. Women and Politics in Ancient Rome breaks new ground in the study of the political involvement of women in the classical age. The book will be of interest to historians, lawyers, classicists and researchers in women's studies.

Women and Politics in Ancient Rome

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

The concept of human rights has a long history. Its practical origins, as distinct from its theoretical antecedents, are said to be comparatively recent, going back no further than the American and French Bills of Rights of the eighteenth century. Even those landmarks are seen as little more than the precursors of the twentieth century starting-point - the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948. In this unique and stimulating book, Richard Bauman investigates the concept of human rights in the Roman world. He argues that on the theoretical side, ideas were developed by thinkers such as Cicero and Seneca and on the pragmatic side, practical applications were rewarded mainly through the law. He presents a comprehensive analysis of human rights in ancient Rome and offers enlightening comparisons between the Roman and twentieth century understanding of human rights.

Human Rights in Ancient Rome (Routledge Classical Monographs)

Ancient Civilizations

Human Rights in Ancient Rome

Political Trials in Ancient Greece (Routledge Revivals)

During the inspired years of the Athenian empire, through the tragedy of its collapse, to the more prosaic era that followed, most of the great names in Athenian history were involved in the procedures of criminal law. Political Trials in Ancient Greece, first published in 1990, explores the relationships between historical process, constitution, law, political machinations and foreign policy, concentrating on fifth and fourth century Athens and on Macedonia. These trials contribute significant details to our knowledge of such towering figures as Aeschylus, Pericles, Thucydides, Alcibiades, Socrates, Demosthenes and Aristotle, as well as a diverse collection of Macedonian defendants. The jurisdiction of the Areopagus, trials of communities, and the personal jurisdiction of the Macedonian king are also examined. Richard Bauman’s original account broadens our understanding of Greek legal institutions and of the ancient Greek approach to the law, as well as the general ethos of Athenian and Macedonian society.

Voices of Modernity: Language Ideologies and the Politics of Inequality

Cambridge University Press

Voices of Modernity: Language Ideologies and the Politics of Inequality (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language, Series Number 21)

This study asserts that conscious development of new ways of thinking about language had a crucial role in modern history, particularly the discovery of how differences between languages legitimated social inequalities. It claims that savages and ancients were judged alike because they used language similarly, in contrast to modern Europeans who used disciplined language in scientific, philosophical and legal projects.

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A Most Valuable Medium: The Remediation of Oral Performance on Early Commercial Recordings

A Most Valuable Medium: The Remediation of Oral Performance on Early Commercial Recordings

Political Trials in Ancient Greece

Women and Politics in Ancient Rome

Human Rights in Ancient Rome (Routledge Classical Monographs)

Human Rights in Ancient Rome

Political Trials in Ancient Greece (Routledge Revivals)

Political Trials in Ancient Greece (Routledge Revivals)

Voices of Modernity: Language Ideologies and the Politics of Inequality

Voices of Modernity: Language Ideologies and the Politics of Inequality (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language, Series Number 21)