Uaw - Shopping2000.com - Productsearch

Working in the Wings: New Perspectives on Theatre History and Labor , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 513min

Theatre has long been an art form of subterfuge and concealment. Working in the Wings: New Perspectives on Theatre History and Labor, edited by Elizabeth A. Osborne and Christine Woodworth, brings attention to what goes on behind-the-scenes, challenging and revising our understanding of work, theatre, and history. The essays consider a range of historic moments and geographic locations - from African Americans' performance of the cakewalk in Florida's resort hotels during the Gilded Age to the UAW Union Theatre and striking automobile workers in post-World War II Detroit to the creative struggle in the latter part of the 20th century to finish an adaptation of Moby Dick for the stage before the memory of creator, Rinde Eckert, fails. Contributors incorporate methodologies and theories from fields as diverse as theatre history, work studies, legal studies, economics, and literature, and draw on traditional archival materials, including performance texts and architectural structures, as well as less tangible material traces of stagecraft. Working in the Wings looks at the ways in which workers' identities are shaped, influenced, and dictated by what they do; the traces left behind by workers whose contributions have been overwritten; the intersections between the sometimes repetitive and sometimes destructive process of creation and the end result - the play or performance; and the ways in which theatre affects the popular imagination. This collected volume draws attention to the significance of work in the theatre, encouraging a fresh examination of this important subject in the history of the theatre and beyond. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cynthia Wallace. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/058189/bk_acx0_058189_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

Shop: Audible
Price: 9.95 EUR excl. shipping

Arsenal of Democracy: The American Automobile Industry in World War II , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 753min

In Arsenal of Democracy: The American Automobile Industry in World War II, award-winning historian Charles K. Hyde details the industry's transition to a wartime production powerhouse and some of its notable achievements along the way. Hyde examines several innovative cooperative relationships that developed between the executive branch of the federal government, US military services, automobile industry leaders, auto industry suppliers, and the United Automobile Workers (UAW) union, which set up the industry to achieve production miracles. He goes on to examine the struggles and achievements of individual automakers during the war years in producing items like aircraft engines, aircraft components, and complete aircraft; tanks and other armored vehicles; jeeps, trucks, and amphibians; guns, shells, and bullets of all types; and a wide range of other weapons and war goods ranging from search lights to submarine nets and gyroscopes. Hyde also considers the important role played by previously underused workers - namely African Americans and women - in the war effort and their experiences on the line. Arsenal of Democracy includes an analysis of wartime production nationally, on the automotive industry level, by individual automakers, and at the single plant level.The book is published by Wayne State University Press."The definitive history of Detroit's role in World War II." (Detroit Free Press)"This well-written book is one of the most important studies of industrial mobilization to appear in a long time." (Michigan Historical Review)"Masterful study of automobile makers and parts suppliers who shifted gears to achieve miracles of military production in World War II." (Patrick Malone, professor emeritus, Brown University) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Wilcox. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/121081/bk_acx0_121081_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

Shop: Audible
Price: 9.95 EUR excl. shipping

Car Talk, The Perils of Ray's Rowing Routine, March 17, 2007, Hörbuch, Digital, 54min

On this week's Car Talk, brace yourself for a show opening that truly brings the expression "too much information" to Car Talk, as Ray shares an intimate exercise anecdote. Any story that ends with his wife on the floor in laughter, has got to be worth hearing. Then it's on to North Carolina, where Rachel's convinced her mechanic's recommended engine flush is really just a wallet flush. Is her gender making her a tempting mark? Meanwhile, in our Call of the Week, Liv's Toyota is chattering away. Find out how she can shut it up, before every bolt leaves the chassis. Ready for an adrenaline rush? Jack and his son went skiing. But the real fun for the day came on the drive home, when his Passat found some acceleration of its own. Is the car out to kill him, or was this just an aberrant moment of VW obstinacy? Find out the safe way to slow down, if this happens to you. Out in Denver, Kane is blow-drying his Pathfinder, and probably getting some pretty odd looks from the neighbors, too. Fortunately, Tom and Ray might have a slightly better way to get rolling in the morning, without the help of Conair, Inc. Finally, Ashley got T-boned in her Ford Escort at 45 mph. Now, she's shopping for something that's a bit more of a presence on the road. What's the right car for her that won't get her disinherited from her UAW family? [Broadcast Date: March 17, 2007] Language: English. Narrator: Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/cart/070317/rt_cart_070317_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

Shop: Audible
Price: 9.95 EUR excl. shipping