“john fiske”

For the first time in a single volume, this is the true adventure of John Fisk (1829-1905), who set out for San Francisco in 1849 at the start of the gold rush. A lost chronicle that hasn't been published in more than 125 years, Fisk's accounts present an honest and insightful portrait of the openin... More

"Television Culture" provides a comprehensive introduction to television studies. Fiske examines both the economic and cultural aspects of television, and investigates it in terms of both theory and text-based criticism. Fiske introduces the main arguments from current British, American, Australian,... More

In the second edition of this widely-used introductory text John Fiske draws upon the main authorities in the field, from Shannon and Weaver's "Communication Theory" to Saussure's structural linguistics and Peirce's "Semiotics," He examines the two main schools: seeing communication as the encoding,... More

What is popular culture? How does it differ from mass culture? And what does popular "text" reveal about class, race, and gender dynamics in a society? In this bestselling work, Prof. Fiske takes a new approach to studying cultural artifacts.... More

Man's Place in Nature; Darwinism; Man is the Highest Creature on Earth; The Origin of Infancy; Dawning of Consciousness; Change in the Direction of Natural Selection; The Origins of Society and of Morality; Universal Warfare of Primeval Men; Method of Political Development; Natural Selection; Messag... More

1894. With topical analysis, suggestive questions and directions by Frank Alpine Hill. A text for schools by the American philosopher and historian who achieved popularity as a lecturer on history, both early in his career and in his later life.... More

1897. Part Two of Two. The noted historian has written an excellent narrative on the founding and early development of Virginia. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.... More