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Featuring contributions by new and established nineteenth-century theatre scholars, this collection of critical essays is the first of its kind devoted solely to Victorian pantomime. It takes us through the various manifestations of British pantomime in the Victorian period and its ambivalent relationship with Victorian values.

Examines casino-type gambling & financial speculation as two aspects of contemporary capitalism that are tied to globalization & defined as capitalism in the age of electronics. It is contended that understanding the dynamics of speculation is essential for understanding the nature of globalization. The inherent link between risk & economic activity is discussed, along with insurance, hedging, & speculation as examples of trading in risk; differences between speculation in the general sense & speculation in financial markets; & the increasing need for mechanisms to manage risk as the degree of uncertainty in the world economy rises. Key features of speculation are identified & assessed in terms of their impact on the economy. Other issues discussed include the dependence of modern-day speculation on computers; the degree of volatility in today's financial markets; hedging & speculative strategies adopted by financiers; ways in which speculative capital connects & universalizes world financial markets; & the polarization of wealth & poverty that results from capitalism under the rule of speculative capital. 36 References. J. Lindroth

Technologies of the second industrial age can be characterized as knowledge-intensive, & knowledge now dominates machinery, raw material, & labor in production. In knowledge-intensive production, the human factor is recorded in the machinery & in the organization of production. However, though knowledge increases productivity, it does not increase employment or wages. Since knowledge costs almost nothing to duplicate, capitalists are concerned about locking in knowledge, & making it private property. In this sense, the workplace struggle is not about wage levels, but about property & social relations. M. Pflum

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Over a Decade of Counterproliferation -- 2 The WMD Proliferation Threat -- 3 Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism -- 4 Nonproliferation-Challenges Old and New -- 5 Progress in Counterforce 1993-2004 -- 6 Emerging Missile Challenges and Improving Active Defenses -- 7 Passive Defense against the WMD Threat: Progress and Shortfalls -- 8 Consequence Management -- 9 Counter-WMD Concepts of Operations at U.S. and Allied Air Bases -- 10 U.S. Counterproliferation Cooperation with Allies -- 11 Securing the Homeland: The First Decade -- 12 Seeking a Port in the WMD Storm: Counterproliferation Progress, Shortfalls, and the Way Ahead -- Appendix A: "The Counterproliferation Initiative" Remarks by Honorable Les Aspin -- Appendix B: National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction -- Appendix C: Reforming the Chemical and Biological Defense Program, 1996-2001 -- Acronyms -- Notes -- Index -- About the Contributors.