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The American Pipe Dream

Author : Max Shulman
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1609388453
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The American Pipe Dream written by Max Shulman and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2022-06-15 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The American Pipe Dream examines the representational history of addiction on the U.S. stage from 1890 to the start of the nation's involvement in the second World War in 1941. Through intensive archival work, textual and performance analysis, and by considering related literary, legislative, and medical histories, this work argues that performance was essential in the creation of the drug addict in the U.S. cultural imagination. Though little attention has been paid to the figure of the stage-addict, this conventionalized figure was a major presence in U.S. popular entertainment through the Progressive Era into the Roaring Twenties, and through the Great Depression. The aim of this study is to trace this complex history, establish the stage-addict's place in U.S. theatre studies, and, by doing so, provide a new lens for examining the history of drug addiction and drug use in the U.S"--

Pipe Dream

Author : Solomon Jones
Publisher : Villard
ISBN 13 : 0375506594
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (755 download)

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Download or read book Pipe Dream written by Solomon Jones and published by Villard. This book was released on 2001-09-04 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lawyer turned on the tape recorder, handed his client a cigarette, and lit it for him. Black drew hard, squinting as the smoke rushed into his lungs. "Where do you want to start?"the lawyer said, lighting a cigarette of his own. "I guess there’s only one place to start; at Broad and Erie." Johnny Podres, a politician whose record against corruption had been propelling him straight to the mayor’s office, is found murdered in a North Philly crack house. Enter Samuel Jackson, a.k.a. Black, a drug addict who knows better, a man embittered by the fact that he can’t seem to escape from his addiction to crack cocaine or, for that matter, from himself. Though he was once a family man with a wife and son, Black’s only concern these days is getting his next high, that is, until he stumbles across a friend and fellow addict, Leroy, and both become prime suspects in the Podres murder. Black and Leroy hook up with two female pipers: Clarisse, a registered nurse who is slowly losing to crack any semblance of a respectable life, and Pookie, who already has lost it. Soon the hunt is on for all four as they try to stay one step ahead of a police department under tremendous pressure to solve the case—because if a killer isn’t found soon, this could blow up into one of the biggest scandals in Philadelphia history. Solomon Jones weaves a suspenseful story against the backdrop of corruption in the Philadelphia police department and centers it on a group of drug addicts who, in the process of fleeing the law, come to terms with their own addiction, leading to some devastating consequences.

Pipe Dream Blues

Author : Clarence Lusane
Publisher : South End Press
ISBN 13 : 9780896084100
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book Pipe Dream Blues written by Clarence Lusane and published by South End Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lusane argues that "the federal drug war being waged in the nation's capital is parallel to that waged against other communities nationwide and worldwide."--SF Bay Guardian

Pipe Dreams

Author : Maya K. Peterson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108475477
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Pipe Dreams written by Maya K. Peterson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-23 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A long environmental history of the Aral Sea region, focusing on colonization and development in Russian and Soviet Central Asia.

Pipe Dreams

Author : Anna McGrath
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595204597
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (952 download)

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Download or read book Pipe Dreams written by Anna McGrath and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-11-22 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Bill Thayer's solution to world energy problems takes him from underground caves to exotic places through Baptism by Fire into the world of BIG Business and International Manipulations.

Hep-cats, Narcs, and Pipe Dreams

Author : Jill Jonnes
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801861659
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book Hep-cats, Narcs, and Pipe Dreams written by Jill Jonnes and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fascinating, well researched and finely honed... This is a must read." -- Judge Peggy F. Hora, California BenchOnce upon a time in America, morphine and cocaine were routinely sold in pharmacies, and "hop heads" gathered in shadowy basements to smoke opium. So begins Hep-Cats, Narcs, and Pipe Dreams, Jill Jonnes's ground-breaking history of illegal drugs in America. Jonnes vividly traces our first turn-of-the-century drug epidemic, successfully quelled, and then follows the story into the postwar era: starting in the jazz world of the northern cities and moving through the "flower power" 1960s to the cocaine and crack explosion of the 1980s and 1990s.

The American Pipe Dream

Author : Dale D. Chitwood
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780155030930
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book The American Pipe Dream written by Dale D. Chitwood and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This one-of-a-kind book focuses on the impact of crack on inner-city populations, targeting such issues/groups as crime, women, the homeless, HIV, race/ethnicity, and juveniles.

Pipe Dreams

Author : Robert Bryce
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 9781586482015
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Pipe Dreams written by Robert Bryce and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2004-01-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the shocking collapse of Enron in fall, 2001 came an equally shocking series of disclosures about how America's seventh-largest company had destroyed itself. There were unethical deals, offshore accounts, and accounting irregularities. There were Wall Street analysts who seemed to have been asleep on the job. There were the lies top executives told so that they could line their own pockets while workers and shareholders lost billions. But after all these disclosures, the question remains: Why? Why did a thriving, innovative company with rock-solid cash flow and reliable earnings suddenly flame out in a maelstrom of corruption, fraud and skulduggery? The answer, Texas business journalist Robert Bryce reveals in this incisive and entertaining book, is that bad business practices begin with human beings. Pipe Dreams traces Enron's astounding transformation from a small regional gas pipeline company into an energy Goliath...and then tracks step-by-step, business decision by business decision, extra-marital affair by extra-marital affair, how, when and why the culture of Enron began to go rotten, and who was responsible. The story of Enron's fall isn't just a story about accounting procedures; it's a story about people. Bryce tells that story with all the personality, passion, humor, and inside dope you'd hope for, and the result is an un-putdownable read in the tradition of Barbarians at the Gate and The Predators' Ball.

Pipe Dreams

Author : Sarina Bowen
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0399583483
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Pipe Dreams written by Sarina Bowen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Brooklyn Bruisers romance from USA Today bestselling author Sarina Bowen, a hockey goalie has to trust his instincts, even when taking a shot to the heart… Mike Beacon is a champion at defending the net, but off the ice, he’s not so lucky. A widower and a single father, he’s never forgotten Lauren Williams, the ex who gave him the best year of his life. When Lauren reappears in the Bruisers' office during the play-offs, Beacon sees his chance to make things right. Lauren hates that she’s forced to travel with the team she used to work for and the man who broke her heart. There’s still undeniable sexual tension running between her and Mike, but she won’t go down that road again. She’s focused on her plans for the future—she doesn’t need a man to make her dreams of motherhood come true. Lauren plays her best defensive game, but she’s no match for the dark-eyed goalie. When the field of play moves to Florida, things heat up on the beach. One of Mike’s biggest fans doesn’t approve—his teenage daughter. But a true competitor knows not to waste the perfect shot at love.

American Pipe Dream

Author : Ned Noon
Publisher : Publishamerica Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781456073534
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book American Pipe Dream written by Ned Noon and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pipe Dreams

Author : Erin Banco
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780997722949
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Pipe Dreams written by Erin Banco and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A fascinating and revealing dive into the murky world of oil contracts that shape power and politics in Iraq." -- Loveday Morris, The Washington Post Jerusalem bureau chief Iraq sits on top of more than 140 billion barrels of oil, making it the owner of the world's fifth largest reserves. When the United States invaded in 2003, the Bush Administration promised that oil revenue would be used to rebuild and democratize the country. But fifteen years later, those dreams have been shattered. The Iraqi economy has flatlined, millions of people are internally displaced, and international institutions have had to provide billions of dollars in assistance to the country every year. Where did all the oil revenue go? Reporter Erin Banco traveled to oil-rich Iraqi Kurdistan--an autonomous region that holds, according to the regional government, some 45 billion barrels of crude--to uncover how widespread corruption, tribal cronyism, kickbacks to political parties, and the war with ISIS have contributed to the plundering of Iraq's oil wealth. The region's economy and political stability have been on the brink of collapse, and local people are suffering. Based on court documents and on exclusive interviews with sources who have investigated energy companies and their dealings with government officials, Pipe Dreams is a cautionary tale that reveals how the dream of an oil-financed, American-style democracy in Iraqi Kurdistan now looks like a completely unrealistic fantasy.

Pipe Dreams

Author : Robert Bryce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Pipe Dreams written by Robert Bryce and published by . This book was released on 2002-10-09 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's also a devastating profile of Rebecca Mark, a largely-ignored player in the Enron saga, whose bad deals in India and the water business cost investors $2 billion."--BOOK JACKET.

Pipe Dream

Author : Richard Rodgers
Publisher : Vocal Score Series
ISBN 13 : 9780881880458
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Pipe Dream written by Richard Rodgers and published by Vocal Score Series. This book was released on 1981-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Vocal Score). Complete vocal score to the 1955 musical with 22 pieces in all: All at Once You Love Her * All Kinds of People * Everybody's Got a Home but Me * How Long * The Man I Used to Be * Suzy Is a Good Thing * Sweet Thursday * Will You Marry Me * and more.

Tragedy in the Contemporary American Theatre

Author : Robert J. Andreach
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 0761864016
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book Tragedy in the Contemporary American Theatre written by Robert J. Andreach and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book refutes the claim that tragedy is no longer a vital and relevant part of contemporary American theatre. Tragedy in the Contemporary American Theatre examines plays by multiple contemporary playwrights and compares them alongside the works of America’s major twentieth-century tragedians: Eugene O’Neill, Arthur Miller, and Tennessee Williams. The book argues that tragedy is not only present in contemporary American theatre, but issues from an expectation fundamental to American culture: the pressure on characters to create themselves. Tragedy in the Contemporary American Theatre concludes that tragedy is vital and relevant, though not always in the Aristotelian model, the standard for traditional evaluation.

The American Pipe Dream

Author : Max Shulman
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1609388461
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The American Pipe Dream written by Max Shulman and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2022-06-15 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Pipe Dream examines the many iterations of addiction as it was performed over the first half of the twentieth century, working from a massive archive of previously ignored material. Because the stage-addict became the primary way the U.S. public learned about addiction and drug use, Shulman argues that performance was essential in creating the addict in America’s cultural imagination. He demonstrates how modern-day perceptions of addiction and of the addict emerge from a complex history of accumulation and revision that spanned the Progressive Era, the Roaring Twenties, and the Great Depression. Chapters look at how theatre, film, and popular culture linked the Chinese immigrant and opium smoking; the early attacks on doctors for their part in the creation of addicts; the legislation of addiction as a criminal condition; the comic portrayals of addiction; the intersection of Black, jazz, and drug cultures through cabaret performance; and the linkage between narcotic inebriation and artistic inspiration. The American Pipe Dream creates active connections between these case studies, demonstrating how this history has influenced our contemporary understanding, treatment, and legislation of drug use and addiction.

Staging Depth

Author : Joel Pfister
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807863858
Total Pages : 491 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Staging Depth written by Joel Pfister and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2000-11-09 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until now, Eugene O'Neill's psychological dramas have been analyzed mainly by critics who relied on obvious parallels between O'Neill's life, his family, and his plays. In this theoretically expansive and interdisciplinary book, Joel Pfister reassesses what was at stake ideologically in O'Neill's staging and modernizing of 'psychological' individualism for his social class. Pfister examines the history of the middle-class family and of Freudian pop psychology in the 1910s and 1920s to reconstruct the cultural conditions for the imagining and popularizing of 'depth,' a trope that was central to O'Neill's dramatic vision. He also recovers provocative critiques by contemporary critics on the Left who challenged O'Neill's preoccupation with dramatizing psychological, familial, and aesthetic 'depth.' One of the few sustained works on O'Neill in recent years, this wide-ranging book makes a major contribution to cultural studies, to the history of subjectivity, and to scholarship on the ideological origins of modernism and modern American drama. Originally published in 1995. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

In Search of Pipe Dreams

Author : Rick Newcombe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780966623918
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book In Search of Pipe Dreams written by Rick Newcombe and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories of pipe-smoking's greatest craftspeople intertwine with advice and commentary in these essays on the art of pipe smoking. While exploring pipe craftsmanship worldwide, these writings combine tales of the author's visits to Europe's most prestigious pipe-makers with a look at pipe-smoking's history and the hobby's most famous practitioners, including Albert Einstein, Norman Rockwell, and Mark Twain. Interviews with Old World craftspeople provide insight into the delicate and personal craft of pipe-making, and a treatise on pipe-smoking's relaxing benefits intermingles with advice on how to smoke, buy, break in, clean, and use a pipe to cope with the frantic pace of the 21st century. Includes a 16 page color photo insert.