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Follies in America

Author : Kerry Dean Carso
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501755943
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Follies in America written by Kerry Dean Carso and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-15 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follies in America examines historicized garden buildings, known as "follies," from the nation's founding through the American centennial celebration in 1876. In a period of increasing nationalism, follies—such as temples, summerhouses, towers, and ruins—brought a range of European architectural styles to the United States. By imprinting the land with symbols of European culture, landscape gardeners brought their idea of civilization to the American wilderness. Kerry Dean Carso's interdisciplinary approach in Follies in America examines both buildings and their counterparts in literature and art, demonstrating that follies provide a window into major themes in nineteenth-century American culture, including tensions between Jeffersonian agrarianism and urban life, the ascendancy of middle-class tourism, and gentility and social class aspirations.

Follies in America

Author : Kerry Dean Carso
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501755951
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Follies in America written by Kerry Dean Carso and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-15 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follies in America examines historicized garden buildings, known as "follies," from the nation's founding through the American centennial celebration in 1876. In a period of increasing nationalism, follies—such as temples, summerhouses, towers, and ruins—brought a range of European architectural styles to the United States. By imprinting the land with symbols of European culture, landscape gardeners brought their idea of civilization to the American wilderness. Kerry Dean Carso's interdisciplinary approach in Follies in America examines both buildings and their counterparts in literature and art, demonstrating that follies provide a window into major themes in nineteenth-century American culture, including tensions between Jeffersonian agrarianism and urban life, the ascendancy of middle-class tourism, and gentility and social class aspirations.

American Follies

Author : Norman Lock
Publisher : Bellevue Literary Press
ISBN 13 : 1942658494
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book American Follies written by Norman Lock and published by Bellevue Literary Press. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young woman joins Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Barnum’s circus to rescue her infant from the KKK In the seventh stand-alone book of The American Novels series, Ellen Finch, former stenographer to Henry James, recalls her time as an assistant to Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, heroes of America’s woman suffrage movement, and her friendship with the diminutive Margaret, one of P. T. Barnum’s circus “eccentrics.” When her infant son is kidnapped by the Klan, Ellen, Margaret, and the two formidable suffragists travel aboard Barnum’s train from New York to Memphis to rescue the baby from certain death at the fiery cross. A savage yet farcical tale, American Follies explores the roots of the women’s rights movement, its relationship to the fight for racial justice, and its reverberations in the politics of today.

America's Trade Follies

Author : Bernard K. Gordon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134571739
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book America's Trade Follies written by Bernard K. Gordon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's Trade Follies controversially argues that the global political economy is hardening into regional blocs, in North America, Latin America, Europe and the Asia Pacific, organized around a powerful economic base and suspicious of each other. Bernard K. Gordon's masterful analysis shows that this division threatens American prosperity by limiting US access to the world's richest and largest markets, and endangers US security by dividing the globe along economic and political lines. Provocative, original and stimulating this book is essential reading for all those interested in American politics, trade and international political economy.

Architectural Follies in America

Author : Gwyn Headley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780891332602
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Architectural Follies in America written by Gwyn Headley and published by . This book was released on 1996-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Architectural Follies in America; Or, Hammer, Sawtooth & Nail

Author : Clay Lancaster
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Architectural Follies in America; Or, Hammer, Sawtooth & Nail written by Clay Lancaster and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Foreign Follies

Author : Doug Bandow
Publisher : Xulon Press
ISBN 13 : 1597819883
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (978 download)

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Download or read book Foreign Follies written by Doug Bandow and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States once was a traditional republic, remaining aloof from foreign conflicts. Today no problem on earth is exempt from Washington's meddling. The result is an oversize military, perpetual intervention, and consistent conflict, according to Bandow, who says it's time for a new foreign policy.

Follies of Power

Author : David P. Calleo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521767679
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (217 download)

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Download or read book Follies of Power written by David P. Calleo and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-20 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book discusses the dangers of the "unipolar view" of world politics, one in which the United States is overwhelmingly predominant and should act accordingly. The book notes the damage caused by this view in action - as in the Middle East and Europe. It assesses the real strengths and weaknesses of American power - "soft," military, economic, and moral. It contrasts the federal systems of "Old America" and "New Europe" as models for governing today's increasingly plural system. It notes how friendly balancing from Europe is critical for maintaining America's own constitutional equilibrium.

Foreign Follies

Author : Doug Bandow
Publisher : Xulon Press
ISBN 13 : 1597819883
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (978 download)

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Architectural Follies in America

Author : Gwyn Headley
Publisher : Wiley
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Architectural Follies in America written by Gwyn Headley and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1996-04-26 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architectural Follies in America More than mere curiosities, all of the architectural folliesdescribed in this illustrated guide are masterpieces in their ownright. Each is the incarnation of its creator's singular passion,vanity, or idee fixe, from the home of the future to the storybookcastle, the palace of love to the monument of spite, the house ofdevotion to the pleasure garden. Architectural Follies in America offers readers an unparalleledopportunity to become acquainted with some of the most outstandingexamples of this class of architectural marvel. With Gwyn Headleyas our guide, we travel the length and breadth of the UnitedStates--from the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Niles, Illinois, to ahouse made of glass bottles in Death Valley; from the floating TajMahal in Sausalito, to the grotto of Lourdes in Emmitsburg,Maryland. In a narrative rich with historical erudition, choicetidbits of gossip, and no small measure of sparkling wit, Headleydescribes more than 130 structures in loving detail. He tells thefull story behind each folly, what is known about its creator, thecircumstances surrounding its construction, and its prospects forthe future. "Follies stem from passion, obsession, and suspicion. They alsocome from happiness, grief, and confusion. They can take any form,any style. A folly is a state of mind, not an architectural style.Follies can even have a use or purpose, whether that was in thecreator's mind or not." -- Gwyn Headley

Energy Follies

Author : Robert R. Nordhaus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108423973
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Energy Follies written by Robert R. Nordhaus and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: examines principal energy policy decisions and their lingering effects, by recounting the historical context surrounding the interplay of law, markets, and technology.

America From Apple Pie to Ziegfeld Follies Book 1: People

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book America From Apple Pie to Ziegfeld Follies Book 1: People written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reality Fictions

Author : Thomas W. Benson
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809389377
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (893 download)

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Download or read book Reality Fictions written by Thomas W. Benson and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Musical Comedy in America

Author : Cecil A. Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136556753
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book Musical Comedy in America written by Cecil A. Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1987. This is the second edition with an additional foreword. The purpose of this book—the first to recount the history of the popular musical stage on Broadway and its intersecting streets—is to tell what the various entertainments were like, how they looked and sounded, who was in them, and why they made people laugh or cry. The values employed in the book are changeable and inconsistent. Sometimes an affable smile is bestowed upon a musical comedy, burlesque, or revue that was really very bad. Sometimes a harsh verdict is brought in against an entertainment that received widespread approval and praise.

America From Apple Pie to Ziegfeld Follies Book 2: Places

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book America From Apple Pie to Ziegfeld Follies Book 2: Places written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ching Ling Foo: America’s First Chinese Superstar

Author : Samuel D. Porteous
Publisher : Hybrid Global Publishing
ISBN 13 : 195194321X
Total Pages : 983 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Ching Ling Foo: America’s First Chinese Superstar written by Samuel D. Porteous and published by Hybrid Global Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-21 with total page 983 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the eve of the 20th century, Chinese magician Ching Ling Foo, one of the greatest illusionists ever seen on American soil, along with his talented family of musicians and acrobats overcomes deportation attempts, homeland tragedy, crooked managers and a diabolically clever American copycat to make an indelible impact on American culture becoming one of the highest paid and most popular acts in the United States twice. First, between 1898 and 1900 then once more between 1912 and 1915. Foo's story is indeed a magical one but, it is also so much more. With its focus on the interplay between Chinese and Western culture, celebrity, intercultural teen singing sensations, geopolitics, international intrigue, nativism, and disruptive technology, careful readers will discover "Foo" may hold many lessons for our own increasingly unruly era.

America's Songs

Author : Philip Furia
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135471991
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (354 download)

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Download or read book America's Songs written by Philip Furia and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-05-12 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's Songs tells the stories behind the most beloved popular songs of the last century. We all have songs that have a special meaning in our lives; hearing them evokes a special time or place. Little wonder that these special songs have become enduring classics. Nothing brings the roarin '20s to life like Tea for Two or I'm just Wild About Harry; the Great Depression is evoked in all of its pain and misery in songs like Brother Can You Spare a Dime?; God Bless America revives the powerful hope that American democracy promised to the world during the dark days of World War II; Young at Heart evokes the postwar optimism of the '50s. And then there are the countless songs of love, new romance, and heartbreak: As Time Goes By, Always, Am I Blue...the list is endless. Along with telling the stories behind these songs, America's Songs suggests, simply and succinctly, what makes a song great. The book illuminates the way each great song melds words and music - sentiment and melody - into a seamless whole. America's Songs also traces the fascinating but mysterious process of collaboration, the give-and-take between two craftsmen, a composer and a lyricist, as they combined their talents to create a song. For anyone interested in the history of the songs that America loves, America's Songs will make for fascinating reading.