Author: John E. BowltPublisher:
ISBN: 9780865653788
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"First published in hardcover by The Vendome Press in 2008"--Copyright page.
Moscow & St. Petersburg 1900-1920
Author: John E. BowltPublisher:
ISBN: 9780865653788
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"First published in hardcover by The Vendome Press in 2008"--Copyright page.
American History: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Paul S. BoyerPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199911657
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
This volume in Oxford's A Very Short Introduction series offers a concise, readable narrative of the vast span of American history, from the earliest human migrations to the early twenty-first century when the United States loomed as a global power and comprised a complex multi-cultural society of more than 300 million people. The narrative is organized around major interpretive themes, with facts and dates introduced as needed to illustrate these themes. The emphasis throughout is on clarity and accessibility to the interested non-specialist.
Black Georgia in the Progressive Era, 1900-1920
Author: John DittmerPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252008139
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
"This is the best treatment scholars have of black life in a southern state at the beginning of the twentieth century." -- Howard N. Rabinowitz, Journal of American History "The author shows clearly and forcefully the ways in which this [white] system abused and controlled the black lower caste in Georgia." -- Lester C. Lamon, American Historical Review. "Dittmer has a faculty for lucid exposition of complicated subjects. This is especially true of the sections on segregation, racial politics, disfranchisement, woman's suffrage and prohitibion, the neo-slavery in agriculture, and the racial violence whose threat and reality hung like a pall over all of Georgia throughout the period." -- Donald L. Grant, Georgia Historical Quarterly.
Housing Design and Society in Amsterdam
Author: Nancy StieberPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226774176
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Winner of the 1999 Spiro Kostof Book Award from the Society of Architectural Historians. During the early 1900s, Amsterdam developed an international reputation as an urban mecca when invigorating reforms gave rise to new residential neighborhoods encircling the city's dispirited nineteenth-century districts. This new housing, built primarily with government subsidy, not only was affordable but also met rigorous standards of urban planning and architectural design. Nancy Stieber explores the social and political developments that fostered this innovation in public housing. Drawing on government records, professional journals, and polemical writings, Stieber examines how government supported large-scale housing projects, how architects like Berlage redefined their role as architects in service to society, and how the housing occupants were affected by public debates about working-class life, the cultural value of housing, and the role of art in society. Stieber emphasizes the tensions involved in making architectural design a social practice while she demonstrates the success of this collective enterprise in bringing about effective social policy and aesthetic progress.
Race Relations in the United States, 1900-1920
Author: John F. McclymerPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313086079
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
In the first decades of the twentieth century, virulent racism lingered from Reconstruction, and segregation increased. Hostility met the millions of new immigrants from Eastern and southern Europe, and immigration was restricted. Still, even in an inhospitable climate, blacks and other minority groups came to have key roles in popular culture, from ragtime and jazz to film and the Harlem Renaissance. This volume is THE content-rich source in a desirable decade-by-decade organization to help students and general readers understand the crucial race relations of the start of modern America. Race Relations in the United States, 1900-1920 provides comprehensive reference coverage of the key events, influential voices, race relations by group, legislation, media influences, cultural output, and theories of inter-group interactions. The volume covers two decades with a standard format coverage per decade, including Timeline, Overview, Key Events, Voices of the Decade, Race Relations by Group, Law and Government, Media and Mass Communications, Cultural Scene, Influential Theories and Views of Race Relations, Resource Guide. This format allows comparison of topics through the decades. The bulk of the coverage is topical essays, written in a clear, encyclopedic style. Historical photos, a selected bibliography, and index complement the text.
Pivotal Decades
Author: John Milton CooperPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393956559
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Contemporary American began in the first two decades of this century. These were the years in which two of our greatest presidents—Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson—transformed the office into the center of power; in which the United States entered the world stage and fought its first overseas war; in which the government's proper role in the economy became a public question; and in which reform became an imperative for muckraking reporters, progressive politicians, social activists, and writers. It was a golden age in American politics, when fundamental ideas were given compelling expression by thoughtful candidates. It was a trying time, however, for many Americans, including women who fought for the vote, blacks who began organizing to secure their rights, and activists on the Left who lost theirs in the first Red Scare of the century. John Cooper's panoramic history of this period shows us where we came from and sheds light on where we are.
New Orleans, 1900 to 1920
Author: Mary Lou WidmerPublisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781589804012
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
The ways in which city leaders of early 1900s New Orleans tamed nature are described in a richly illustrated history that also recounts what the city's inhabitants were wearing and driving, where they were living, and how they whiled away idle time.
Panama Money in Barbados, 1900-1920
Author: Bonham C. RichardsonPublisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9781572333062
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
American Family of 1900-1920 Paper Dolls in Full Color
Author: Tom TierneyPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486269481
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
10 dolls, 37 costumes recall American fashions at the beginning of the century through WWI. Dresses, sportswear, military attire, wedding fashions, children's styles, more. Introduction. Descriptive Notes.
Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920)
Author: Carl Van DorenPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
"Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920)" by Carl Van Doren. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.