Author: Lari A. BishopPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Environment, Health, and Safety
Author: Lari A. BishopPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Charles Seeger
Author: Ann PescatelloPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 0822976854
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Ann M. Pescatello presents the first biography of Charles Seeger, who was a force in American music for most of the twentieth century. Part composer, teacher, performer, musicologist, bureaucrat, and inventor-Seeger's ninety-two year life touched many people and many areas of American music. As both a traditionalist and champion of the new, he established the University of California's music department and the nation's first curriculum in musicology, and taught at the Institute of Musical Arts (later Julliard), and at the New School in New York. He was also a music activist-defending the artistic value of American folk music, and seeking global cooperation for musical enterprise at the Resettlement administraion, the WPA, and the Pan American Union.
Making Music in Los Angeles
Author: Catherine Parsons SmithPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520933834
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
In this fascinating social history of music in Los Angeles from the 1880s to 1940, Catherine Parsons Smith ventures into an often neglected period to discover that during America's Progressive Era, Los Angeles was a center for making music long before it became a major metropolis. She describes the thriving music scene over some sixty years, including opera, concert giving and promotion, and the struggles of individuals who pursued music as an ideal, a career, a trade, a business--or all those things at once. Smith demonstrates that music making was closely tied to broader Progressive Era issues, including political and economic developments, the new roles played by women, and issues of race, ethnicity, and class.
All of This Music Belongs to the Nation
Author: Kenneth J. BindasPublisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9781572332522
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
A historical study of the Federal Music Project (FMP) investigates the paradoxical mission of employing popular musicians during the depression and "raising" musical tastes by emphasizing European classical traditions. Bindas (history, Kent State U.) reveals the obvious tensions between FMP leadership and its musicians, particularly the racial and ethnic segregation perpetuated by its policies. However, in an even-handed treatment, the project's successes in bringing music to millions of listeners is also highlighted. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
When We Were Good
Author: Robert CantwellPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674951334
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
When We Were Good traces the many and varied cultural influences on the folk revival of the late fifties and sixties. In his capacious analysis of the ideologies, traditions, and personalities that created an extraordinary moment in American popular culture, Cantwell explores the idea of folk at the deepest level.
The Preservation of the Village
Author: Suzanne ForrestPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Traces the history of Anglo-Hispanic relations in New Mexico for most of the 20th century through responses to the New Deal programs.
ENGENDERING CULTURE
Author: Barbara MeloshPublisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Using the iconography of New Deal murals and plays to interpret the cultural history of the 1930s, Engendering Culture demonstrates that the visual and dramatic images of each form contain an underlying vocabulary of gender: a stock of commonly used poses, subjects, settings, and dramatic roles that encode recognizable characteristics of manhood and womanhood.
Fifty Years Later
Author: Harvard SitkoffPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Revised and expanded papers originally presented at a symposium sponsored by the Dept. of History, University of New Hampshire, and held Mar. 17-18, 1983.
Taking Heat
Author: Ari FleischerPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061755141
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 649
Book Description
The early years of the twenty-first century were a tumultuous time in America. The country faced a hotly contested presidential election, the largest terrorist attack in the nation's history, and the early stages of war. Through it all, President George W. Bush surrounded himself with a handful of close advisers. During this time the man beside the President was Ari Fleischer, his press secretary and one of his most trusted confidants. In this role, Fleisher was present for every decision and became an eyewitness to history. In this riveting account, Fleischer goes behind the scenes as he recalls his experiences in the West Wing. Through the ups and downs of this time, he took the heat, fielded the questions, and brought the President's message into living rooms around the world. In Taking Heat, Fleischer, for the first time, gives his perspective on: The 2000 election, from the recounts to the transition to power September 11, 2001, its aftermath, and the anthrax scare The pressure-filled buildup to the war in Iraq and the President's thoughts as the war began Life in the White House, from learning to adjust to the pace of the West Wing and his early briefings to his relationship with the press The White House press corps, who they are, and how they report the news The factors that led to his decision to leave Washington behind. This is the story of the men and women of the White House press corps and the cornerstones of democracy: freedom of speech and the freedom of the press. Fleischer presents an in-depth, insider's view on the Washington political arena from a perspective few have seen. Fleischer writes of his belief that the press has a bias in Washington. It's not a question of partisanship or press-driven ideology. Instead, it's a focus on conflict, particularly if it's a conflict they can attach to the President. It's the nature of the White House press corps, regardless of who's in power. The members of the White House press corps are masters at being devil's advocate, able to take with passion the opposite side of whatever issue the President supports. Fleischer's job was to calmly field their questions, no matter how pointed. Taking Heat is an introspective exploration of the top political events in the first half of the Bush administration, as well as the candid observations of a professional who stood in the bright lights of the world stage.