Author: George A. StephenPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752422092
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Three Centuries of a City Library by George A. Stephen
Three Centuries of a City Library
Author: George A. StephenPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752422092
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Three Centuries of a City Library by George A. Stephen
The New York Public Library's Books of the Century
Author: Elizabeth DiefendorfPublisher:
ISBN: 9780760774687
Category : Civilization, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Haunted City
Author: Christian DuCombPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472123017
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Haunted City explores the history of racial impersonation in Philadelphia from the late eighteenth century through the present day. The book focuses on select historical moments, such as the advent of the minstrel show and the ban on blackface makeup in the Philadelphia Mummers Parade, when local performances of racial impersonation inflected regional, national, transnational, and global formations of race. Mummers have long worn blackface makeup during winter holiday celebrations in Europe and North America; in Philadelphia, mummers’ blackface persisted from the colonial period well into the twentieth century. The first annual Mummers Parade, a publicly sanctioned procession from the working-class neighborhoods of South Philadelphia to the city center, occurred in 1901. Despite a ban on blackface in the Mummers Parade after civil rights protests in 1963–64, other forms of racial and ethnic impersonation in the parade have continued to flourish unchecked. Haunted City combines detailed historical research with the author’s own experiences performing in the Mummers Parade to create a lively and richly illustrated narrative. Through its interdisciplinary approach, Haunted City addresses not only theater history and performance studies but also folklore, American studies, critical race theory, and art history. It also offers a fresh take on the historiography of the antebellum minstrel show.
Portland in Three Centuries
Author: Carl AbbottPublisher:
ISBN: 9780870712074
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
A compact and comprehensive history of Portland from first European contact to the twenty-first century, Portland in Three Centuries introduces the women and men who have shaped Oregon's largest city. The expected politicians and business leaders appear, but Carl Abbott also highlights workers and immigrants, union members and dissenters, women at work and in the public realm, artists and filmmakers, activists, and other movers and shakers. Incorporating social history and contemporary scholarship in his narrative, Abbott examines current metropolitan character and issues, giving close attention to historical background. He explores the context of opportunities and problems that have helped to shape the rich mosaic that is Portland. This revised and updated second edition includes greater attention to Portland's communities of color, an expanded prologue, and coverage of the 2020 protests that thrust Portland into the national spotlight. A highly readable character study of a city, and enhanced by more than sixty historic and contemporary images, Portland in Three Centuries will appeal to readers interested in Portland, in Oregon, and in Pacific Northwest history.
Readers' Guide
Author: The Bookman
Author: Bulletin
Author: Libraries and Learning Resource Centres
Author: Biddy FisherPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136387722
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
This comprehensive reference examines the changing role and design of library buildings, using a critical examination of recent examples from around the world. The authors, who represent the views of the architect and the client, outline the history and changing typology of the library. They examine the new national, public, academic and specialist libraries using numerous international examples including Sri Lanka, Vancouver, Johannesburg, Paris and London. New design advice and technical data is presented to illustrate the many approaches that designers have taken in creating a building with many diverse functions. The book concludes with speculations about the future of the library as a place for storing, reflecting upon and exchanging knowledge. Libraries are undergoing fundamental change as new technology liberates the library from its dependence upon the written word. Increasingly libraries are seen as learning resource centres with a smooth interface between computer-based access and traditional book and journal material.
The Library World
Author: International Dictionary of Library Histories
Author: David H. StamPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9781579582449
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
This volume is a comprehensive collection of critical essays on The Taming of the Shrew, and includes extensive discussions of the play's various printed versions and its theatrical productions. Aspinall has included only those essays that offer the most influential and controversial arguments surrounding the play. The issues discussed include gender, authority, female autonomy and unruliness, courtship and marriage, language and speech, and performance and theatricality.