Sixty Years Ago A Pictorial Brochure Of Scenes In Chicago
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Sixty Years Ago A Pictorial Brochure Of Scenes In Chicago
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Author : Hillison and Etten Company (Chicago, Ill.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
Sixty Years Ago A Pictorial Brochure Of Scenes In Chicago written by Hillison and Etten Company (Chicago, Ill.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Chicago (Ill.) categories.
Chicago By The Book
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Author : Caxton Club
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2018-11-20
Chicago By The Book written by Caxton Club and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-20 with History categories.
Despite its rough-and-tumble image, Chicago has long been identified as a city where books take center stage. In fact, a volume by A. J. Liebling gave the Second City its nickname. Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle arose from the midwestern capital’s most infamous industry. The great Chicago Fire led to the founding of the Chicago Public Library. The city has fostered writers such as Nelson Algren, Saul Bellow, and Gwendolyn Brooks. Chicago’s literary magazines The Little Review and Poetry introduced the world to Eliot, Hemingway, Joyce, and Pound. The city’s robust commercial printing industry supported a flourishing culture of the book. With this beautifully produced collection, Chicago’s rich literary tradition finally gets its due. Chicago by the Book profiles 101 landmark publications about Chicago from the past 170 years that have helped define the city and its image. Each title—carefully selected by the Caxton Club, a venerable Chicago bibliophilic organization—is the focus of an illustrated essay by a leading scholar, writer, or bibliophile. Arranged chronologically to show the history of both the city and its books, the essays can be read in order from Mrs. John H. Kinzie’s 1844 Narrative of the Massacre of Chicago to Sara Paretsky’s 2015 crime novel Brush Back. Or one can dip in and out, savoring reflections on the arts, sports, crime, race relations, urban planning, politics, and even Mrs. O’Leary’s legendary cow. The selections do not shy from the underside of the city, recognizing that its grit and graft have as much a place in the written imagination as soaring odes and boosterism. As Neil Harris observes in his introduction, “Even when Chicagoans celebrate their hearth and home, they do so while acknowledging deep-seated flaws.” At the same time, this collection heartily reminds us all of what makes Chicago, as Norman Mailer called it, the “great American city.” With essays from, among others, Ira Berkow, Thomas Dyja, Ann Durkin Keating, Alex Kotlowitz, Toni Preckwinkle, Frank Rich, Don Share, Carl Smith, Regina Taylor, Garry Wills, and William Julius Wilson; and featuring works by Saul Bellow, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sandra Cisneros, Clarence Darrow, Erik Larson, David Mamet, Studs Terkel, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Frank Lloyd Wright, and many more.
From Memory To Marble
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Author : Elizabeth Rankin
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2020-09-07
From Memory To Marble written by Elizabeth Rankin and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-07 with Art categories.
For the first time, the 92-metre frieze of the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, one of the largest historical narratives in marble, has been made the subject of a book. The pictorial narrative of the Boer pioneers who conquered South Africa’s interior during the 'Great Trek' (1835-52) represents a crucial period of South Africa’s past. Conceptualising the frieze both reflected on and contributed to the country’s socio-political debates in the 1930s and 1940s when it was made. The book considers the active role the Monument played in the rise of Afrikaner nationalism and the development of apartheid, as well as its place in post-apartheid heritage. The frieze is unique in that it provides rare evidence of the complex processes followed in creating a major monument. Based on unpublished documents, drawings and models, these processes are unfolded step by step, from the earliest discussions of the purpose and content of the frieze, through all the stages of its design, to its shipping to post-war Italy to be copied into marble from Monte Altissimo, up to its final installation in the Monument. The book examines how visual representation transforms historical memory in what it chooses to recount, and the forms in which it is depicted. The second volume expands on the first, by investigating each of the twenty-seven scenes of the frieze in depth, providing new insights into not only the frieze, but also South Africa’s history. François van Schalkwyk of African Minds, co-publisher with De Gruyter writes: From Memory to Marble is an open access monograph in the true sense of the word. Both volumes of the digital version of the book are available in full and free of charge from the date of publication. This approach to publishing democratises access to the latest scholarly publications across the globe. At the same time, a book such as From Memory to Marble, with its unique and exquisite photographs of the frieze as well as its wealth of reproduced archival materials, demands reception of a more traditional kind, that is, on the printed page. For this reason, the book is likewise available in print as two separate volumes. The printed and digital books should not be seen as separate incarnations; each brings its own advantages, working together to extend the reach and utility of From Memory to Marble to a range of interested readers. For more material you can browse at Stanford's database "Voortrekker Monumentality: a digital archive".
A Technological History Of Motion Pictures And Television
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Author : Raymond Fielding
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1967
A Technological History Of Motion Pictures And Television written by Raymond Fielding and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Photography categories.
Protestants And Pictures
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Author : David Morgan
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1999-08-26
Protestants And Pictures written by David Morgan and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-08-26 with Religion categories.
In this lavishly illustrated book, David Morgan surveys the visual culture that shaped American Protestantism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries--a vast record of images in illustrated bibles, Christian almanacs, children's literature, popular religious books, charts, broadsides, Sunday school cards, illuminated devotional items, tracts, chromos, and engravings. His purpose is to explain the rise of these images, their appearance and subject matter, how they were understood by believers, the uses to which they were put, and what their relation was to technological innovations, commerce, and the cultural politics of Protestantism. His overarching argument is that the role of images in American Protestantism greatly expanded and developed during this period.
Coming Back To A Theater Near You
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Author : Brian Hannan
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2016-06-14
Coming Back To A Theater Near You written by Brian Hannan and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-14 with Performing Arts categories.
In the Silent Era, film reissues were a battle between rival studios--every Mary Pickford new release in 1914 was met with a Pickford re-release. For 50 years after the Silent Era, reissues were a battle between the studios, who considered old movies "found money," and cinema owners, who often saw audiences reject former box office hits. In the mid-1960s, the return of The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)--the second biggest reissue of all time--altered industry perceptions, and James Bond double features pushed the revival market to new heights. In the digital age, reissues have continued to confound the critics. This is the untold hundred-year story of how old movies saved new Hollywood. Covering the booms and busts of a recycling business that became its own industry, the author describes how the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Humphrey Bogart and Alfred Hitchcock won over new generations of audiences, and explores the lasting appeal of films like Napoleon (1927), Gone with the Wind (1939), The Rocky Horror Show (1975) and Blade Runner (1982).
Life
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1944-12-11
Life written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1944-12-11 with categories.
LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Popular Photography Nd
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1943-08
Popular Photography Nd written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1943-08 with categories.
The Politics Of Healing
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Author : Robert D. Johnston
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2004
The Politics Of Healing written by Robert D. Johnston and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Alternative medicine categories.
Maurice Ravel: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography concerning both the nature of primary sources related to the composer and the scope and significance of the secondary sources which deal with him, his compositions, and his influence as a composer and theorist.
Nos 34 66
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Author : Victor Jones
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
Nos 34 66 written by Victor Jones and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with categories.