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The Dallas Myth
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Author : Harvey J. Graff
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2008
The Dallas Myth written by Harvey J. Graff and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Social Science categories.
This work that proposes a novel interpretation of a city that has proudly declared its freedom from the past looks at elements that have shaped Dallas and served to limit democratic participation and exacerbate inequality.
Dallas Cowboys
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Author : Roman M Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2023-12-24
Dallas Cowboys written by Roman M Roberts and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-24 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Beyond the glitz, the glamour, and the larger-than-life persona of Jerry Jones lies a story more thrilling than any Hail Mary pass. Dive into "Dallas Cowboys: Unmasking the Man, the Money, and the Myth of the Dallas Cowboys," a book that rips through the curtain of America's Team and exposes the captivating truth. Go behind the scenes with Jerry: From oil fields to gold fields: Witness Jerry's audacious journey, from small-town Arkansas to the gilded corridors of the NFL, where he gambled everything to own a team and built an empire. Deal-making mastermind: Unravel the intricacies of Jerry's audacious deals, the brilliance of his marketing, and the controversies that cling to him like Texas dust. Showman or visionary?: Decide for yourself if Jerry is the man who saved a team and redefined the NFL, or the enigmatic showman who prioritized profits over Lombardi trophies. More than just football: Meet the players, the coaches, the rivals: Delve into the human stories that make up the Cowboys' saga, from draft day surprises to locker room clashes to epic rivalries that crackle with electricity. Money, myth, and the making of an empire: Explore the financial labyrinth that fuels the Cowboys' success, and uncover the truth behind the carefully crafted image of America's Team. A legacy on the line: As Jerry's reign faces its twilight, witness the uncertainties that loom and the potential for a new chapter in Cowboys history. "Dallas Cowboys" is a thrilling blend of investigative journalism, sports history, and human drama. It's a must-read for any football fan who wants to go beyond the touchdowns and delve into the heart of one of the most iconic and controversial teams in NFL history. So buckle up, grab your Stetson (optional), and prepare to be swept into the whirlwind world of Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys. Where legends are made, fortunes are won and lost, and the truth is always just one audacious gamble away. Pre-order your copy today and be among the first to unmask the real Dallas Cowboys World!
The Trinity
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Author : Callahan Pauline Seltzer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
The Trinity written by Callahan Pauline Seltzer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
The thesis explores the planning history of the Trinity River in Dallas, Texas. It examines the dramatic physical changes that have occurred in a particular area of the river adjacent to downtown, referred to as the Trinity Banks District (TBD), between the years 1840 and 2015. The thesis explores how the TBD has occupied a place of the "frontier" in the minds of Dallasites for over 175 years. The thesis finds that the visions and physical form of the TBD during these years derive from a collectively held urban myth-the frontier as a "tabula rasa." This myth repeatedly allows city builders to accept visions for the Trinity River that are untethered to reality of the alluvial river. The thesis argues that urban planning in the TBD repeats a cycle, which begins with the collectively held myth of the frontier; the creation of physical plans by outside experts; incomplete implementation of those plans; physical stagnation of the TBD; and finally, a remythicizing and re-visioning among civic elite. In light of the most recent controversy regarding the Trinity River Toll Road through the TBD, the thesis concludes that both the myth and this cycle persist in planning the Trinity Banks District in the contemporary era. Research was carried out at the Dallas Public Library History and Archives Division and interviews were conducted with stewards of the Trinity River, city planners, architects, and urban designers.
Literacy Myths Legacies Lessons
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Author : Harvey J. Graff
language : en
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Release Date : 2012-11-01
Literacy Myths Legacies Lessons written by Harvey J. Graff and has been published by Transaction Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
In his latest writings on the history of literacy and its importance for present understanding and future rethinking, historian Harvey J. Graff continues his critical revisions of many common ideas about literacy among scholars and others. The eight wide-ranging and diverse essays speak to each other's central concerns about the place of literacy in modern and late-modern culture and society, and its complicated historical foundations. The introduction for Literacy Myths, Legacies, & Lessons sets the stage for connections between the principal concerns of this book. Drawing on other aspects of his research, Graff places the chapters that follow in the context of current thinking and major concerns about literacy, and the development of both historical and interdisciplinary studies. Special emphasis falls upon the usefulness of "the literacy myth" as an important concept and subject for interdisciplinary study and understanding. Critical stock-taking of the field includes reflections on Graff's own research and writing of the last three decades and the relationships that connect interdisciplinary rethinking and the literacy myth. The collection is noteworthy for its attention to Graff's reflections on his identification of "the literacy myth" and in developing the LiteracyStudies@OSU initiative as a model for university-wide interdisciplinary programs. The essays also deal with ordinary fears about literacy, or illiteracy, that are shared by academics and concerned citizens. The nontechnical essays will speak to both academic and nonacademic audiences across disciplines and cultural orientations. --Book Jacket.
The Literacy Myth
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Author : Harvey J. Graff
language : en
Publisher: Transaction Pub
Release Date : 1991-01-01
The Literacy Myth written by Harvey J. Graff and has been published by Transaction Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-01-01 with History categories.
Harvey Graff's pioneering study presents a new and original interpretation of the place of literacy in nineteenth-century society and culture. Based upon an intensive comparative historical analysis, employing both qualitative and quantitative techniques, and on a wide range of sources, The Literacy Myth reevaluates the role typically assigned to literacy in historical scholarship, cultural understanding, economic development schemes, and social doctrines and ideologies.
The More Of Myth
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Author : Mary Aswell Doll
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2011-11-19
The More Of Myth written by Mary Aswell Doll and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-19 with Education categories.
This book uses a nine-year experience of teaching world mythology to art students in order to discuss why and how such ancient stories provide significance today. Myth’s weird images and metaphors recall Wyrd (Word), the goddess of the cauldron. Students can be guided into the cauldron of mythic language to feel the stirring of new awareness of what it really means to be human. Psychologically, myth offers insights into family relations, memory, imagination, and otherness. Ecological insights from myth teach the connection among human-animal-plant relations and the organicism of all life forms. Cosmological insights from myth surprisingly echo findings in new science, with its emphasis on quantum mechanics, force fields, black holes, subatomic particles, chaos, and the possibilities of time travel. Two areas often considered completely opposite -- myth and science—actually reflect one another, since both propose theories, albeit in different ways. Myth cannot be laughed away as “mere” fabula, since, like science and psychology, it has long explored adventures into unseen, unknown worlds that yield necessary knowledge about the place of humans in the scheme of things big and small. The “more” of myth will be of interest to teachers and students of curriculum studies, to those seeking to go beyond Oedipus and Gutenberg, and to readers who know that all forms of life (including fingernails and rocks) are wondrous, diverse, alive, capable, purposive, and necessary.
Jung And The Jungians On Myth
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Author : Steven Walker
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-04-08
Jung And The Jungians On Myth written by Steven Walker and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-08 with Religion categories.
First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Riting Myth Mythic Writing
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Author : Dennis Patrick Slattery
language : en
Publisher: Fisher King Press
Release Date : 2012
Riting Myth Mythic Writing written by Dennis Patrick Slattery and has been published by Fisher King Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Self-Help categories.
Riting Myth, Mythic Writing: Plotting Your Personal Story is a both a theoretical as well as interactive book on the nature of personal myth. Its intention is to offer participants who wish to explore further the terms and structure of their personal myth over 80 writing meditations that are spread throughout 9 chapters in order to guide the readers-writers on a pilgrimage into the deepest layers of their personal myth.
Governance By Decree
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Author : Ruth P. Morgan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Governance By Decree written by Ruth P. Morgan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Law categories.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965, which originally was intended to prohibit barriers to black registration and voting, has been hailed as a triumph for civil rights and as a catalyst for the election of minorities to public office in both the Deep South and the urban North. To advance its objective, federal courts instructed many cities to change from at-large to single-member district electoral systems as a way to ensure that minorities had a reasonable chance to elect representatives of their choice. In the first book to critique the implementation of this landmark legislation in a major American city, Ruth Morgan examines its effect on local governance over forty years in Dallas and shows that it had unintended consequences for racial politics, representation, and public policy. Breaking from studies that measure the success of the VRA in terms of increased minority representation, Morgan assesses the consequences of the Act for Dallas city government—and for the wider interests of minorities as well. While endorsing the original intent of the VRA, Morgan believes that this intent was subverted by subsequent amendments to the Act and by the courts' attempts to advance the political standing of particular minority groups. She argues that court-imposed single-member districts have created in Dallas a city council infected with parochialism and careerism—a result of members no longer having to compromise to win citywide votes—and have had an adverse impact on governmental effectiveness and voter turnout. With corruption and cronyism now rampant, voting rights legislation and litigation have ultimately failed to fulfill the hopes and aspirations of the unempowered, and the district system has created an incentive for continued racial separation. Governance by Decree offers a pointed assessment of the complexities and contradictions produced by the voting rights law, while at the same time calling for the federal judiciary to exercise restraint in imposing its will when it lacks the capacity to make choices that are inherently political. Morgan's powerfully argued case study should inspire much debate and inform forthcoming congressional deliberations over the renewal of the preclearance section of the VRA in 2007.
White Metropolis
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Author : Michael Phillips
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2010-01-01
White Metropolis written by Michael Phillips and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with History categories.
Winner, T. R. Fehrenbach Award, Texas Historical Commission, 2007 From the nineteenth century until today, the power brokers of Dallas have always portrayed their city as a progressive, pro-business, racially harmonious community that has avoided the racial, ethnic, and class strife that roiled other Southern cities. But does this image of Dallas match the historical reality? In this book, Michael Phillips delves deeply into Dallas's racial and religious past and uncovers a complicated history of resistance, collaboration, and assimilation between the city's African American, Mexican American, and Jewish communities and its white power elite. Exploring more than 150 years of Dallas history, Phillips reveals how white business leaders created both a white racial identity and a Southwestern regional identity that excluded African Americans from power and required Mexican Americans and Jews to adopt Anglo-Saxon norms to achieve what limited positions of power they held. He also demonstrates how the concept of whiteness kept these groups from allying with each other, and with working- and middle-class whites, to build a greater power base and end elite control of the city. Comparing the Dallas racial experience with that of Houston and Atlanta, Phillips identifies how Dallas fits into regional patterns of race relations and illuminates the unique forces that have kept its racial history hidden until the publication of this book.