Описание: Historian Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) was one of the leading American intellectuals of the mid-twentieth century. Author or editor of more than forty books, he taught for decades at New York University, Columbia University, and Amherst College. Through Commager`s life and legacy, Neil Jumonville explores a number of questions central to the intellectual history of postwar America.
Описание: Illuminates various aspects of a central but unexplored area of American history: the midcentury Japanese American experience. This title includes case studies that focus on various developments relating to Japanese Americans in the aftermath of their wartime confinement, including resettlement nationwide.
Автор: Millett Larry Название: Minnesota Modern: Architecture and Life at Midcentury ISBN: 0816683298 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780816683291 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 6264.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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From the genteel elegance of Christ Lutheran Church in Minneapolis to the lowbrow wonder of Porky's Drive-in in St. Paul, the Twin Cities and other Minnesota communities are nothing short of a living museum of midcentury modernism, the new style of architecture that swept through much of America from 1945 to the mid-1960s. Renowned Minnesota architecture critic and historian Larry Millett conducts an eye-opening, spectacularly illustrated tour of this rich and varied landscape.
A history lesson as entertaining as it is enlightening, Minnesota Modern provides a close-up view of a style that penetrated the social, political, and cultural machinery of the times. Extending from modest suburban ramblers and ranch houses to the grandest public and commercial structures, midcentury modernism expressed new ways of thinking about how to live, work, and play in communities that sprang up as thousands of military members returned from World War II. Millett describes the style's sources in the work of European masters like Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius, as well as the midwestern innovations of Frank Lloyd Wright, and its refinement at the University of Minnesota under the guidance of Ralph Rapson and other modernists. He shows us its applications in twelve midcentury homes in Minnesota and takes us through its many permutations in sites as different as Barry Byrne's St. Columba Catholic Church in St. Paul and Eero Saarinen's sprawling IBM complex in Rochester. This is Minnesota modern at its historic best, a firsthand, in-depth history of a singularly American sensibility and aesthetic writ large on the midwestern region.
Автор: Carolyn A. Bercier, Elise Grenier Название: The Frescoes of Conrad Albrizio: Public Murals in the Midcentury South ISBN: 0807171026 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780807171028 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 6791.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The artist Conrad Albrizio, a New York City native who studied internationally, made his home in New Orleans for half a century. To the people of Louisiana and Alabama, he bestowed the lasting gift of large-scale public frescoes. In this lavishly illustrated volume, Carolyn Bercier analyses Albrizio`s frescoes against the backdrop of his life.
Описание: Reprint of a 1915 work documenting historic inns and taverns along the Lancaster Turnpike in Pennsylvania. Includes descriptions of sixty-two inns, with chapters exploring the history and importance of famous inns such as the General Warren, Spread Eagle, and Paoli.
Описание: The definitive collection of New Hampshire`s odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for New Hampshire residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.
Описание: This definitive collection of the Old Dominion`s odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things is filled with quirky photographs throughout and maps for each region. Virginia Curiosities includes humorous state facts and amusing stories and serves as a combination almanac, off-the-wall travel guide, and wacky news gazette.
Описание: Humorists Tim Sample and Steve Bither reveal the wild and wacky side of Maine. Describing approximately 300 oddities--people, places, animals, historic tidbits, and trivia--their unique persepctive and witty narrative is highly entertaining.
Описание: Cowboys, football, and the famous panhandle may stand out as prominent Oklahoma features, but the Sooner state is also home to bizarre places, personalities, events, and phenomena. These unique and quirky aspects are humorously displayed in Oklahoma Curiosities, a cross between a wacky news gazette, an almanac, and a humorous travel guide. Amusing stories and unique black and white photographs make this the perfect read for travelers, residents, and anyone interested in adventure and a good laugh. Oklahoma Curiosities is part of a GPP homegrown series of state-specific books that describe, with humor and affection--and a healthy dose of attitude--the oddest, quirkiest, and most outlandish places, personalities, events, and phenomena found within the state's borders and in the chronicles of its history. The series provides a fun and accessible read for travelers and non travelers alike--a great armchair book with quirky black and white photographs throughout and maps for each region.
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