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Author : Susan Danly
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Art
ISBN : 0826328059
Provides a detailed look at the political and artistic climate in Mexican-American relations through an examination of the folk art collection amassed by Dwight and Elizabeth Morrow when he was U.S. ambassador to Mexico in the late 1920s.
Author : Jan Jones
Publisher : TCU Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0875652018
But Fort Worth was never again the same after the Frontier Centennial . . . and memories of that festival linger today, even though the buildings were long ago razed.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Special Subcommittee on Arts and Humanities
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Art
ISBN : IND:30000091301915
Considers S. 165 and S. 1316, to establish a national council on the arts and a national arts foundation.
Author : Don Rayno
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 894 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780810882041
v. 1. "When Paul Whiteman, the best-known dance band leader of the flapper age, brought his entourage to town it was a big deal. Mayors met him at the train station and presented him with the key to the city, parades and throngs of cheering crowds escorted him to City Hall, and special luncheons were held in his honor. Eventually dubbed the "King of Jazz," Whiteman grew into one of the biggest promoters of players, singers, and arrangers of all times. Many well-known musicians got their first big boost in his band including Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Bing Crosby, Frank Trumbauer, Bix Beiderbecke, Johnny Mercer, Mildred Bailey, and Ferde Grofé. When it came to jazz, Whiteman was a trailblazer. He invented "symphonic jazz" and gave the first performance of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, one of the most enduringly popular of all jazz-influenced musical works of the 20th century. He perfected the one-nighter concert tours, traveling across the country by train, from city to city, with his unique brand of music. He was also the first to employ a special arranger to craft tailor-made charts to fit the Whiteman Orchestra's instrumentation and sound. This is the first of a two-volume set that will serve as the definitive work on the life and music of this legendary jazz leader. Covering the early years from 1890 to 1930, the text will entertain and inform the reader about the exciting life of one of the major influencers of jazz music and also provide a nostalgic glimpse of what life was like during the Roaring Twenties. Features: ---Day-by-day chronology 1890-1930 ---Comprehensive discography of recordings 1920-1930 ---Gallery of Whiteman's band members-alphabetical listing from 1918 to 1930 (includes birth and death dates) ---Detailed reference notes with biographical sketches of famous people ---Extensive bibliography and index, including index of songs ---Nearly 60 rare, black and white photos."--Publisher's description.
Author : Frank de Caro
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781496806338
Folklore Recycled starts from the proposition that folklore—usually thought of in its historical social context as “oral tradition”—is easily appropriated and recycled into other contexts. That is, writers may use folklore in their fiction or poetry, taking plots, as an example, from a folktale. Visual artists may concentrate on depicting folk figures or events, like a ritual or a ceremony. Tourism officials may promote a place through advertising its traditional ways. Folklore may play a role in intellectual conceptualizations, as when nationalists use folklore to promote symbolic unity. Folklore Recycled discusses the larger issue of folklore being recycled into non-folk contexts, and proceeds to look at a number of instances of repurposing. Colson Whitehead's novel John Henry Days is a literary text that recycles folklore but does so in a manner which examines a number of other uses of the American folk figure John Henry. The nineteenth-century members of the Louisiana branch of the American Folklore Society and the author Lyle Saxon in the twentieth century used African American folklore to establish personal connections to the world of the southern plantation and buttress their own social status. The writer Lafcadio Hearn wrote about folklore to strengthen his insider credentials wherever he lived. Photographers in Louisiana leaned on folklife to solidify local identity and to promote government programs and industry. Promoters of “unorthodox” theories about history have used folklore as historical document. Americans in Mexico took an interest in folklore for acculturation, for tourism promotion, for interior decoration, and for political ends. All of the examples throughout the book demonstrate the durability and continued relevance of folklore in every context it appears.
Author : Deslande Rincher
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-05
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781503536319
As an Haitian descent, I have noticed the absence of materials necessary for the Creole speaking people to learn English. I have decided to fill up this vacuum by writing a book designed to teach English to the Creole and French speaking people. That book is called” FRANSE AK ANGLE SAN TRAKA E SAN DLO NAN JE”. It is written in three languages: Creole, French and English and all the contents of this book were recorded on cassettes tapes in order to help the students with the English pronunciation. I have utilized native Creole/French and English speaking orators in order to pronounce the information without any accent. This book has known a great success throughout the world. More than a million sets have been sold. With the help of other professionals, we have decided to translate this book into other languages in order to make this powerful system available to the regular folks who want to learn other languages the easy way. As described above, Version - I was designed to learn English from Creole and French Version - II “ANGLAIS SANS TROUBLE ET SANS PLEURS”, this version is written in French and English and its purpose is to teach English to the French speaking people. Version - III “CREOLE WITHOUT FUSS AND TEARS” its purpose is to teach Creole to the English speaking people Version - IV “SPANISH WITHOUT FUSS AND TEARS” this version is written in Spanish and English. It is designed for the English Speaking people to learn Spanish from English. Version - V “FRENCH WITHOUT FUSS AND TEARS” this version teaches French to the English speaking people. Version - VI “ESPAGNOL SANS TROUBLE ET SANS PLEURS” is designed for French speaking people to learn English Version - VII “ESPAYOL AK KREYOL SAN TRAKA E SAN DLO NAN JE” this version is written in Creole, French and Spanish and its purpose is to teach Spanish to Creole/French speaking people. This version has also a basic tri lingual dictionary at the end of the book. Version - VIII “INGLES SIN PROBLEMAS Y SIN LAGRIMAS”, the one that you actually have in your hand is written in Spanish and English. Its purpose is to teach English to the Spanish speaking people. All the versions come with CDs. In addition to the eight version described above, other books from the same author are also available to the public. IX - “ENGLISH WITHOUT FUSS AND TEARS # 2” this book is also written in three languages Creole/French and English X - A tri-langual Dictionary: That dictionary has three versions an it is written in three languages a) One version is alphabetized in English and translated in French and Creole b) The second version is alphabetized in French and translated in English and Creole c) And the third version is alphabetized in Creole and translated in English and French XI - A Bilingual Dictionary written in Creole and English. The first part of the book is alphabetized in Creole and translated in English and that the second part of the book is alphabetized in English and translated in Creole. All these documents can be obtained from any bookstore in your area or you can contact us at “UNIVERSAL BOOKSTORE” at 826, Rogers Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11226 Our Phone Numbers: (718) 282-4033, Fax (718)-282-4032 or by Email: [email protected]
Author : Rusty Williams
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493064403
The history of New Texas, the Texas we know today—oil-rich, insufferably loud, and unbearably proud of itself—begins in the late 1920s, when a horned frog wakes from its thirty-one-year nap in a courthouse cornerstone and flabbergasts the nation. In slightly over two decades ten individuals—their words, actions, and accomplishments—come to define the New Texas of the twenty-first century. While the history of Old Texas rests on oft-told legends of Houston, Austin, Travis, Crockett, Rusk, Lamar, and Seguin, today’s New Texas—proud, loud, self-promotional, sports-crazy, and too rich for its own good—is the Texas that percolates throughout the nation’s popular culture. In Texas Loud, Proud, and Brash: How Ten Mavericks Created the Twentieth-Century Lone Star State, author Rusty Williams profiles ten largely unsung men and women responsible for the Texas you love, hate, and (secretly) envy today.
Author : James L. Haley
Publisher : Visible Ink Press
Page : 697 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781578596829
A fascinating and fun look at the Lone Star State’s history, culture, and people Texas is the country's second-largest state by size and population. It has a unique and varied history, having been ruled by a succession of nations—from which the term “six flags over Texas” sprang—before becoming an independent republic. From its traditional oil, cattle, and cotton industries to the modern energy, electronics, computer, aerospace, and biomedical industries, Texas has become an economic powerhouse. It’s known for its low taxes, diverse population, thriving universities, and art scenes. Exploring the state’s fascinating history, people, myths, culture, and trivia, The Handy Texas Answer Book takes an in-depth look at this fascinating and diverse state with the bigger-than-life personality. Learn about the original Indigenous peoples, the Spanish, French, and Mexican colonizations, the independence from Mexico, the ties to the Confederacy and United States, devastating hurricanes, football culture, fast-growing cities and urban sprawl, food, attitude, and much, much more. Tour landmarks from the Alamo and cattle ranches to the Rio Grande and the state capital. Learn about famous sons and daughters, including Lyndon Johnson, Sam Houston, Howard Hughes, Janis Joplin, and Renée Zellweger. Sports (both college and professional) are illuminated. The government, parks, and cultural institutions are all packed into this comprehensive guide to the state of Texas. Find answers to more than 850 questions, including: • What is the origin of “Howdy?” • Where in Texas can you find all three kinds of dinosaur tracks in one place? • Where can gold be found in Texas? • How did we come to have “Dr. Pepper”? • Is it true that Texas’s annexation to the United States was never really legal? • How did Texas women get to vote a year before women in the rest of the United States? • What Texan became the most-decorated soldier in World War II? • Is it true that the only Texas governor to die in office expired in the arms of his mistress? • How did Texas transform from solidly Democratic to solidly Republican? • How did the discovery of Texas oil change the face of American business? • How did rodeos originate? • What was the University of Texas mascot before there was Bevo the Longhorn? • What was the slightly dishonest secret of UT’s early success in baseball? • What is so special about the television show Austin City Limits? • What are the “Marfa Lights”? • How many Texas convicts have been freed after proving their innocence with DNA? • What is the Cuero Turkey Trot? Illustrating the unique character of the state through a combination of facts, stats, and history, as well as the unusual and quirky, The Handy Texas Answer Book answers intriguing questions about people, places, events, government, and places of interest. This informative book also includes a helpful bibliography and an extensive index, adding to its usefulness.
Author : Colin Bratkovich
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 938 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781483645193
I have completed this manuscript Just Remember This, or as American Pop Singers 1900-1950+, about music before the 1950s in America. It perhaps offers knowledge and insights not previously found in other musical reference books. I have moreover been working on this book very meticulously over the past twelve-plus years. It started as a bit of fun and gradually became serious as I began to listen along with the vocalists of popular music, of the era before 1950, essentially just before the dawn of rock and roll. If you can call it that! Indeed genre and labeling of American music started here, and then from everywhere. While the old adage of always starting from somewhere could be noted in every century, the 1900s had produced the technology. Understanding the necessity, more so, finds a curiosity on the part of a general public hungry for entertainment, despite 6 day work weeks, World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II.
Author : Library of Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1564 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
ISBN : UCBK:C081886584
Author : Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1808 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
ISBN : UOM:39015048651866
Author : Mike Nichols
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781625847126
From the humble beginnings of a frontier army camp, Fort Worth transformed into a city as cattle drives, railroads, oil and national defense drove its economy. During the tremendous growth, the landscape and cultural imprint of the city changed drastically, and much of Cowtown was lost to history. Witness the birth of western swing music and the death of a cloud dancer. See mansions of the well-heeled and saloons of the well-armed. Meet two gunfighters, one flamboyant preacher, one serial killer and one very short subway carrying passengers back in time to discover more of Fort Worth. Author Mike Nichols presents a colorful history tour from the North Side to the South Side's Battle of Buttermilk Junction.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1530 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
ISBN : NYPL:33433016643771
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1200 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
ISBN : UIUC:30112059887221
Author : Alberto de Tornos
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Spanish language
ISBN : HARVARD:32044102868270