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"A fascinating new account of the life and legend of the Wild West's most notorious woman: Calamity Jane"--From dust jacket.
In the years after the Civil War, the banks, railroads, and industrial corporations of Gilded-Age America, abetted by a corrupt political system, concentrated vast wealth in the hands of the few and made poverty the fate of many. In response, a group of hard-pressed farmers and laborers from Texas organized a movement for economic justice called the Texas People's Party-the original Populists. Arguing that these Texas Populists were among the first to elaborate the set of ideas that would eventually become known as modern liberalism, Gregg Cantrell shows how the group broke new ground in reaching out to African Americans and Mexican Americans, rethinking traditional gender roles, and demanding creative solutions and forceful government intervention to solve economic inequality. While their political movement ultimately failed, this volume reveals how the ideas of the Texas People's Party have shaped American political history.
A comprehensive guide to the buildings of the Isle of Wight. It explores the beguiling architecture of the many towns, villages and resorts. It offers a general introduction that provides a historical and artistic overview. It features illustrations, maps and plans, colour photographs, indexes and an illustrated glossary.
A magnificently illustrated showcase of works by artists in Paris at the dawn of the 20th century
"The first comprehensive study of one of the most significant innovations in nineteenth-century ceramics, this three-volume exhibition catalogue considers the principal designers and manufacturers of majolica, the ware's broad dissemination, and its ultimate decline within the social and cultural contexts of the Victorian era. 1008 pages; 1200 illustrations."--
"The Chinati Foundation, a world-famous destination for large-scale contemporary art, was founded by Donald Judd (1928-1994) to preserve and present a select number of permanent installations that were inextricably linked to the surrounding landscape in Marfa, Texas. This handsome publication, first published in 2010 and now available with a new chapter devoted to the permanent installation by Robert Irwin that was inaugurated in 2016 and a new foreword by Jenny Moore, director of the Chinati Foundation, describes how Judd developed his ideas of the role of art and museums from the early 1960s onward, culminating in the creation of Chinati. The individual installations featured here include work by John Chamberlain, Dan Flavin, David Rabinowitch, Roni Horn, Ilya Kabakov, Richard Long, Ingâolfur Arnarsson, Carl Andre, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen, and John Wesley, as well as by Judd himself. The book also features a complete catalogue of the collection and writings by Judd relating to Chinati and Marfa"--
Celebrated nature writer Mike Unwin and award-winning photographer David Tipling present the migratory year of sixty-seven different species of bird.
An optimistic exploration of how, through radical economic reform, the United Kingdom can prosper and flourish in the new global economy
An insider's account of the Eastern Orthodox Church, from its beginning in the era of Jesus and the Apostles to the modern age
This study presents a detailed and scholarly analysis of the creation of sexual knowledge in Britain. Surveying the period between the late 17th and the mid-20th centuries, it examines the major texts which established and authorized sexual knowledge and sexual practices.
An overview of the theoretical and institutional history of the discipline of art history which refutes the image of art history as in crisis, asserting rather that many of the dilemmas of the discipline today can be traced back to its founding, institutionalization and expansion since the 1870s.
This handsome publication celebrates the first 25 years of the institution founded by Dr. Susan Weber in 1993. Located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Bard Graduate Center (BGC) has become the leading research center in the United States dedicated to the study of decorative arts, design history, and material culture. Its fully integrated academic and exhibition programs have pioneered the study of objects as a means to better understand the cultural history of the material world. This book, richly illustrated with installation views, exhibition objects, and archival photography, is enlivened by interviews with Susan Weber, Luke Syson, Arnold Lehman, and Kevin Stayton, as well as essays by scholars, curators, and collaborators who highlight the character and evolution of BGC's unique approach to the research and display of material culture over the past 25 years. Through an array of exhibitions, publications, research, and academic programs, BGC has united diverse fields to highlight the importance of subjects and materials that had been previously ignored, and this book commemorates its achievement.
Accompanies the exhibition co-organized by the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, shown June 5-September 13, 2020, the Hepworth, Wakefield, shown February 7-May 3, 2020, and the Sainsbury Center, University of East Anglia, shown November 22, 2020-February 28, 2021.
Catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition Dawoud Bay: an American project held at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, February 15-May 25, 2020; the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, June 27-October 18, 2020; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, November 20, 2020-April 4, 2021.
From the nation's leading expert, an indispensable analysis of key threats to the integrity of the 2020 American presidential election
A stunning tour through the renowned, wide-ranging collection of contemporary art at Ghent's Municipal Museum for Contemporary Art (S.M.A.K.)
An experiment in interactive design and a bold reimaging of the museum exhibition
Explore the wonders of wild Mongolia through the eyes of a distinguished field biologist
Faced with the prospect of a new Great Depression in 2008 when the collapse of Lehman Brothers set off a global panic, the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and other agencies took extraordinary measures to contain the damage and steady the financial system and the economy. Edited by three of the policymakers who led the government's response to the crisis, with chapters written by the teams tasked with finding policy solutions, this book provides a comprehensive accounting of the internal debates and controversies surrounding the measures that were taken to stabilize the economy.
An examination of the early career of one of America's most celebrated photographers.
"Horace Pippin (1888-1946) taught himself to paint in the 1930s and quickly earned international renown for depictions of World War I, black families, and American heroes Abraham Lincoln, abolitionist John Brown, and singer Marian Anderson, among other subjects. This volume sheds new light on how the disabled combat veteran claimed his place in the contemporary art world. Organized around topics of autobiography, black labor, artistic process, and gift exchange, it reveals the range of references and critiques encoded in his work and the racial, class, and cultural dynamics that informed his ... career"--Dust jacket.
An ornithologist's personal look at farming practices that finds practical solutions for sustainable food production compatible with bird and wildlife conservation
A true story of violence and punishment that illuminates a transformative moment in Guatemalan history
A fresh, original history of America's national narratives, told through the loss, recovery, and rise of one influential Puritan sermon from 1630 to the present day
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