Download or read book The Pekin written by Thomas Bauman and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2014-05-30 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1904, political operator and gambling boss Robert T. Motts opened the Pekin Theater in Chicago. Dubbed the "Temple of Music," the Pekin became one of the country's most prestigious African American cultural institutions, renowned for its all-black stock company and school for actors, an orchestra able to play ragtime and opera with equal brilliance, and a repertoire of original musical comedies. A missing chapter in African American theatrical history, Bauman's saga presents how Motts used his entrepreneurial acumen to create a successful black-owned enterprise. Concentrating on institutional history, Bauman explores the Pekin's philosophy of hiring only African American staff, its embrace of multi-racial upper class audiences, and its ready assumption of roles as diverse as community center, social club, and fundraising instrument. The Pekin's prestige and profitability faltered after Motts' death in 1911 as his heirs lacked his savvy, and African American elites turned away from pure entertainment in favor of spiritual uplift. But, as Bauman shows, the theater had already opened the door to a new dynamic of both intra- and inter-racial theater-going and showed the ways a success, like the Pekin, had a positive economic and social impact on the surrounding community.

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Download or read book Revised Ordinances of the City of Pekin Illinois written by James M. Rahn and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pekin and Tremont Illinois in Vintage Postcards written by Donald L. Nieukirk and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1898 through the middle of World War I, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this "golden age" are today considered works of art. Postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, and assembling crowds of local children only too happy to pose for a picture. These images, printed as postcards and sold in general stores across the country, survive as telling reminders of an important era in America's history. This fascinating new history of Pekin and Tremont, Illinois, showcases more than 200 of the best vintage postcards available.

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Download or read book How We Got Into Pekin written by Robert James Leslie M'Ghee and published by London : R. Bentley. This book was released on 1862 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Last Days of Pekin written by Pierre Loti and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an account of Pierre Loti's experiences in China, originally published as a series of letters to the "Figaro" while he served on board a French warship during the Boxer Rebellion. Loti, known by his pen name, ranks as a "Lieutenant de Vaisseau" in the Navy and had faced trouble with his superiors due to his literary success. After further promotions, he eventually resumed his literary work, capturing the essence of China, including Beijing, as presented here, through his personal and national perspective. Loti's vivid portrayal of China offers valuable insights into the nation's history, culture, and politics, and is a valuable contribution to the history of the time.

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Download or read book From Paris to Pekin Over Siberian Snows written by Victor Meignan and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book On to Pekin or Old Glory in China written by Edward Stratemeyer and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-07-10 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "On to Pekin; or, Old Glory in China" by Edward Stratemeyer. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Download or read book From Pekin to Calais by Land written by Harry De Windt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1889 book is an entertaining account of the overland journey de Windt and his companion undertook from Beijing to Calais.

Download or read book From Paris to Pekin over Siberian Snows written by Victor Meignan and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From Paris to Pekin over Siberian Snows" is a travel book by Victor Meignan that discusses the journey of a traveler from Paris to St. Petersburg and Moscow. This book contains the expeditions of the traveler through some of the beautiful places on his journey from the wonders of the Kremlin and the monastery of Troïtsa to the mart of Nijni-Novgorod among other locations. A wonderful book for travelers and people who intend to visit these awesome locations.

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Download or read book From Pekin to Sikkim Through the Ordos the Gobi Desert and Tibet written by Jacques de Lesdain and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 1995 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: