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Book Tomorrow Land

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joseph Tirella
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2013-12-23
  • ISBN : 149300333X
  • Pages : 373 pages

Download or read book Tomorrow Land written by Joseph Tirella and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-12-23 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motivated by potentially turning Flushing Meadows, literally a land of refuse, into his greatest public park, Robert Moses—New York's "Master Builder"—brought the World's Fair to the Big Apple for 1964 and '65. Though considered a financial failure, the 1964-65 World' s Fair was a Sixties flashpoint in areas from politics to pop culture, technology to urban planning, and civil rights to violent crime. In an epic narrative, the New York Times bestseller Tomorrow-Land shows the astonishing pivots taken by New York City, America, and the world during the Fair. It fetched Disney's empire from California and Michelangelo's La Pieta from Europe; and displayed flickers of innovation from Ford, GM, and NASA—from undersea and outerspace colonies to personal computers. It housed the controversial work of Warhol (until Governor Rockefeller had it removed); and lured Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. Meanwhile, the Fair—and its house band, Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians—sat in the musical shadows of the Beatles and Bob Dylan, who changed rock-and-roll right there in Queens. And as Southern civil rights efforts turned deadly, and violent protests also occurred in and around the Fair, Harlem-based Malcolm X predicted a frightening future of inner-city racial conflict. World's Fairs have always been collisions of eras, cultures, nations, technologies, ideas, and art. But the trippy, turbulent, Technicolor, Disney, corporate, and often misguided 1964-65 Fair was truly exceptional.

Book Fair are the Meadows  a Play in Two Acts

Download or read book Fair are the Meadows a Play in Two Acts written by Lessie Mallard Casey and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Mountain Meadows Massacre

Download or read book The Mountain Meadows Massacre written by Juanita Brooks and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Fall of 1857, some 120 California-bound emigrants were killed in lonely Mountain Meadows in southern Utah; only eighteen young children were spared. The men on the ground after the bloody deed took an oath that they would never mention the event again, either in public or in private. The leaders of the Mormon church also counseled silence. The first report, soon after the massacre, described it as an Indian onslaught at which a few white men were present, only one of whom, John D. Lee, was actually named. With admirable scholarship, Mrs. Brooks has traced the background of conflict, analyzed the emotional climate at the time, pointed up the social and military organization in Utah, and revealed the forces which culminated in the great tragedy at Mountain Meadows. The result is a near-classic treatment which neither smears nor clears the participants as individuals. It portrays an atmosphere of war hysteria, whipped up by recitals of past persecutions and the vision of an approaching "army" coming to drive the Mormons from their homes.

Book What s Fair

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  • Author : Carrie Menkel-Meadow
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2004-03-29
  • ISBN : 0787973637
  • Pages : 594 pages

Download or read book What s Fair written by Carrie Menkel-Meadow and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-03-29 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's Fair is a landmark collection that focuses exclusively on the crucial topic of ethics in negotiation. Edited by Carrie J. Menkel-Meadow and Michael Wheeler, What's Fair contains contributions from some of the best-known practitioners and scholars in the field including Roger Fisher, Howard Raiffa, and Deborah Kolb. The editors and distinguished contributors offer an examination of why ethics matter individually and socially, and explain the essential duties and values of negotiation beyond formal legal requirements. Throughout the book, these experts tackle difficult questions such as: What do we owe our counterparts (if anything) in the way of candor or disclosure? To what extent should we use financial or legal pressure to force settlement? Should we worry about whether an agreement is fair to all the parties, or the effects our negotiated agreements might have on others?

Book Fair are the Meadows

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  • Author : Brian Newhouse
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 165 pages

Download or read book Fair are the Meadows written by Brian Newhouse and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cassie the Concert Fairy

Download or read book Cassie the Concert Fairy written by Daisy Meadows and published by Scholastic Paperbacks. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Previously published as Pop star fairies #7: Una the concert fairy by Orchard U.K. in 2012."--P. facing t.p.

Book The 1964 1965 New York World s Fair

Download or read book The 1964 1965 New York World s Fair written by Bill Cotter and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair was the largest international exhibition ever built in the United States. More than one hundred fifty pavilions and exhibits spread over six hundred forty-six acres helped the fair live up to its reputation as "the Billion-Dollar Fair." With the cold war in full swing, the fair offered visitors a refreshingly positive view of the future, mirroring the official theme: Peace through Understanding. Guests could travel back in time through a display of full-sized dinosaurs, or look into a future where underwater hotels and flying cars were commonplace. They could enjoy Walt Disney's popular shows, or study actual spacecraft flown in orbit. More than fifty-one million guests visited the fair before it closed forever in 1965. The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair captures the history of this event through vintage photographs, published here for the first time.

Book Hymnal

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  • Author : Herald Press
  • Publisher : Faith & Life Resources
  • Release : 1992
  • ISBN : 9780836180015
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Hymnal written by Herald Press and published by Faith & Life Resources. This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many new hymns as well as old favorites are included in this collection of 658 hymns. The hymns represent a variety of music styles that reflect the diversity of the Mennonite and Brethren denominations. An additional 202 worship resources offer responsive readings and prayers for many occasions. Round notes.

Book The Mysteries of Godliness

Download or read book The Mysteries of Godliness written by David John Buerger and published by Signature Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A veil of secrecy surrounds Mormon temple worship. While officially intended to preserve the sacredness of the experience, the silence leaves many Latter-day Saints mystified. What are the derivation and development of the holy endowment, and if these were known, would the experience be more meaningful? Modern parishioners lack context to interpret the arcane and syncretistic elements of the symbolism. For instance, David Buerger traces the evolution of the initiatory rites, including the New Testament-like foot washings, which originated in the Ohio period of Mormon history; the more elaborate Old Testament-like washings and anointings, which began in Illinois and were performed in large bathtubs, with oil poured over the initiate's head; and the vestigial contemporary sprinkling and dabbing, which were begun in Utah. He shows why the dramatic portions of the ceremony blend anachronistic events--an innovation foreign to the original drama. Buerger addresses the abandonment of the adoption sealing, which once linked unrelated families, and the near-disappearance of the second anointing, which is the crowning ordinance of the temple. He notes other recent changes as well. Biblical models, Masonic prototypes, folk beliefs, and frontier resourcefulness all went into the creation of this highest form of Mormon Temple worship. Diary entries and other primary sources document its evolution.

Book Annual May Festival of the University of Michigan

Download or read book Annual May Festival of the University of Michigan written by University of Michigan. University Musical Society and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Letters to a Mormon Elder

Download or read book Letters to a Mormon Elder written by James White and published by . This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1990, this volume is designed as 17 letters the author sends to a fictitious Mormon Elder on such topics as the truth and errors in Gods Word, the doctrine of God, if there is one God or many, and further tests of Joseph Smith. (Christian)

Book Fresh Meadows

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  • Author : Fred Cantor
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 9780738575728
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book Fresh Meadows written by Fred Cantor and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Located in northeast Queens, Fresh Meadows grew up around a housing development of the same name, built for World War II veterans. The site plan for the development not only provided an array of green open space, but it also enabled residents to enjoy a variety of services within walking distance. The development became the centerpiece of a brand-new neighborhood, which had been the site of a country club and farmland. In 1949, renowned urban and architecture critic Lewis Mumford hailed the Fresh Meadows housing development as "perhaps the most positive and exhilarating example of large-scale community planning in this country." Fresh Meadows captures the optimism of the postwar era by illustrating how middle-class families thrived in an environment that combined the best aspects of urban and suburban living.

Book Meadows Fair

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  • Publisher :
  • Release :
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Meadows Fair written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cherry the Cake Fairy  Party Fairies  1

Download or read book Cherry the Cake Fairy Party Fairies 1 written by Daisy Meadows and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Party Fairies' magic is missing --- and the Fairyland jubilee is going to be a flop! This is our tenth group of Rainbow Magic fairies; all seven books in the group will be released at once.It's party time! A big bash for King Oberon and Queen Titania is underway in Fairyland. The Party Fairies keep everything running smoothly, until Jack Frost's goblins steal their magic party bags. Now parties everywhere aren't festive --- they're a flop! It's Kirsty's birthday, but her cake could be ruined! Goblins are stealing candles and stomping in icing. Can Cherry the Cake Fairy make Kirsty's special day sweet again? Find the magic party bag in each book and save celebrations everywhere!

Book Fair are the Meadows

Download or read book Fair are the Meadows written by James Wesley Ingles and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Psalter Hymnal Handbook

Download or read book Psalter Hymnal Handbook written by Emily Ruth Brink and published by Grand Rapids, Mich. : CRC Publications. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An indispensable guide for worship leaders. Imagine presenting the story behind a hymn before your congregation sings it! The only source of information on all the songs and contents of the 1987 Psalter Hymnal. Anyone interested in the history of the songs will enjoy this book.

Book Joseph Smith

Download or read book Joseph Smith written by Dan Vogel and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A psychological biography of Joseph Smith presents a comprehensive account of his life, set against a backdrop of theology, local and national politics, Smith family dynamics, organizational issues, and interpersonal relations.