The American Scene
Author: Henry L. Mencken
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Published: 1982
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Author: Henry L. Mencken
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Published: 1982
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Publisher: Ardent Media
Published: 1964
Total Pages: 576
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Henry Louis Mencken
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Published: 1969
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 542
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Henry James
Publisher: New York : Harper
Published: 1907
Total Pages: 464
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Published: 1940
Total Pages: 800
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Published: 1965
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Henry James
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 104
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn New York Revisited, first published in Harper's Monthly Magazine in 1906, Henry James describes turn-of-the-century New York in vivid detail. Although written in 1904-1905, when James returned to the U.S. after living abroad for more than 20 years, the essay is as pertinent today as it was 100 years ago. The text appears as it was originally published and is enhanced with period illustrations and photographs. Beautifully bound and with a spectacular view of the Flatiron building on the cover, this book is a literary treasure.
Author: John Raeburn
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2024-04-22
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 0252056183
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe paintings, murals, and graphics of Ben Shahn (1898-1969) have made him one of the most heralded American artists of the twentieth century, but during the 1930s he was also among the nation's premier photographers. Much of his photographic work was sponsored by the New Deal's Farm Security Administration, where his colleagues included Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans. Ben Shahn's American Scene: Photographs, 1938 presents one hundred superb photographs from his most ambitious FSA project, a survey of small-town life in the Depression. John Raeburn's accompanying text illuminates the thematic and formal significance of individual photographs and reveals how, taken together, they address key cultural and political issues of the years leading up to World War II. Shahn's photographs highlight conflicts between traditional values and the newer ones introduced by modernity as represented by the movies, chain stores, and the tantalizing allure of consumer goods, and they are particularly rich in observation about the changes brought about by Americans' universal reliance on the automobile. They also explore the small town's standing as the nation's symbol of democratic community and expose the discriminatory social and racial practices that subverted this ideal in 1930s America.