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Swingin' the Dream: Big Band Jazz and the Rebirth of ...
Lewis A. ErenbergExplores the cultural meaning of swing music to the people of the United States as they struggled through the Depression and World War II.
Steppin' Out: New York Nightlife and the Transformation of ...
Lewis A. ErenbergTraces the evolution of New York City nightlife from the Gay Nineties to the Jazz Age, and discusses changes in spending, behavior, and social barriers
The Greatest Fight of Our Generation : Louis vs. Schmeling: ...
Chicago Lewis A. Erenberg Professor of History Loyola UniversityHere then is a stirring and insightful account of one of the great moments in boxing history, a confrontation that provided global theater on an epic scale.
Reclaiming the Modern American Body in the Age of the ...
Eowyn May McHenryThis image was revolutionary in that it displaced the default notion of Americanness as white and exclusively male.36 As historian Lewis Erenberg has noted: An American identity based on whiteness was first questioned during the swing era.
Setting the Stage: Dance and Gender in Old-line New Orleans ...
Jennifer AtkinsIn line with this, historian Lewis A. Erenberg explained that “[b]y turning to the animal world, black culture, and the red-light district for the sources of their cultural regeneration, well-to-do urbanites were searching for a way to liberate some of ...
Lonesome Roads and Streets of Dreams: Place, Mobility, and ...
Andrew S. Berish... and Gunther Schuller's comprehensive The Swing Era do not discuss the ballroom at all, nor do recent accounts of the era by cultural historians Lewis Erenberg, David Stowe, Kenneth Bindas, Thomas Hennessey, and Joel Dinerstein.
The United States in Global Contexts: American Studies After ...
PreviewLewis A. Erenberg was a Senior Fulbright Scholar in Munich in 1990/91 and in Salzburg in Fall 2000. He is Professor of History at Loyola University Chicago. His latest book is Swingin' the Dream: Big Band Jazz and the Rebirth of American ...
Everyone's All-Americans: Race, Men's College Athletics, and ...
Gregory John KalissHistorian Lewis Erenberg argues that Joe Louis' victory over German boxer Max Schmeling was so compelling, in part, because Louis “became a hero to a growing number of white Americans” as well as blacks, particularly those. 44 Braven ...
The War in American Culture: Society and Consciousness ...
PreviewSociety and Consciousness during World War II Lewis A. Erenberg, Susan E. Hirsch. from developing long-term commitments to women's rights and employment. In a parallel to Gerstle's view of workers as having a dual identity composed of ...
The Greatest Fight of Our Generation: Louis vs. Schmeling
Lewis A. ErenbergPoker face from Philadelphia Tribune, 10 January 1935, as cited in Thomas R. Hietala, The Fight of the Century, Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, and the Struggle for Racial Equality (Armonk, N.Y., 2002), 162. On his management team, see Louis ...
Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis: Opportunistic Architecture
Paul LewisLewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis is an architecture partnership established in New York City in 1997 by Marc Tsurumaki, Paul Lewis, and David J. Lewis. Paul Lewis is Assistant Professor at Princeton University.
Recasting America: Culture and Politics in the Age of Cold War
Preview1 1 Things to Come: Swing Bands, Bebop, and the Rise of a Postwar Jazz Scene Lewis A. Erenberg In 1946, a young veteran of many black swing bands recorded "Things to Come," a tune that presaged a new era in jazz. Like other bop ...
Both Sides of the Wardrobe: C. S. Lewis, Theological ...
Preview3. Luke 5:16. 4. Williams, Where God happens, 80. 5. Lewis, Complete C.s. Lewis , 114. 6. Lewis, The voyage, 1 Quiet Scenes in The Chronicles of Narnia: Private Prayerful Encounters in C S Lewis's Children's Stories | —Michael Tutton.
The American music handbook
Christopher PavlakisNathalie, 245 Levinson, Herbert, 196 Levy, Frank, 110, 138 Levy, F. Roy, 670 Levy, Jesse, 409 Levy, Marvin David, 231 Levy, Michael E., 250 Levy, Ralph C, 675 Lewando, Ralph, 697 Lewenthal. Raymond. 264, 378, 409 Lewis, Brenda, 393 Lewis, Daniel, 8, 365 Lewis, Eugene S., 709 Lewis, Gerald, 103, 138 Lewis, Henry, 110, 132, 288, 389, 391, 416 Lewis, John, 638 Lewis, John M., 193 Lewis, Edward C, Jr., 538 Lewis, Judd, 545 Lewis, L. Rhodes, 552 Lewis, Lucy, 12 Lewis, ...
History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania: With Biographical ...
Henry C. Bradsby... continued until 1877, when A. Lewis retired,and it became Lewis & Brown until 1883. wl16_11 Mr. Brown sold; then, until 1886. it was C. J. Lewis, when E. D. Lewis purchased a one-half interest, and the firm has since been C. J. & E. Dlewis.
Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800
Lewis Preston SummersLewis Preston Summers. consideration thereof it is the oppinion of the Court that he pay ten pounds and Costs and may be taken G. C. Be it remembered that Peter Razor, William Lewis and Griffith Lewis severally acknowledged themselves ...
Catalogue of additions to the manuscripts in the British ...
British Museum. Dept. of ManuscriptsR. ap Llywelyn;_Lewis Daron ;-Lewis Glyn Cothi;-Lewis Menai ;_-Lewis Mon ;-- Mathew Owain;-Michael Prichard;-Morgan ap Huw Lewis ;—-Morys Dwyfach, alias Morus ap Evan ap Einion;_Morys Robert ;-Syr Owain ap Gwilim ; Owen ...
C.S. Lewis: A Biography
Roger Lancelyn GreenThis story of C.S. Lewis - one of the greatest writers of the 20th century - whose books for children and adults have become much-loved classics. Part of the story of C.S. Lewis has been made famous through the film Shadowlands.
Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun?: How Reginald Lewis ...
Reginald F. LewisBased on Lewis's unfinished autobiography, along with scores of interviews with family, friends, and colleagues, this book cuts through the myth and hype to reveal the man behind the legend.
Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania
Lewis Clark WalkinshawAnnals oj Southwestern^ Pennsvlvania B Y LEWIS CLARK WALKINSHAW, A. M. Historian, Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the American^ Revolution^ VOLUME II Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc. New York \A°\ Copyright Lewis ...
The Job
Sinclair LewisThis early work by Sinclair Lewis was originally published in 1917 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Sinclair Lewis was born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, USA in 1885.
Dance While You Can
Susan LewisPraise for Susan Lewis 'Guaranteed to set the pulses racing' Daily Mail 'A multi-faceted tearjerker' heat 'Susan Lewis strikes gold again ... gripping' Options
A Companion to David Lewis
PreviewThis volume provides insight into the underlying themes and complex interconnections woven through Lewis’s work, with essays focusing on virtually all of the main themes in Lewis’s work.
Dave Lewis Interview
David M. LewisLewis describes his 40 year participation in politics including his work as budget director, campaign contributor, director of the Department of Administration, director of the State Board of Investments, and as a member of the Montana ...
Darkest Longings
Susan LewisPraise for Susan Lewis 'Mystery and romance par excellence' Sun 'Spellbinding - you just keep turning the pages, with the atmosphere growing more and more intense as the story leads to its dramatic climax' Daily Mail 'Susan Lewis strikes ...
What Am I Still Doing Here?: My Life as Me
Roger LewisThis is Roger Lewis at his best: more cantankerous and curmudgeonly wit and musings about the pointlessness of life. Dark, witty and hilarious, Roger Lewis has a real way with words.
If I Were Boss: The Early Business Stories of Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair LewisAn anthology of stories on the corporate world, written earlier this century by Sinclair Lewis. Set in New York, the subjects range from back-stabbing to office romance.
Placed People: Rootedness in G. K. Chesterton, C. S. Lewis, ...
David HardenAs seen earlier, Lewis credited George MacDonald's Phantastes with “baptizing” his imagination. Recently, Jeffrey Bilbro has shown extensive parallels between MacDonald's Phantastes and Lewis's The Pilgrim's Regress.127 He states, ...
The Selected Letters of Lewis Carroll
Lewis CarrollLewis Carroll is one of the world's best-loved writers.
C.S. Lewis' Case for the Christian Faith:
Richard PurtillDrawing on the whole body of C.S. Lewis' published fiction and non-fiction, as well as previously unpublished letters, Richard Purtill offers a clear, comprehensive assessment of Lewis’ defense of Christianity.
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