Author: Sidney D. Smith
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Languages : en
Pages : 154
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History of the Supreme Council of the Mystic Order Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm
Author: Sidney D. Smith
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Languages : en
Pages : 154
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 154
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Proceedings of the Supreme Council of the Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchantd Realm at Its ... Annual Session ...
Author: Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm. Supreme Council
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Languages : en
Pages : 594
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Languages : en
Pages : 594
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Transactions of the Supreme Council of the 33d and Last Degree for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America
Author: Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Supreme Council for the Southern Jurisdiction
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Languages : en
Pages : 988
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Languages : en
Pages : 988
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 710
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 710
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Centennial History of Missouri
Author: Walter Barlow Stevens
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Category : Missouri
Languages : en
Pages : 810
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Category : Missouri
Languages : en
Pages : 810
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Mackey's History of Freemasonry
Author: Albert Gallatin Mackey
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Languages : en
Pages : 370
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Languages : en
Pages : 370
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A History of Texas and Texans
Author: Frank White Johnson
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 652
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 652
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History of Freemasonry
Author: Albert Gallatin Mackey
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Languages : en
Pages : 390
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Languages : en
Pages : 390
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How the Arabian Nights Inspired the American Dream, 1790-1935
Author: Susan Nance
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807894052
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 359
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Americans have always shown a fascination with the people, customs, and legends of the "East--witness the popularity of the stories of the Arabian Nights, the performances of Arab belly dancers and acrobats, the feats of turban-wearing vaudeville magicians, and even the antics of fez-topped Shriners. In this captivating volume, Susan Nance provides a social and cultural history of this highly popular genre of Easternized performance in America up to the Great Depression. According to Nance, these traditions reveal how a broad spectrum of Americans, including recent immigrants and impersonators, behaved as producers and consumers in a rapidly developing capitalist economy. In admiration of the Arabian Nights, people creatively reenacted Eastern life, but these performances were also demonstrations of Americans' own identities, Nance argues. The story of Aladdin, made suddenly rich by rubbing an old lamp, stood as a particularly apt metaphor for how consumer capitalism might benefit each person. The leisure, abundance, and contentment that many imagined were typical of Eastern life were the same characteristics used to define "the American dream." The recent success of Disney's Aladdin movies suggests that many Americans still welcome an interpretation of the East as a site of incredible riches, romance, and happy endings. This abundantly illustrated account is the first by a historian to explain why and how so many Americans sought out such cultural engagement with the Eastern world long before geopolitical concerns became paramount.
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807894052
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 359
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Americans have always shown a fascination with the people, customs, and legends of the "East--witness the popularity of the stories of the Arabian Nights, the performances of Arab belly dancers and acrobats, the feats of turban-wearing vaudeville magicians, and even the antics of fez-topped Shriners. In this captivating volume, Susan Nance provides a social and cultural history of this highly popular genre of Easternized performance in America up to the Great Depression. According to Nance, these traditions reveal how a broad spectrum of Americans, including recent immigrants and impersonators, behaved as producers and consumers in a rapidly developing capitalist economy. In admiration of the Arabian Nights, people creatively reenacted Eastern life, but these performances were also demonstrations of Americans' own identities, Nance argues. The story of Aladdin, made suddenly rich by rubbing an old lamp, stood as a particularly apt metaphor for how consumer capitalism might benefit each person. The leisure, abundance, and contentment that many imagined were typical of Eastern life were the same characteristics used to define "the American dream." The recent success of Disney's Aladdin movies suggests that many Americans still welcome an interpretation of the East as a site of incredible riches, romance, and happy endings. This abundantly illustrated account is the first by a historian to explain why and how so many Americans sought out such cultural engagement with the Eastern world long before geopolitical concerns became paramount.
History of Ohio
Author: Charles Burleigh Galbreath
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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Publisher:
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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