Author: John James Babson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gloucester (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Making Dystopia
Author: James Stevens Curl
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191068160
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 539
Book Description
In Making Dystopia, distinguished architectural historian James Stevens Curl tells the story of the advent of architectural Modernism in the aftermath of the First World War, its protagonists, and its astonishing, almost global acceptance after 1945. He argues forcefully that the triumph of architectural Modernism in the second half of the twentieth century led to massive destruction, the creation of alien urban landscapes, and a huge waste of resources. Moreover, the coming of Modernism was not an inevitable, seamless evolution, as many have insisted, but a massive, unparalled disruption that demanded a clean slate and the elimination of all ornament, decoration, and choice. Tracing the effects of the Modernist revolution in architecture to the present, Stevens Curl argues that, with each passing year, so-called 'iconic' architecture by supposed 'star' architects has become more and more bizarre, unsettling, and expensive, ignoring established contexts and proving to be stratospherically remote from the aspirations and needs of humanity. In the elite world of contemporary architecture, form increasingly follows finance, and in a society in which the 'haves' have more and more, and the 'have-nots' are ever more marginalized, he warns that contemporary architecture continues to stack up huge potential problems for the future, as housing costs spiral out of control, resources are squandered on architectural bling, and society fractures. This courageous, passionate, deeply researched, and profoundly argued book should be read by everyone concerned with what is around us. Its combative critique of the entire Modernist architectural project and its apologists will be highly controversial to many. But it contains salutary warnings that we ignore at our peril. And it asks awkward questions to which answers are long overdue.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191068160
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 539
Book Description
In Making Dystopia, distinguished architectural historian James Stevens Curl tells the story of the advent of architectural Modernism in the aftermath of the First World War, its protagonists, and its astonishing, almost global acceptance after 1945. He argues forcefully that the triumph of architectural Modernism in the second half of the twentieth century led to massive destruction, the creation of alien urban landscapes, and a huge waste of resources. Moreover, the coming of Modernism was not an inevitable, seamless evolution, as many have insisted, but a massive, unparalled disruption that demanded a clean slate and the elimination of all ornament, decoration, and choice. Tracing the effects of the Modernist revolution in architecture to the present, Stevens Curl argues that, with each passing year, so-called 'iconic' architecture by supposed 'star' architects has become more and more bizarre, unsettling, and expensive, ignoring established contexts and proving to be stratospherically remote from the aspirations and needs of humanity. In the elite world of contemporary architecture, form increasingly follows finance, and in a society in which the 'haves' have more and more, and the 'have-nots' are ever more marginalized, he warns that contemporary architecture continues to stack up huge potential problems for the future, as housing costs spiral out of control, resources are squandered on architectural bling, and society fractures. This courageous, passionate, deeply researched, and profoundly argued book should be read by everyone concerned with what is around us. Its combative critique of the entire Modernist architectural project and its apologists will be highly controversial to many. But it contains salutary warnings that we ignore at our peril. And it asks awkward questions to which answers are long overdue.
Soulsaver
Author: James Stevens-Arce
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 9780151004720
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Juan Bautista and his partner Faiola drive a FreezVan for the Suicide Prevention League in San Juan. Juan is starting to look below the surface at the conflict between the dominate Christian Catholic Church of America and the Twin Messiah cult.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 9780151004720
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Juan Bautista and his partner Faiola drive a FreezVan for the Suicide Prevention League in San Juan. Juan is starting to look below the surface at the conflict between the dominate Christian Catholic Church of America and the Twin Messiah cult.
Wallace Stevens
Author: James Longenbach
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195070224
Category : Literature and society
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
'This distinguished book sets forth the Stevens that we will be reading for at least the next three decades: a Stevens in close touch with political and social conditions, a Stevens whose poetry arises from the texture of his times.'-Louis Martz
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195070224
Category : Literature and society
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
'This distinguished book sets forth the Stevens that we will be reading for at least the next three decades: a Stevens in close touch with political and social conditions, a Stevens whose poetry arises from the texture of his times.'-Louis Martz
The Victorian Celebration of Death
Author: James Stevens Curl
Publisher: Sutton Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780750938730
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Professor Curl has fashioned an absorbing, lucid and entertaining book describing the Victorian response to the only certainty in life--death. It includes disposal of the dead, landscaped cemeteries funerals and more.
Publisher: Sutton Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780750938730
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Professor Curl has fashioned an absorbing, lucid and entertaining book describing the Victorian response to the only certainty in life--death. It includes disposal of the dead, landscaped cemeteries funerals and more.
Making the Best of Basics
Author: James Talmage Stevens
Publisher: Gold Leaf Press (WA)
ISBN:
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
This book, long a standard on in-home food storage and family preparedness, has been expanded, revised, and updated. With almost 100 additional pages of charts, tables, and recipes, plus a new 80-page "yellow pages" section listing suppliers of preparedness resources in the U.S. and Canada, the Family preparedness handbook is the most comprehensive single volume ever compiled on in-home storage.
Publisher: Gold Leaf Press (WA)
ISBN:
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
This book, long a standard on in-home food storage and family preparedness, has been expanded, revised, and updated. With almost 100 additional pages of charts, tables, and recipes, plus a new 80-page "yellow pages" section listing suppliers of preparedness resources in the U.S. and Canada, the Family preparedness handbook is the most comprehensive single volume ever compiled on in-home storage.
Big Jim Turner
Author: James Stevens
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
A Celebration of Death
Author: James Stevens Curl
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Hatch
Author: James Stevens
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781493595747
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Ammon's job was simple, to care for the dragon eggs in the Nest. It should have been easy, but it wasn't. When the sun rose after the hatch, he had made an enemy of the most powerful man in the kingdom, and he would soon learn that was the least of his problems!
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781493595747
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Ammon's job was simple, to care for the dragon eggs in the Nest. It should have been easy, but it wasn't. When the sun rose after the hatch, he had made an enemy of the most powerful man in the kingdom, and he would soon learn that was the least of his problems!
Who Killed Kennedy
Author: James Stevens
Publisher: London Bridge
ISBN: 9780426204671
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Written in the style of a journalistic expos e, this book takes a humorous yet informative look at the UN IT years of Doctor Who. The Doctor''s ever-popular nemesis, t he Master, is featured in the action. '
Publisher: London Bridge
ISBN: 9780426204671
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Written in the style of a journalistic expos e, this book takes a humorous yet informative look at the UN IT years of Doctor Who. The Doctor''s ever-popular nemesis, t he Master, is featured in the action. '
History of the Town of Gloucester, Cape Ann
Author: John James Babson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gloucester (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gloucester (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description