Author: Tim Hornbaker
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1613210752
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 569
Book Description
Details the lives and careers of the best professional wrestling figures of the last one hundred fifty years, including Bruno Sammartino, The Undertaker, and John Cena.
Legends of Pro Wrestling
Author: Tim Hornbaker
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1613210752
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 569
Book Description
Details the lives and careers of the best professional wrestling figures of the last one hundred fifty years, including Bruno Sammartino, The Undertaker, and John Cena.
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1613210752
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 569
Book Description
Details the lives and careers of the best professional wrestling figures of the last one hundred fifty years, including Bruno Sammartino, The Undertaker, and John Cena.
Saints and Their Legacies in Medieval Iceland
Author: Stephen Pelle
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 184384611X
Category : Iceland
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
An examination of hagiographical traditions and their impact.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 184384611X
Category : Iceland
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
An examination of hagiographical traditions and their impact.
Rhythms of Race
Author: Christina D. Abreu
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469620855
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Among the nearly 90,000 Cubans who settled in New York City and Miami in the 1940s and 1950s were numerous musicians and entertainers, black and white, who did more than fill dance halls with the rhythms of the rumba, mambo, and cha cha cha. In her history of music and race in midcentury America, Christina D. Abreu argues that these musicians, through their work in music festivals, nightclubs, social clubs, and television and film productions, played central roles in the development of Cuban, Afro-Cuban, Latino, and Afro-Latino identities and communities. Abreu draws from previously untapped oral histories, cultural materials, and Spanish-language media to uncover the lives and broader social and cultural significance of these vibrant performers. Keeping in view the wider context of the domestic and international entertainment industries, Abreu underscores how the racially diverse musicians in her study were also migrants and laborers. Her focus on the Cuban presence in New York City and Miami before the Cuban Revolution of 1959 offers a much needed critique of the post-1959 bias in Cuban American studies as well as insights into important connections between Cuban migration and other twentieth-century Latino migrations.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469620855
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Among the nearly 90,000 Cubans who settled in New York City and Miami in the 1940s and 1950s were numerous musicians and entertainers, black and white, who did more than fill dance halls with the rhythms of the rumba, mambo, and cha cha cha. In her history of music and race in midcentury America, Christina D. Abreu argues that these musicians, through their work in music festivals, nightclubs, social clubs, and television and film productions, played central roles in the development of Cuban, Afro-Cuban, Latino, and Afro-Latino identities and communities. Abreu draws from previously untapped oral histories, cultural materials, and Spanish-language media to uncover the lives and broader social and cultural significance of these vibrant performers. Keeping in view the wider context of the domestic and international entertainment industries, Abreu underscores how the racially diverse musicians in her study were also migrants and laborers. Her focus on the Cuban presence in New York City and Miami before the Cuban Revolution of 1959 offers a much needed critique of the post-1959 bias in Cuban American studies as well as insights into important connections between Cuban migration and other twentieth-century Latino migrations.
Hanged by a Dream?
Author: Perry Deane Young
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 059536294X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Remembered as a tall tale from childhood, author Young takes a look at the true story of Stephen/Steven Effler hanged for murdering his wife after Joshua Young has a dream about it and questions her death. Presented are the legends, the facts, and the family history.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 059536294X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Remembered as a tall tale from childhood, author Young takes a look at the true story of Stephen/Steven Effler hanged for murdering his wife after Joshua Young has a dream about it and questions her death. Presented are the legends, the facts, and the family history.
The American Folklore Society Newsletter
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Pulaski County Virginia Heritage 2003
Author:
Publisher: S. E. Grose
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Publisher: S. E. Grose
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Teaching World History: A Resource Book
Author: Heidi Roupp
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317458931
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A resource book for teachers of world history at all levels. The text contains individual sections on art, gender, religion, philosophy, literature, trade and technology. Lesson plans, reading and multi-media recommendations and suggestions for classroom activities are also provided.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317458931
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A resource book for teachers of world history at all levels. The text contains individual sections on art, gender, religion, philosophy, literature, trade and technology. Lesson plans, reading and multi-media recommendations and suggestions for classroom activities are also provided.
Theatres of Memory
Author: Raphael Samuel
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9781859840771
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
This work offers an overview of how the past has been manipulated in art, politicized and sold to the consumer, yet takes issue with those who claim this interest in heritage is merely obsessive nostalgia. The author covers a multitude of topics, such as the Festival of Britain and conservation.
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9781859840771
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
This work offers an overview of how the past has been manipulated in art, politicized and sold to the consumer, yet takes issue with those who claim this interest in heritage is merely obsessive nostalgia. The author covers a multitude of topics, such as the Festival of Britain and conservation.
A Man Called Destruction
Author: Holly George-Warren
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698151429
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
The first biography of the artist who “essentially invented indie and alternative rock” (Spin) A brilliant and influential songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist, the charismatic Alex Chilton was more than a rock star—he was a true cult icon. Awardwinning music writer Holly George-Warren’s A Man Called Destruction is the first biography of this enigmatic artist, who died in 2010. Covering Chilton’s life from his early work with the charttopping Box Tops and the seminal power-pop band Big Star to his experiments with punk and roots music and his sprawling solo career, A Man Called Destruction is the story of a musical icon and a richly detailed chronicle of pop music’s evolution, from the mid-1960s through today’s indie rock.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698151429
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
The first biography of the artist who “essentially invented indie and alternative rock” (Spin) A brilliant and influential songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist, the charismatic Alex Chilton was more than a rock star—he was a true cult icon. Awardwinning music writer Holly George-Warren’s A Man Called Destruction is the first biography of this enigmatic artist, who died in 2010. Covering Chilton’s life from his early work with the charttopping Box Tops and the seminal power-pop band Big Star to his experiments with punk and roots music and his sprawling solo career, A Man Called Destruction is the story of a musical icon and a richly detailed chronicle of pop music’s evolution, from the mid-1960s through today’s indie rock.
Resting Places
Author: Scott Wilson
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786479922
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 887
Book Description
In its third edition, this massive reference work lists the final resting places of more than 14,000 people from a wide range of fields, including politics, the military, the arts, crime, sports and popular culture. Many entries are new to this edition. Each listing provides birth and death dates, a brief summary of the subject's claim to fame and their burial site location or as much as is known. Grave location within a cemetery is provided in many cases, as well as places of cremation and sites where ashes were scattered. Source information is provided.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786479922
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 887
Book Description
In its third edition, this massive reference work lists the final resting places of more than 14,000 people from a wide range of fields, including politics, the military, the arts, crime, sports and popular culture. Many entries are new to this edition. Each listing provides birth and death dates, a brief summary of the subject's claim to fame and their burial site location or as much as is known. Grave location within a cemetery is provided in many cases, as well as places of cremation and sites where ashes were scattered. Source information is provided.