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Designing paradise the allure of the Hawaiian resort / by Hibbard, Don

Table of Contents: “…Nineteenth-century visitors -- Hawai'i as a tourist destination -- Incipient boom -- Hawai'i's first master-planned destination resort -- Where God left off: the diamond tiara of Laurance Rockefeller and a Polynesian village -- Grace and style: the refined magic of Edward Killingsworth -- Fantasy becomes reality, and beyond -- The close of an era.…”
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Defending national treasures French art and heritage under Vichy / by Karlsgodt, Elizabeth Campbell

Table of Contents: “…Cultural affairs under Vichy -- Defending French style and beauty -- Exodus -- Museums fit for France -- Saving historic sites -- Archeology and the national revolution -- Recycling French heroes : the destruction of bronze statues -- Endangered local patrimony : bronze statues in Paris, Chambéry, and Nantes -- Jewish art collections -- Art as a negotiating tool -- The Vichy legacy.…”
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A companion to film noir

Table of Contents: “…The fabric of film noir : style and performance -- pt. 5. Identities and film noir -- pt. 6. …”
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Immigrants to the Pure Land : the modernization, acculturation, and globalization of Shin Buddhism, 1898-1941 / by Ama, Michihiro

Table of Contents: “…The modern development of Shin Buddhism -- Changes in organizational style -- The development of Shin Buddhist ministries in North America -- The transformation of Shin Buddhist rituals and architecture -- Shin Buddhist doctrine reconstructed -- A history of the Higashi Honganji in North America -- Local and translocal activities of Issei Shin Buddhist ministers -- Conclusion : rethinking acculturation in the postmodern world.…”
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Folded selves : colonial New England writing in the world system / by Burnham, Michelle

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : colonial folds and the space of dissent -- Investment : uncertain certainty and the economic subject -- Merchants : William Bradford and plain style -- Inflation : Thomas Morton and trading-post pastoral -- Vent : Anne Hutchinson and antinomian selfhood -- Equivalence : Roger Williams and the typology of trade -- Debt : Salem witchcraft and paper money -- Epilogue : economies of possession and dissent.…”
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Virtuosi abroad : Soviet music and imperial competition during the early Cold War, 1945/1958 / by Tomoff, Kiril

Table of Contents: “…Shostakovich and the iron curtain : intellectual property and trans-imperial integration -- Dueling pianos : imperial and national dynamics in postwar music competitions -- From the Moscow musical holiday to the first Tchaikovsky Competition -- Oistrakh on tour, Richter at home : display, control, and the style of global empire -- Oistrakh and the impresario : Soviet concert tours and trans-imperial integration.…”
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Rush, rock music and the middle class dreaming in Middletown / by McDonald, Chris, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…"Anywhere but here" : Rush and suburban desires for escape -- "Swimming against the stream" : individualism and middle-class subjectivity in Rush -- "The work of gifted hands" : professionalism and virtuosity in Rush's style -- "Experience to extremes" : discipline, detachment, and excess in Rush -- "Reflected in another pair of eyes" : representations of Rush fandom -- "Scoffing at the wise?" …”
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Balancing acts youth culture in the global city / by Warikoo, Natasha Kumar, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Understanding cultural incorporation -- Music and style: Americanization or globalization? -- Racial authenticity, "acting black," and cultural consumption -- Two types of racial discrimination: adult exclusion and peer bullying -- Positive attitudes and (some) negative behaviors -- Balancing acts: peer status and academic orientations -- Ethnic and racial boundaries -- Explaining youth cultures, improving academic achievement.…”
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Designing paradise the allure of the Hawaiian resort / by Hibbard, Don

Table of Contents: “…Nineteenth-century visitors -- Hawai'i as a tourist destination -- Incipient boom -- Hawai'i's first master-planned destination resort -- Where God left off: the diamond tiara of Laurance Rockefeller and a Polynesian village -- Grace and style: the refined magic of Edward Killingsworth -- Fantasy becomes reality, and beyond -- The close of an era.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Defending national treasures French art and heritage under Vichy / by Karlsgodt, Elizabeth Campbell

Table of Contents: “…Cultural affairs under Vichy -- Defending French style and beauty -- Exodus -- Museums fit for France -- Saving historic sites -- Archeology and the national revolution -- Recycling French heroes : the destruction of bronze statues -- Endangered local patrimony : bronze statues in Paris, Chambéry, and Nantes -- Jewish art collections -- Art as a negotiating tool -- The Vichy legacy.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

A companion to film noir

Table of Contents: “…The fabric of film noir : style and performance -- pt. 5. Identities and film noir -- pt. 6. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Immigrants to the Pure Land : the modernization, acculturation, and globalization of Shin Buddhism, 1898-1941 / by Ama, Michihiro

Table of Contents: “…The modern development of Shin Buddhism -- Changes in organizational style -- The development of Shin Buddhist ministries in North America -- The transformation of Shin Buddhist rituals and architecture -- Shin Buddhist doctrine reconstructed -- A history of the Higashi Honganji in North America -- Local and translocal activities of Issei Shin Buddhist ministers -- Conclusion : rethinking acculturation in the postmodern world.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Folded selves : colonial New England writing in the world system / by Burnham, Michelle

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : colonial folds and the space of dissent -- Investment : uncertain certainty and the economic subject -- Merchants : William Bradford and plain style -- Inflation : Thomas Morton and trading-post pastoral -- Vent : Anne Hutchinson and antinomian selfhood -- Equivalence : Roger Williams and the typology of trade -- Debt : Salem witchcraft and paper money -- Epilogue : economies of possession and dissent.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Virtuosi abroad : Soviet music and imperial competition during the early Cold War, 1945/1958 / by Tomoff, Kiril

Table of Contents: “…Shostakovich and the iron curtain : intellectual property and trans-imperial integration -- Dueling pianos : imperial and national dynamics in postwar music competitions -- From the Moscow musical holiday to the first Tchaikovsky Competition -- Oistrakh on tour, Richter at home : display, control, and the style of global empire -- Oistrakh and the impresario : Soviet concert tours and trans-imperial integration.…”
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The past is always present the revival of the Byzantine musical tradition at Mount Athos / by Lind, Tore Tvarn�, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : toward an ethnomusicological study of Byzantine chant 1 -- Musical blossom -- Sacred musical transorthography -- Producing Mount Athos : Byzantine chant, pilgrimage and tourism -- "The monks have prayer" : on the Athonite style of chanting -- Spiritual silence, sacred sound -- Conclusion -- Greek glossary -- Appendix A: Chain of ps�altes : musical genealogy at Vatopaidi.…”
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The Ethics of Swagger : Prizewinning African American Novels, 1977-1993 / by Hill, Michael D., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Beloved and black prizewinning -- Authorized mentors : to Africa and back in The color purple and Middle passage -- A lesson before dying as style guide -- One to write on : communion without consensus in The women of Brewster Place and Jazz -- Hunting inheritance in Song of Solomon and The Chaneysville incident -- Measured achievement : Sent for you yesterday's and Philadelphia fire's failed artists.…”
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Andrew Lloyd Webber by Snelson, John

Table of Contents: “…Aspects of life -- Telling tales : a survey of the shows -- Pop, rock, and classical : first elements of a style -- "Who are you, strange angel?" multiple personalities in The phantom of the opera -- "I'm ready for my close-up" : Lloyd Webber on screen -- "Memory" : musical reminiscences in Lloyd Webber -- "Now and forever" : canons and challenges.…”
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The past is always present the revival of the Byzantine musical tradition at Mount Athos / by Lind, Tore Tvarn�, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : toward an ethnomusicological study of Byzantine chant 1 -- Musical blossom -- Sacred musical transorthography -- Producing Mount Athos : Byzantine chant, pilgrimage and tourism -- "The monks have prayer" : on the Athonite style of chanting -- Spiritual silence, sacred sound -- Conclusion -- Greek glossary -- Appendix A: Chain of ps�altes : musical genealogy at Vatopaidi.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

The Ethics of Swagger : Prizewinning African American Novels, 1977-1993 / by Hill, Michael D., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Beloved and black prizewinning -- Authorized mentors : to Africa and back in The color purple and Middle passage -- A lesson before dying as style guide -- One to write on : communion without consensus in The women of Brewster Place and Jazz -- Hunting inheritance in Song of Solomon and The Chaneysville incident -- Measured achievement : Sent for you yesterday's and Philadelphia fire's failed artists.…”
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The grammar of Carnatic music by Vijayakrishnan, K. G.

Table of Contents: “…Language and (Carnatic) music -- Introduction to a constraint-based approach to Carnatic music -- Conversion of pitch values to notes -- Classifying pitch variations and assigning structure to a line of Carnatic music -- Construing meaning in Carnatic music : determining grammaticality -- Construing meaning in Carnatic music : style/stylistic issues -- The lexicon of Carnatic music -- Accounting for variation in Carnatic music.…”
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