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The fuging-tune has long been associated with American music. The almost 1300 fuging-tunes by American composers published between 1770 and 1820 testify to their widespread popularity and musical impact.

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The materials included in this bibliography focus on the craftsmen responsible for the creation of fine furniture. works that examine the sociological, political, economic and environmental conditions within which furniture craftsmen worked, as well as furniture factories and furniture retail businesses themselves;

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A guide to North American graphic design from colonial times to the present, aimed at designers, students, and librarians making collections. Among topics covered are design theory, history and techniques, reproduction, illustration, advertising, packaging, signs and computer technology.

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This work provides an accurate, in-depth examination and scientific evaluation of the most famous hauntings in American history as depicted in popular films and television programs.

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Providing access to over 6,500 house designs published between 1850 and 1915, this work is indexed by architects' or designers' names as well as by the geographic location of each house when given in the periodical.

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The never-before-told story of the fascinating 10-year history of America's most popular television show, from a veteran journalist with deep access to the judges, contestants, and crew of "American Idol," revealing the stories readers can't find elsewhere.

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Discover the raw and captivating world of a penitentiary tattoo artist.

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Thank God for Nat, who places the soul of the musician above that of his art.--Dizzy Gillespie

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This intriguing book explores why spectacular films involving Biblical figures or set in Biblical times have been a staple of filmmaking since talkies began.

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"Praised as the "best modern survey of the silent period" ( New Republic ), this indispensable history tells you everything you need to know about American silent film, from the nickelodeons in the ear"

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This text examines the continuing appeal of the "technological sublime" as a key to America's history, using as examples the natural sites, architectural forms and technological achievements that people have valued The sites considered include the Grand Canyon and the Brooklyn Bridge.

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This companion volume to American Theatre Companies, 1749-1887 (Greenwood Press, 1986) is an indispensable guide to an aspect of American theatre covered by no other reference work.

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The work consists of seventy-eight entries that profile a wide range of types of theatre companies including art theatres, units of the Federal Theatre project, workers' theatre, experimental theatre groups, ethnic theatre groups, children's theatre companies, and regional repertory companies, large and small.

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An illustrated history of the American city's evolution from sparsely populated village to regional metropolis.

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This bibliography compiles over 1,070 sources for over 600 photographers from the 1880s to the present.

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This book is the first full-length examination of a Soviet cultural diplomatic effort. In her work, McDaniel focuses on the key role that the Soviets assigned to the arts in transforming societies and demonstrates that the Soviets conceived of the arts as a kind of "artful warfare"; a valuable weapon in winning the Cold War.

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"Examines Amalia Rodrigues's seminal international hit album, recorded live at the Paris Olympia in 1956"--

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"A personal narrative to sound written by one of the top figures in sound studies and that outlines a new way of thinking about migratory poetics"--