What can public art do for a community? How can city governments and others that create public art develop projects that build community and engage civil society? Creating Civic Engagement in Urban Public Art addresses these and other critical questions. It demonstrates how public art can build community unity, identity and cohesiveness. The focus of this original work is how cities engage their citizens through public art. What has been successful and what has failed? Through case studies of cities that have public art programs - some successful at citizen engagement others less so - the reader will learn how to design public art programs that build community.

Fear can be more dangerous than the threats we think loom over us-how Germans and German Americans were perceived as a dangerous enemy during World War I. Although Americans have long celebrated their nation's diversity, they also have consistently harbored suspicions of foreign peoples both at home and abroad. In Age of Fear, Zachary Smith argues that, as World War I grew more menacing and the presumed German threat loomed over the United States, many white "Anglo-Saxon" Americans grew increasingly concerned about the vulnerability of their race, culture, and authority. Consequently, they directed their long-held apprehensions over ethnic and racial pluralism onto their German neighbors and overseas enemies whom they had once greatly admired. Smith examines the often racially tinged, apocalyptic arguments made during the war by politicians, propaganda agencies, the press, novelists, and artists. He also assesses citizens' reactions to these messages and explains how the rise of nationalism in the United States and Europe acted as a catalyst to hierarchical racism. Germans in both the United States and Europe eventually took the form of the proverbial "Other," a dangerous, volatile, and uncivilized people who posed an existential threat to the nation and all that Anglo-Saxon Americans believed themselves to be. Exploring what the Great War meant to a large portion of the white American population while providing a historic precedent for modern-day conceptions of presumably dangerous foreign Others, Age of Fear is a compelling look at how the source of wartime paranoia can be found in deep-seated understandings of racial and millennial progress.

A small collection of simple poetry covering a wide array of topics, from dark to humorous and everything in between.

Author Zachary Smith, Esq., shares his knowledge of the family law system in Minnesota to aid those going through a divorce or custody situation. This book provides a glimpse in to the workings of the court system, how to work with an attorney, basics of child support, alimony, and custody, and other topics relevant to divorcing couples or those going through child custody battles. While this book is not meant to be a "do-it-yourself" guide, it is intended to help the reader understand the court process and applicable laws so that they may better choose and work with an attorney - or even decide to go it alone. Zach attempts to infuse relevant every-day examples and humor in to this book to make it as readable as possible, and does his best to avoid "legalese" or any jargon that can be difficult to understand. He hopes that you will find the information in this book useful and empowering, and of true assistance with the family court system.

Basking on Insanity Beach Jock is in control, master of all he surveys. All his life he has tormented people, casting their damaged souls adrift in his wake. Now retired he has a new focus on life, as a self righteous Chairman of a Body Corporation that runs 36 Units in a little suburb call Beachview. With years of practiced domestic espionage behind him he sets out to maliciously sabotage every tenant he dislikes. When will the forces of Karma finally accumulate enough to teach him his lesson? Has he trodden on enough toes to receive the retaliation he so richly deserves? Is mere vengeance enough, or is he staring in the face of annihilation? FOREWORD: Australia 1986/87. This is based on a true story I was personally involved in, although the character's names and places are fictitious. A retired, self righteous disabled man who runs the Body Corporate takes a dislike to his renting neighbours and sets about to maliciously sabotage their lives. It's based around interesting times. The late 80s. Hawke vs. Keating. The stock market crash. The recession we had to have. And all the time there was an even greater underlying problem. It's one we still have. About the book: You will find this book an "Easy Read" but once you start reading, you wont be able to stop.