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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.
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Black Tar (Paperback)
Kevin Candela, Kent Hill; Illustrated by Zachary Smith-Cameron
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R299
Discovery Miles 2 990
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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.
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