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Charles Eames
Charles Eames , 1907-78, American designer, b. St. Louis, Mo. He opened his own architectural practice in 1930 and in the late 30s studied with Eliel Saarinen at the Cranbrook Academy, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., later teaching there, and becoming head of the design department. In 1941 he married Cra... Read more
Hvar
Hvar , Gr. Pharos, Ital. Lesina, island (1991 est. pop. 11,400), 112 sq mi (290 sq km), in the Adriatic Sea off the Dalmatian coast, Croatia. Fruit growing, cattle raising, and fishing are the chief occupations. The island is also a leading tourist center. The chief town, Hvar, was long a Croati... Read more
colleges and universities
colleges and universities institutions of higher education. Universities differ from colleges in that they are larger, have wider curricula, are involved in research activities, and grant graduate and professional as well as undergraduate degrees. Universities Early History Universit... Read more
commonwealth
commonwealth form of administration signifying government by the common consent of the people. To Locke and Hobbes and other 17th-century writers the term meant an organized political community similar to what is meant in the 20th cent. by the word state. Certain states of the United States are k... Read more
bantustan
bantustan in 20th-century South African history, territory that was set aside under apartheid for black South Africans and slated for eventual independence. Ten bantustans (later generally referred to as homelands), covering 14% of the country's land, were created from the former "native reserv... Read more
Edward Lucie-Smith
Edward Lucie-Smith 1933-, British poet and art critic, b. Jamaica, grad. Oxford, 1954. He has lived in London since 1951, where he worked as an advertising copywriter (1956-66) and as an editor of books on art. Among his works of poetry are A Tropical Childhood (1961) and Confessions and Histori... Read more
Australian literature
Australian literature the literature of Australia. Because the vast majority of early Australian settlers were transported prisoners, the beginnings of Australian literature were oral rather than written. The Nineteenth Century Early attempts at producing literary works were rather gentri... Read more
German art and architecture
German art and architecture artistic works produced within the region that became politically unified as Germany in 1871 generally followed the stylistic currents of Western Europe. The Carolingian and Ottonian Periods Carolingian architecture and art are commonly considered to have bee... Read more
overture
overture instrumental musical composition written as an introduction to an opera, ballet, oratorio, musical, or play. The earliest Italian opera overtures were simply pieces of orchestral music and were called sinfonie. Jean Baptiste Lully standardized the French overture, using an opening sectio... Read more
workhouse
workhouse Former institution in England for the unemployed. Workhouses originated from the houses of correction provided for vagabonds by the Poor Law of 1601, but officially they date from 1696, when workhouses were established by the Bristol Corporation. A general Act permitting workhouses in all... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "History of California (20th century)"

Casper: History
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States Casper: History Back to the Source Before there were...to ease travel to riches of gold in California and fertile land in Oregon. Isolation...buildings in Wyoming during the early 20th century. But, a city that lives on oil can...
Francis Fukuyama
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...be "the end of history." Francis Fukuyama...Santa Monica, California, from 1979 to...the University of California, Los Angeles...the close of the 20th century to reconsider the...writing a "universal history" of human development...
El Paso: Recreation
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...region's rich history and culture, as...Mexican wolves, the California sea lion, and the...settlement of a century-long boundary...El Paso Museum of History, and Insights Science...13th through 18th centuries, American art from the 19th and 20th centuries, Mexican...The Museum ...
United States of America
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History ...the turn of the century it stood at less...for much of its history, the US–...Irish settlers in California came via Australia...Estimates of its late 20th‐century size vary strikingly...its political history, like its social...
Darryl F. Zanuck
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...He co-founded 20th Century-Fox studios and...remarried and moved to California, his father left...Joseph Norton, in California, Zanuck became...momentous movie in the history of the motion picture...he left to form 20th Century Films with...
Frederick Jackson Turner
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...writers of United States history. Several of his concepts...rewriting of American history in the early 20th century. Frederick Jackson...importance of institutional history, a theme that appeared...in 1924 to southern California, where he continued...
Stephen Edelston Toulmin
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...latter half of the 20th century. Stephen Edelston...the University of California in Santa Cruz...University of Southern California. Beginning in 1973...Philosophical Essays on 20th Century Physics...of Casuistry: A History of Moral Reasoning...
Far West
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...and Isidro, and California life during the Spanish...also depicted in the histories of H.H. Bancroft...irrigated agriculture in California and in Utah, where...novels in Nevada; and 20th‐century California authors include Alice...
sealing
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea sealing has a history, like whaling...the 17th and 18th centuries, when many of...19th and early 20th centuries there were few...beginning of the 20th century the population...up the coast of California. However, it...
Elsie De Wolfe
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...the nineteenth century. Having spent...eighteenth-century French furniture...the twentieth century, de Wolfe decided...Beverly Hills, California, where she continued...Interior Design in 20th-Century America: A History, Harper &...

Dictionary entries related to "History of California (20th century)"

new
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...movement of the late 20th century, originating in California and the West Coast...of ancient Egyptian history ( c. 1550–...18th–20th dynasty). New Labour...proverbial saying, early 20th century; originally...
MacGowan, Kenneth
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...In Los Angeles, California, 27 April 1963...the Screen: The History and Techniques...Television (Berkeley, California), Winter 1955...Television (Berkeley, California), Spring 1956...his ten years at 20th Century-Fox resulted...
Basevi, James
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...1943–44, 20th Century-Fox; 1945—...1962, in Bellflower, California. Films as Art Director...Island (Hubbard) 1937 History Is Made at Night (Borzage...images in American film history. Within a short time...
Titanic
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Cameron Production: 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures...1997 at Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico; Vancouver...Pool, Long Beach, California; and Titanic wreck...Rewrote Motion Picture History, Newmarket Press...
Newman, Alfred
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...x2013;60—head of 20th Century-Fox music department; also guest...1967. Died: In Hollywood, California, 17 February 1970. Films as Composer...You Only Live Once (F. Lang); History Is Made at Night (Borzage...
Schaffner, Franklin J.
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...signed three-picture contract with 20th Century-Fox and directed first feature...Of cancer, in Santa Monica, California, 2 July 1989. Films as Director...June 1979. "TV to Film: A History, a Map, and a Family Tree...
Saudi Arabia
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...sufficiency in some foodstuffs. History Saudi Arabia was formed from territories...awarded to the US firm Standard of California in 1933 and oil was exported in...both with Islamic tradition and 20th-century developments. The Saudi Arabian...

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Pre-20th Century History--Between Two Worlds: The Construction of the Ottoman State
Magazine article from: The Middle East Journal; 10/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...London: University of California Press, 1995. xx...formative first two centuries of Ottoman history have not enjoyed the...works. Comparative history, literature, anthropology...over two very long centuries-turned one of many...
Prof. Simon Payaslian of Clark to Teach Course on 20th-Century Armenian History at NAASR Center
Newspaper article from: Armenian Reporter, The; 2/15/2003; 700+ words ; ...and Modern Armenian History at Clark University...The Long Twentieth Century in Armenian History" for the National...and the University of California, Los Angeles. The...at the University of California, Los Angeles, under...
Mindoro: A Social History of a Philippine Island in the 20th Century.
Magazine article from: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies; 9/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...attempt to produce a social history of Mindoro in the same genre...Berkeley: University of California Press, 1972). Schult claims...upon as he constructs a social history of Mindoro. This includes...overview of Mindoro's social history. Between 1896 and 1990 Mindorenos...
Berkeley: A City in History.(Berkeley Bohemia: Artists and Visionaries of the Early 20th Century )(Book review)
Magazine article from: California History; 6/22/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...BERKELEY: A CITY IN HISTORY By Charles Wollenberg...VISIONARIES OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY By Ed Herny...connection, regional histories were generally...Berkeley: A City in History, Charles Wollenberg...the University of California's rise occupies...Visionaries of the Early ...
A History of Rape: Sexual Violence in France from the 16th to the 20th Century.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/2003; ; 700+ words ; A History of Rape: Sexual...the 16th to the 20th Century. By Georges Vigarello...literature on the history of sexual violence...through the twentieth century. An excellent survey...Gayle K. Brunelle California State University...
Making history with the humble fruit fly.(scientific accomplishments of the 20th Century)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report; 6/28/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...to name three icons of 20th-century science, and they would...paved the way to the next century's knottiest ethical...the early years of the century by Columbia University...moved his lab to the California Institute of Technology...
Back to the Future; A 20th-century celebrity wakes up in 19th- century Vienna and fiddles with history.
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/17/2008; 700+ words ; ...family caught in a history loop. When California rock legend Wheeler...who's taught history for more than 40 years...foundational work of 20th- century philosophy and inspires...major event in the 20th century. Including...
Historic California mansion reopens as museum; House's political history stretches back to 19th century
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 7/16/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Calif. (AP) - California's chief executive...the turn of the 20th century and finally falling...of gravitas and history," said Susan...arena." Because California has no governor...from his Southern California home to a Sacramento...
The End of History; A scholar finds her tumultuous youth reflected in the life of an early 20th-century Frenchman.
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/3/2007; 700+ words ; ...Coop, the trio of quasi-siblings who grow up together in California before going their separate ways. Years after the three are...no disclosures of concealed ancestry or secret connective history. Instead, Ondaatje is coaxing us to acknowledge the universality...

Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 2/13/2008; 528 words ; ...Farber, a professor of law at the University of California-Berkeley and a leading scholar of constitutional...St. Guest speaker Mary Persyn will trace the history of quilting in the 20th century in the program "Boxes Under the Bed." Visitors...