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Lewis Mumford
Lewis Mumford 1895-1990, American social philosopher, b. Flushing, N.Y.; educ. City College of New York, Columbia, New York Univ., and the New School for Social Research. A critic of the dehumanizing tendencies of modern technological civilization, Mumford argues that humanity's only hope lies in a... Read more |
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Clarence Stein
Clarence Stein 1882-1975, American architect, b. New York City, studied architecture at Columbia Univ. and the École des Beaux-Arts. Stein worked in the office of Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, where he assisted in the planning of the San Diego World's Fair (1915). Along with Lewis Mumford and... Read more |
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
Presidential Medal of Freedom, initially (1945–63) to honor government service, since 1963 has been given upon occasion to acknowledge contributions in the arts. Winners include Thornton Wilder and Edmund Wilson (1963); J. Frank Dobie, T.S. Eliot, Samuel Eliot Morison, Lewis ... Read more |
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William Richard Lethaby
William Richard Lethaby , 1857-1931, English architect. He was a founder and first principal (1893-1911) of the London County Council Central School of Arts and Crafts, and professor of design at the Royal College of Art. He was also an influential writer on architectural subjects. Besides his... Read more |
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Van Wyck Brooks
Van Wyck Brooks , 1886-1963, American critic, b. Plainfield, N.J., grad. Harvard, 1908. His first book, The Wine of the Puritans (1909), presented the thesis that American culture has been so pervaded by puritanism with its materialistic emphasis that the artistic side of the nation's life has... Read more |
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Henry Wright
Henry Wright 1878-1936, American landscape architect and community planner, b. Lawrence, Kans., studied architecture at the Univ. of Pennsylvania. He was widely recognized as a leader in the movement for the building of better communities. He served (1918) as town planner for the Housing Division... Read more |
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Booth
Booth family prominent in the Salvation Army , founded by William Booth . His wife, Catherine Mumford Booth, 1829-90, whom he married in 1855, played a leading part in the foundation and development of the Salvation Army, devoting herself particularly to its work among women and children. Their... Read more |
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Literary History of the United States
Literary History of the United States, cooperative “redefinition of our literary past” from the vantage point of the mid‐20th century, issued in three volumes (1948) under the editorship of Robert E. Spiller, Willard Thorp, Thomas H. Johnson, and Henry Seidel Canby,... Read more |
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May Sarton
May Sarton 1912-95, American poet and novelist, b. Wondelgem, Belgium. Her father was the science historian George Sarton; the family moved to the United States in 1916. Although cast in traditional molds and extremely lyrical, her poetry is modern in its wit and avoidance of dogmatism. In poetry... Read more |
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Sir Arthur Lewis
Sir Arthur Lewis (Sir William Arthur Lewis), 1915-91, British economist, b. St. Lucia. A graduate (1940) of the London School of Economics, he was later a professor of economics at the Univ. of Manchester (1948-58) and at Princeton Univ. (1963-83). A specialist in the economic theory of developing... Read more |
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Brooks, Van Wyck
...impressionistic reminiscences appeared in Scenes and Portraits: Memories of Childhood and Youth (1954); Days of the Phoenix...in An Autobiography (1965). His correspondence with Lewis Mumford was published in 1970. |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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LEWIS MUMFORD, THE GREAT GENERALIST
...critic. With the death of Lewis Mumford at 94 Friday, the world...someone had listened. Mumford could be a bit stiff...favored few." My favorite Mumford quotation is one I've...and can only quote from memory. It's his classic definition... |
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TOP 100 LIST.(BOOKS)
...Watson 8. ``SPEAK, MEMORY,'' Vladimir Nabokov...THE LIVES OF A CELL,'' Lewis Thomas 12. ``THE FRONTIER...Popper 65. ``THE ART OF MEMORY,'' Frances A. Yates...THE CITY IN HISTORY,'' Lewis Mumford 77. ``BATTLE CRY OF... |
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100 BEST WORKS OF NONFICTION
...Watson. 8. 44Speak, Memory, Vladimir Nabokov. 9...44The Lives of a Cell, Lewis Thomas. 12. 44The Frontier...Popper. 65. 44The Art of Memory, Frances A. Yates. 66...44The City in History, Lewis Mumford. 77. 44Battle Cry of... |
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The Modern Library's Top 100 nonfiction books
...Watson 8. "Speak, Memory," Vladimir Nabokov 9...The Lives of a Cell," Lewis Thomas 12. "The Frontier...Popper 65. "The Art of Memory," Frances A. Yates 66...The City in History," Lewis Mumford 77. "Battle Cry of Freedom... |
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A WORLD DREAMED UP, YET REAL
...invisibly small. According to Mumford, dreams taught us how...imagine the unseen. Whether Mumford was right about the relationship...than a figure of speech. Lewis Mumford suggested that dreams...hallucinations, disordered memories, ... |
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PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY.(collection of photographs by Georgia O'Keeffe's late...
...Stieglitz became her lover and mentor, encouraging her interest in taking photographs. Norman, who later shot Lewis Mumford, Theodore Dreiser, John Cage and Jawaharlal Nehru, was a founding member of New York City's Liberal Party, and... |
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Early intellectual influences on D. W. Meinig: a former student's fond...
...American universities. The diversity of disciplines was healthy: four historians (Arnold Toynbee, Ralph Turner, Lewis Mumford, and Carroll Quigley); two philosophers (Oswald Spengler and F. S. C. Northrop); two anthropologists (Alfred... |
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NO NEED TO STOP WORRYING TO LOVE 'STRANGELOVE' COLD WAR MASTERPIECE TURNS...
...may be a fast-fading memory of the Cold War, but...bits of dialogue from memory. The impact on Stone...the social philosopher Lewis Mumford, rose to the film's...in its rigid grip," Mumford wrote in a letter to the... |
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PORTRAITS IN SEPIA
...use a pay phone a sepia memory." The reason we associate...of Facts," points to Lewis Mumford's 1931 book "The Brown...1865-95. According to Mumford, the period in question...selective softening of memories" but also "register... |
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GROUND FARCE; Ulster divided over plans for stadium on Maze site.(News)
...The words of American author Lewis Mumford who, incidentally, was also an...prison probably feel a bit like Mumford did in 1939. Sure, it isn't...is already in place. The less memories we have of the Maze and its past... |
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