National Endowment for the Arts : a history, 1965-2008 / edited by Mark Bauerlein with Ellen Grantham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Endowment for the Arts.

Contributor:

Bauerlein, Mark.

Grantham, Ellen, 1979-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Endowment for the Arts--History.

National Endowment for the Arts.

Federal aid to the arts--United States--History.

Federal aid to the arts.

Mayors' Institute on City Design.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

306 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Endowment for the Arts, 2009.

Contents:

Foreword

Pt. I. The history of the NEA. Introduction

Ch. 1. Hope and inspiration

Ch. 2. A new world beckons

Ch. 3. A fresh direction

Ch. 4. A long summer

Ch. 5. The Reagan legacy

Ch. 6. Culture wars

Ch. 7. What is to be done?

Ch. 8. Broadening the agency's reach

Ch. 9. In dark hours

Ch. 10. Building a new consensus

Epilogue. A great nation deserves great art

Pt. II. The impact of the NEA. Dance

Literature

Media arts

Museums and visual arts

Music and opera

Theater

Appendices

Index.

Pt. I. The history of the NEA. Introduction ; Hope and inspiration ; A new world beckons ; A fresh direction ; A long summer ; The Reagan era ; Culture wars ; What is to be done? ; Broadening the agency's reach ; In dark hours ; Building a new consensus ; Epilogue. A great nation deserves great art

Pt. II. The impact of the NEA. Dance ; Literature ; Media arts ; Museums and visual arts ; Music and opera ; Theater.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes a profile of the Mayors' Institute on City Design.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of the publisher.

ISBN:

9780615232485

0615232485

OCLC:

271648240