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The Arts at a New Frontier. The National Endowment for the Arts.
Taylor, Fannie; Barresi, Anthony L.
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Paperback. Series: International Astronomical Union Symposia (Closed). Num Pages: 271 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
Profound changes were taking place in American society during the period of the 1960s and 1970s when legislation for the National Foundation for the Arts and the Humanities was enacted and the agencies went into operation. It was a period of soul-searching by the American public when the cherished prejudices and civil inequities of the past decades were wiped out and old wounds began to heal; at the same time, however, the Vietnam War was creating new fissures and antagonisms. Into this newly healing, newly questioning society, congressional action thrust the National Council on the Arts in 1964, and the ... Read more
Profound changes were taking place in American society during the period of the 1960s and 1970s when legislation for the National Foundation for the Arts and the Humanities was enacted and the agencies went into operation. It was a period of soul-searching by the American public when the cherished prejudices and civil inequities of the past decades were wiped out and old wounds began to heal; at the same time, however, the Vietnam War was creating new fissures and antagonisms. Into this newly healing, newly questioning society, congressional action thrust the National Council on the Arts in 1964, and the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
Series
International Astronomical Union Symposia (Closed)
Number of Pages
271
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461296935
SKU
V9781461296935
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