The Tastemaker : Carl Van Vechten and the Birth of Modern America / Edward White.
The Tastemaker : Carl Van Vechten and the Birth of Modern America / Edward White.
The Tastemaker : Carl Van Vechten and the Birth of Modern America / Edward White.
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G 2014/3289
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
377 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The Gilded age: a tale of yesterday -- The cosmopolitan standard of virtue -- The shudder of fascination -- A certain sensuous charm -- How to read Gertrude Stein -- In defense of bad taste -- What one is forced by nature to do -- An entirely new kind of negro -- Exotic material -- Cruel sophisticat...
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Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"A revealing biography of the influential and controversial cultural titan who embodied an era The Tastemaker explores the many lives of Carl Van Vechten, the most influential cultural impresario of the early twentieth century: a patron and dealmaker of the Harlem Renaissance, a photographer who captured the era's icons, and a novelist who created...
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Full title
The Tastemaker : Carl Van Vechten and the Birth of Modern America / Edward White.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-351) and index.
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Call Numbers
G 2014/3289
Record Identifier
74VKv6POkaPd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKv6POkaPd
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ISBN
9780374201579 (hardback)
0374201579 (hardback)
DDC
813/.52 B
MMS ID
991021465659702626
