Islands of empire : pop culture and U.S. power / by Fojas, Camilla, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Preface: Our island frontier: the Philippines, Guam, Hawai'i, Puerto Rico, and Cuba -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Islands of empire -- Foreign domestics: the Filipino "home front" in World War II popular culture -- Imperial grief: loss and longing in Havana before Castro -- Paradise, Hawaiian style: pop tourism and the -- State of Hawai'i -- Tropical metropolis: west side stories and colonial redemption -- The Guam doctrine: colonial limbo in the Pacific -- Afterword: Whither empire? …”
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The Great White Way : race and the Broadway musical / by Hoffman, Warren, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…and Annie get your gun -- Trouble in New York City : the racial politics of West Side story and the Music man -- Act two : 1967-2012 -- Carbon copies : Black and interracial productions of white musicals -- A chorus line : the Benetton of Broadway musicals -- Everything old is new again : nostalgia and the Broadway musical at the end of the twentieth century -- Exit music.…”
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Demographic angst : cultural narratives and American films of the 1950s / by Nadel, Alan, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…. ": the right to work On the waterfront -- "Life could not better be": disorganized labor, the little man and the court jester -- Citizens of the free world unite: international tourism and postwar identity in Roman holiday, Teahouse of the August moon, and Sayonara -- Expedient exaggeration and the scale of Cold War farce in North by Northwest -- Defiant desegregation with no (liberal) way out -- "'I want to be in America': urban integration, Pan American friendship, and West Side story."…”

Demographic angst : cultural narratives and American films of the 1950s / by Nadel, Alan, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…. ": the right to work On the waterfront -- "Life could not better be": disorganized labor, the little man and the court jester -- Citizens of the free world unite: international tourism and postwar identity in Roman holiday, Teahouse of the August moon, and Sayonara -- Expedient exaggeration and the scale of Cold War farce in North by northwest -- Defiant desegregation with no (liberal) way out -- "'I want to be in America': urban integration, Pan American friendship, and West Side story."…”
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Walking New York : reflections of American writers from Walt Whitman to Teju Cole / by Miller, Stephen, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…New York -- Jacob Riis : walking for reform -- Henry James : what to make of the bristling city -- Stephen Crane : adventures in poverty -- Theodore Dreiser : from Broadway to the Bowery -- James Weldon Johnson : a black man in Manhattan -- Alfred Kazin : reveries of a solitary walker -- Elizabeth Hardwick : West Side stories -- Colson Whitehead and Teju Cole : disoriented, deracinated, exhilarated -- The synthetic sublime.…”
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The Great White Way : race and the Broadway musical / by Hoffman, Warren, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…and Annie get your gun -- Trouble in New York city: the racial politics of West side story and The music man -- Act Two: 1967-2019 -- Carbon copies: Black and interracial productions of white musicals -- A chorus line: The Benetton of Broadway musicals -- Everything old Is new again: nostalgia and the Broadway musical at the end of the twentieth century -- Blockbuster musicals in the Age of Obama: The book of Mormon and Hamilton -- Exit Music -- Acknowledgments.…”
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Musical theatre, realism and entertainment / by Taylor, Millie

Table of Contents: “…Musical characterisation in HMS Pinafore and the Rocky horror show -- Encoding the voice : Show boat, Guys and dolls, and musical theatre post-1960 -- Integration and distance in musical theatre : the case of Sweeney Todd -- Layers of representation and the creation of irony : Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, Merrily we roll along and The last 5 years -- Alternatives to linearity : Cabaret, Kiss of the spider woman and Assassins -- Illusions of realism in West Side story and actor-musician performances -- Experiencing live musical theatre performance : La Cage aux Folles and Priscilla, queen of the desert -- I've heard that song before : the jukebox musical and entertainment in The Jersey boys, Rock of ages, Mamma mia and We will rock you.…”
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Walking New York : reflections of American writers from Walt Whitman to Teju Cole / by Miller, Stephen, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Elizabeth Hardwick: West Side Stories -- 13. Colson Whitehead and Teju Cole: Disoriented, Deracinated, Exhilarated -- 14. …”

American Cool : Constructing a Twentieth-Century Emotional Style. by Stearns, Peter N.

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This time we knew : western responses to genocide in Bosnia /

Table of Contents: “…/ Brendan Simms -- No pity for Sarajevo ; The West's Serbianization ; When the West stands in for the dead / Jean Baudrillard -- Israel and the war in Bosnia / Daniel Kofman -- The politics of indifference at the United Nations and genocide in Rwanda and Bosnia / Michael N. Barnett -- The West Side story of the collapse of Yugoslavia and the wars in Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina / Slaven Letica -- Serbia's war lobby : diaspora groups and Western elites / Brad K. …”
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US Open : 50 Years of Championship Tennis. by Association, United States Tennis

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; The 1960s; Open Season; West Side Story; Marathon Man; Dynamic Duos; Arthur Ashe; Grand Slam II; The 1970s; Billie Jean King; Stealing the Show; Home Improvements; Finally; Mixed Results; Jimmy Connors; Impossible Dreams; Chris Evert; Public Access; John Mcenroe; Tracy Austin; The 1980s; Martina Navratilova; Top Tandems; A Long Day's Journey; Ivan Lendl; Unrivaled; Steffi Graf; The 1990s; Pete Sampras; Requiem for a Counterpuncher; Defining Moments; Andre Agassi; Arthur Ashe Kids' Day; Center Stage; Serena Williams; The 2000s.…”
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When Broadway was Black : the triumphant story of the all-Black musical that changed the world / by Gaines, Caseen, 1986-

Vampires, dragons, and Egyptian kings : youth gangs in postwar New York / by Schneider, Eric C., 1951-2017

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Leonard Bernstein and Washington, DC : works, politics, and performances /

Table of Contents: “…Bernstein's Works in the Nation's Capital -- West Side Stories: Washington, DC / Elizabeth A. Wells -- Bernstein's Politics of Style: Listening for "Radical Chic" in Mass / Katherine Baber -- "Screaming Gets You Nowhere": Bernstein's Mass and the Politics of Peace / Robert C. …”
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Leonard Bernstein and Washington, DC : works, politics, and performances /

Table of Contents: “…Bernstein's Works in the Nation's Capital -- West Side Stories: Washington, DC / Elizabeth A. Wells -- Bernstein's Politics of Style: Listening for "Radical Chic" in Mass / Katherine Baber -- "Screaming Gets You Nowhere": Bernstein's Mass and the Politics of Peace / Robert C. …”
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The Book of Broadway / by Grode, Eric

Table of Contents: “…The sound of musicsouth pacific; spring awakening; a streetcar named desire; the student prince in heidelberg; sweeney todd; the time of your life; tobacco road; torch song trilogy; a trip to chinatown; uncle tom's cabin; very good eddie; waiting for godot; waiting for lefty; watch your step; west side story; who's afraid of virginia woolf?; wicked; yip yip yaphank; you can't take it with you; ziegfeld follies of 1919; acknowledgements; bibliography; index; a; b; c; d; e; f; g; h; i; j; k; l; m; n; o; p; q; r; s; about the author.…”
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American culture in the 1950s / by Halliwell, Martin

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American cool : constructing a twentieth-century emotional style / by Stearns, Peter N.

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Vampires, Dragons, and Egyptian Kings Youth Gangs in Postwar New York / by Schneider, Eric C.

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The book of Broadway : the 150 definitive plays and musicals / by Grode, Eric

Table of Contents: “…-- On the town -- Our town -- Pal Joey -- The persecution and assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as performed by the inmates of the asylum of Charenton under the direction of the Marquis de Sade -- Peter pan (play) -- The phantom of the opera -- The Philadelphia story -- Picnic -- Pippin -- The pirates of Penzance -- The playboy of the western world -- Porgy and Bess -- Private lives -- The producers -- Promises, promises -- Pygmalion -- Ragtime -- A raisin in the sun -- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead -- 1776 -- She loves me -- Show boat -- The show-off -- Shuffle along -- Six degrees of separation -- The skin of our teeth -- Sleuth -- The sound of music -- South Pacific -- Spring awakening -- A streetcar named desire -- The student prince in Heidelberg -- Sweeney Todd -- The time of your life -- Tobacco road -- Torch song triology -- A trip to Chinatown -- Uncle Tom's cabin -- Very good Eddie -- Waiting for Godot -- Waiting for Lefty -- Watch your step -- West Side story -- Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? -- Wicked -- Yip yip Yaphank -- You can't take it with you -- Ziegfield follies of 1919.…”
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