American Glass Review

American Glass Review
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Total Pages : 636
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:LI52FA
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Rating : 4/5 (FA Downloads)

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American Glass

American Glass
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Publisher : Crown
Total Pages : 894
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ISBN-10 : 051700111X
ISBN-13 : 9780517001110
Rating : 4/5 (1X Downloads)

Synopsis American Glass by : George Skinner McKearin

Reference to types of glass and the history of numerous glass houses.

American Glass Review

American Glass Review
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Total Pages : 1412
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ISBN-10 : UIUC:30112008745793
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Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

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American Glass

American Glass
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 327
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ISBN-10 : 9780300226690
ISBN-13 : 0300226691
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis American Glass by : John Stuart Gordon

"Glass can be decorative or utilitarian, and its forms often reflect technological innovations and social change. Drawing on an insightful selection from the Yale University Art Gallery and other collections at Yale, American Glass illuminates the vital and often intimate roles that glass has played in the nation's art and culture. Spectacularly illustrated, the publication showcases eighteenth-century mold-blown vessels, nineteenth-century pressed glass, innovative studio work, and luminous stained-glass windows by John La Farge and Louis Comfort Tiffany, the latter reproduced as a lush gatefold. These are considered alongside beguiling objects that broaden our expectations of glass and speak to the centrality of the medium in American life, including one of the oldest complex microscopes in the United States, an early Edison light bulb, glass-plate photography, jewelry, and more. With an essay on the history of collecting American glass and discussions of each object that present new scholarship, this engaging book tells the long and rich history of glass in America--from prehistoric minerals to contemporary sculptures"--Dust jacket front flap.

Collectors' Guide to Antique American Glass

Collectors' Guide to Antique American Glass
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Publisher : Doubleday Books
Total Pages : 152
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015031699153
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Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Collectors' Guide to Antique American Glass by : Marvin D. Schwartz

If you are curious about the fuss some people make about American glass, if you are a collector who has concentrated on a single phase of your hobby, or if you are a student of Americana who would like to see how glass relates to the rest of the decorative arts, this book was written for you.

Masterpieces of American Glass

Masterpieces of American Glass
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Publisher : Crown
Total Pages : 112
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ISBN-10 : 0517573245
ISBN-13 : 9780517573242
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis Masterpieces of American Glass by : Jane Shadel Spillman

Spectacular full-color photographs and a fascinating text trace the history of glassmaking in America, from the functional bottles, bowls, flasks, goblets, and oil lamps of colonial times to stunning pieces of contemporary glass art. 140 full-color photographs.

American Slag Glass

American Slag Glass
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1574320033
ISBN-13 : 9781574320039
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis American Slag Glass by : Ruth Ann Grizel

Offering informative descriptions with size, date, color, and original retail value, plus the current market value of this unusual line of colorful glass, this book has nearly 300 fabulous color pictures organized numerically by company pattern. 1998 values.

American Art Nouveau Glass

American Art Nouveau Glass
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Publisher : Thomas Nelson Publishers
Total Pages : 508
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015006362068
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis American Art Nouveau Glass by : Albert Christian Revi

Glass House

Glass House
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Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages : 347
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ISBN-10 : 9781250085818
ISBN-13 : 1250085810
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis Glass House by : Brian Alexander

For readers of Hillbilly Elegy and Strangers in Their Own Land WINNER OF THE OHIOANA BOOK AWARDS AND FINALIST FOR THE 87TH CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARDS |NAMED A BEST/MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2017 BY: New York Post • Newsweek • The Week • Bustle • Books by the Banks Book Festival • Bookauthority.com The Wall Street Journal: "A devastating portrait...For anyone wondering why swing-state America voted against the establishment in 2016, Mr. Alexander supplies plenty of answers." Laura Miller, Slate: "This book hunts bigger game.Reads like an odd?and oddly satisfying?fusion of George Packer’s The Unwinding and one of Michael Lewis’ real-life financial thrillers." The New Yorker : "Does a remarkable job." Beth Macy, author of Factory Man: "This book should be required reading for people trying to understand Trumpism, inequality, and the sad state of a needlessly wrecked rural America. I wish I had written it." In 1947, Forbes magazine declared Lancaster, Ohio the epitome of the all-American town. Today it is damaged, discouraged, and fighting for its future. In Glass House, journalist Brian Alexander uses the story of one town to show how seeds sown 35 years ago have sprouted to give us Trumpism, inequality, and an eroding national cohesion. The Anchor Hocking Glass Company, once the world’s largest maker of glass tableware, was the base on which Lancaster’s society was built. As Glass House unfolds, bankruptcy looms. With access to the company and its leaders, and Lancaster’s citizens, Alexander shows how financial engineering took hold in the 1980s, accelerated in the 21st Century, and wrecked the company. We follow CEO Sam Solomon, an African-American leading the nearly all-white town’s biggest private employer, as he tries to rescue the company from the New York private equity firm that hired him. Meanwhile, Alexander goes behind the scenes, entwined with the lives of residents as they wrestle with heroin, politics, high-interest lenders, low wage jobs, technology, and the new demands of American life: people like Brian Gossett, the fourth generation to work at Anchor Hocking; Joe Piccolo, first-time director of the annual music festival who discovers the town relies on him, and it, for salvation; Jason Roach, who police believed may have been Lancaster’s biggest drug dealer; and Eric Brown, a local football hero-turned-cop who comes to realize that he can never arrest Lancaster’s real problems.

American History Through a Whiskey Glass

American History Through a Whiskey Glass
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : 9781510764026
ISBN-13 : 151076402X
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Synopsis American History Through a Whiskey Glass by : Harris Cooper

Experience American history like never before with this unique, informative, and fun guide for history buffs, whiskey enthusiasts, folks who like to cook at home, and fans of popular music. American History Through a Whiskey Glass presents a unique perspective on American history. It describes how bourbon and rye whiskey played a role in the most important events in American history, including the voyage of the Mayflower, George Washington’s failed and successful political campaigns, the Civil War, pioneers moving west, Prohibition (of course), plus many more into the twenty-first century. It does so with descriptions of historical events but also with amusing anecdotes and humorous quotes from the historical figures themselves. The book carefully aligns five elements: a narrative about whiskey’s role in eight periods of American history descriptions and tasting notes for American whiskeys that represent distilled spirits in each historical period tutorials on how whiskey is produced and its numerous varieties period-specific food recipes drawn mostly from historical cookbooks playlists of the popular music during each period The book gives readers an integrated and entertaining perspective on popular culture in America at different times, revealing how Americans have politicked, drank their native spirits, ate, and sang. But it does more; readers will not only learn about America’s history, they can experience it through numerous illustrations, whiskey tasting, food, and music. It provides an opportunity for readers to be involved in a truly immersive approach to life-long learning . . . and it’s fun.