Lawrence Abbott
Biographic Data
| ID | 5733985 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lawrence Abbott |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lawrence |
| FAMILY NAME | Abbott |
| SIGNATURE | ABBOTT L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Philadelphia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1920 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Jane Dolinger: The Adventurous Life of an American Travel Writer
Woman at Work: Traveler, Socialite, Writer, Model
W hen Behind Harem Walls was finally published in 1960, it came out only in England, in a hardbound edition. Despite the wide circulation of the 1958 A.P. feature, the book proved to be a hard sell. McIntosh & Otis, Jane’s New York agent, attempted to place the book in the United States, but could find a home for it only with Alvin Redman of London, as part of its travel series that included books on Nepal, Red China, Ghana, and Mexico. 1 Jane an…
Into the Lair of the Jaguar Princess
O ne of the finest photographs of Jane during the early 1960s she called her “triumphant” or “joyous” pose. It was taken on the veldt outside of Nairobi, Kenya. Standing with her legs planted wide and her arms outstretched, Jane struck this pose several times in various places around the world. Ken suggested it as a way to make the picture more interesting: “Ken would always say, ‘ok, show a little action; let’s get some width to the picture.’ ” …
I Stand in the Center of the Good: Interviews with Contemporary Native American Artists
What is Indian art? There have been many attempts to define it, but the so-called Santa Fe style of the 1930s - placid, two-dimensional depictions of traditional scenes - set the standard by which subsequent art by Native Americans would be judged. Art that radically challenged the stereotype - the work of Joe Herrera, Fritz Scholder, and T. C. Cannon, for example - met with resistance; questions were raised about its authenticity as Indian art.T…
American Indian Literatures: An Introduction, Bibliographic Review, and Selected Bibliography
Redefining American Literary History presents seventeen essays and six bibliographies linked, in the words of the introduction, by a commitment to deal with history and attributes of literature in ways that have been slighted in the making of previous literary histories of the United States. The volume suggests methods for redefining the American literary canon and emphasizes African American, American Indian, Asian American, Chicano, Hispanic, a…
Comic Art: Characteristics and Potentialities of a Narrative Medium
Economics and the Modern World
Quality and Competition: An Essay in Economic Theory
Journal Article Quality and Competition: An Essay in Economic Theory Get access Quality and Competition: an Essay in Economic Theory. By Lawrence Abbott. (New York: Columbia University Press (London: Oxford University Press), 1956. Pp. 229. 30s.) Aubrey Silberston Aubrey Silberston St. John’s College, Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 68, Issue 272, 1 December 1958, Pag…
Personal Memoirs of the Home Life of the Late Theodore Roosevelt
Journal Article Personal memoirs of the home life of the late Theodore Roosevelt. As soldier, governor, vice president, and president, in relation to Oyster Bay. By Albert Loren Cheney, formerly editor of the Oyster Bay Pilot. washington: Cheney publishing company Get access J. A. James J. A. James Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 7, Issue 3, December 1920, Pages 277–279,…
Comic Art: Characteristics and Potentialities of a Narrative Medium
American Indian Literatures: An Introduction, Bibliographic Review, and Selected Bibliography
Redefining American Literary History presents seventeen essays and six bibliographies linked, in the words of the introduction, by a commitment to deal with history and attributes of literature in ways that have been slighted in the making of previous literary histories of the United States. The volume suggests methods for redefining the American literary canon and emphasizes African American, American Indian, Asian American, Chicano, Hispanic, a…
Personal Memoirs of the Home Life of the Late Theodore Roosevelt
Journal Article Personal memoirs of the home life of the late Theodore Roosevelt. As soldier, governor, vice president, and president, in relation to Oyster Bay. By Albert Loren Cheney, formerly editor of the Oyster Bay Pilot. washington: Cheney publishing company Get access J. A. James J. A. James Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 7, Issue 3, December 1920, Pages 277–279,…
Quality and Competition: An Essay in Economic Theory
Journal Article Quality and Competition: An Essay in Economic Theory Get access Quality and Competition: an Essay in Economic Theory. By Lawrence Abbott. (New York: Columbia University Press (London: Oxford University Press), 1956. Pp. 229. 30s.) Aubrey Silberston Aubrey Silberston St. John’s College, Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 68, Issue 272, 1 December 1958, Pag…
Economics and the Modern World
Comic Art: Characteristics and Potentialities of a Narrative Medium
American Indian Literatures: An Introduction, Bibliographic Review, and Selected Bibliography
Redefining American Literary History presents seventeen essays and six bibliographies linked, in the words of the introduction, by a commitment to deal with history and attributes of literature in ways that have been slighted in the making of previous literary histories of the United States. The volume suggests methods for redefining the American literary canon and emphasizes African American, American Indian, Asian American, Chicano, Hispanic, a…
I Stand in the Center of the Good: Interviews with Contemporary Native American Artists
What is Indian art? There have been many attempts to define it, but the so-called Santa Fe style of the 1930s - placid, two-dimensional depictions of traditional scenes - set the standard by which subsequent art by Native Americans would be judged. Art that radically challenged the stereotype - the work of Joe Herrera, Fritz Scholder, and T. C. Cannon, for example - met with resistance; questions were raised about its authenticity as Indian art.T…
Jane Dolinger: The Adventurous Life of an American Travel Writer
Woman at Work: Traveler, Socialite, Writer, Model
W hen Behind Harem Walls was finally published in 1960, it came out only in England, in a hardbound edition. Despite the wide circulation of the 1958 A.P. feature, the book proved to be a hard sell. McIntosh & Otis, Jane’s New York agent, attempted to place the book in the United States, but could find a home for it only with Alvin Redman of London, as part of its travel series that included books on Nepal, Red China, Ghana, and Mexico. 1 Jane an…
Into the Lair of the Jaguar Princess
O ne of the finest photographs of Jane during the early 1960s she called her “triumphant” or “joyous” pose. It was taken on the veldt outside of Nairobi, Kenya. Standing with her legs planted wide and her arms outstretched, Jane struck this pose several times in various places around the world. Ken suggested it as a way to make the picture more interesting: “Ken would always say, ‘ok, show a little action; let’s get some width to the picture.’ ” …
History (8 works) · Art (6 works) · Art history (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · Economic Theory and Institutions (2 works)