Sentences with phrase «urban commercial culture»

He is interested in forms of urban commercial culture and has written on New York City's culture and politics in the first half of the 19th century and part of The Cambridge History of the American Theatre.

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Mother's Day struck a resonant chord in the culture - with all those unnerved by women's suffrage and urban migration, with Protestants long familiar with the maternal ideals of evangelical womanhood, with business leaders (especially florists) who were quick to see the commercial potential, with politicians who still regularly voiced the Enlightenment precept that virtuous mothers were the essential undergirding of the republic in nurturing sons to be responsible citizens.

Civic, commercial, residential and recreational buildings and uses are located within pedestrian proximity of one another — typically a five - to - ten - minute (one - quarter - to - one - half - mile) walk, This is the historic physical and anthropological measure of good urban culture.

Centerfolds, cartoon creatures, commercial facades and strange street characters populate my work, reflecting Mexican culture's condition of colonization and its customization of American icons; all with the purpose of conveying a personal baroque narrative that resembles an abstract urban, chaotic sediment reminiscent of Tijuana, Mexico, the city I come from.»

99 Days is comprised largely of images of people and their relationships to social space, the urban environment, solitude, the campaign trail and commercial culture during these politically heightened times.