National Endowment for the Arts
Subtitle: a history, 1965-2008
By: edited by Mark Bauerlein with Ellen Grantham.
Contributors: Bauerlein, Mark.; Grantham, Ellen, 1979-
Publisher: National Endowment for the Arts
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780615232485
Subjects: National Endowment for the Arts -- History; Federal aid to the arts -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Pt. I. The history of the NEA. Introduction; title: Ch. 1. Hope and inspiration; title: Ch. 2. A new world beckons; title: Ch. 3. A fresh direction; title: Ch. 4. A long summer; title: Ch. 5. The Reagan legacy; title: Ch. 6. Culture wars; title: Ch. 7. What is to be done?; title: Ch. 8. Broadening the agency's reach; title: Ch. 9. In dark hours; title: Ch. 10. Building a new consensus; title: Epilogue. A great nation deserves great art; title: Pt. II. The impact of the NEA. Dance; title: Literature; title: Media arts; title: Museums and visual arts; title: Music and opera; title: Theater; title: Appendices; title: Index.