Politics and beauty in America : the liberal aesthetics of P.T. Barnum, John Muir, and Harley Earl /: the liberal aesthetics of P.T. Barnum, John Muir, and Harley Earl. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Timothy J. Lukes.
• Authors: Lukes, Timothy J, 1950-
• Contents: Preface -- Hitching Wagons to Stars -- Introduction: Reason over Rhyme -- 1. "Eat Then, Beauty, Said the Monster" -- 2. Swords and Scabbards: Locke's Occupation of Shaftesbury and Burke -- 3. Humbug Feminism: P.T. Barnum, Sara Baartman, and Joice Heth -- 4. Hats Off to Jenny Lind -- 5. John Muir and the Beauty of Poison Oak -- 6. Turbulent and Laminar Flow: From Henry Adams to Harley Earl -- 7. Reconstructing Beauty: Edward Hopper, Jackson Pollock, and Ornette Coleman.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 111/.850973; Aesthetics, American -- Political aspects; PHILOSOPHY -- Metaphysics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137020901; 1137020903; 1137020881; 9781137020888
• Related ISBNs: 9781137020888
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource, title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed on August 10, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.