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 | A History of Equestrian Drama in the United States: Hippodrama’s Pure Air and Fire ISBN: 9781315145532 Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited Subjects: Arts; Theatre & Performance Studies; Drama; History of Performance; Theatrical Production; Practice & Practitioners; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Acts of Conspicuous Compassion: Performance Culture and American Charity Practices ISBN: 9780472029273 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Michigan Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Theater and society -- United States -- History; Charity in literature; People with disabilities in literature; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Adventures of a Jazz Age Lawyer: Nathan Burkan and the Making of American Popular Culture ISBN: 9780520969759 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Burkan Nathan; Copyright -- Music -- United States -- History; Copyright -- Performing rights -- United States -- History; Copyright -- Artistic performance -- United States -- History; Performing arts -- United States -- 20th century -- History; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | American Poetry in Performance: From Walt Whitman to Hip Hop ISBN: 9780472029631 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Michigan Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Performance poetry -- United States -- History and criticism; Oral interpretation of poetry; American poetry -- History and criticism; American poetry -- African American authors -- History and criticism; Poetry slams -- United States -- History; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Assessment of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Environmental Performance Track Program ISBN: 9780833050717 Platform/Publisher: PQ ebrary / Rand Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a time Subjects: Environmental policy : United States.; ■ Detailed Information (with preview link) | |
 | Authorship and Audience: Literary Performance in the American Renaissance ISBN: 9781400862276 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Princeton University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: American prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Authors and readers -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Authorship -- History -- 19th century; Reader-response criticism; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Baseball''s All-Time Best Sluggers: Adjusted Batting Performance from Strikeouts to Home Runs ISBN: 9781400881352 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Princeton University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Batting (Baseball) -- United States -- Statistics; Baseball players -- Rating of -- United States; Baseball players -- United States -- Statistics; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Black Movements: Performance and Cultural Politics ISBN: 9780813588544 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Rutgers University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: African American theater -- History; Performing arts -- United States -- History; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History; Civil rights movements -- United States -- History; African Americans in the performing arts; Civil rights movements -- History; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Bodies on the Line: Performance and the Sixties Poetry Reading ISBN: 9781609383046 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Iowa Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Oral interpretation of poetry -- United States -- History; American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Butoh America: Butoh Dance in the United States and Mexico from 1970 to the early 2000s ISBN: 9780429028472 Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited Subjects: Arts; Area Studies; Theatre & Performance Studies; Asian Studies; Dance; Theatre History; World Theatre; Asian Studies (General); ■ Detailed Information (with preview link) | |
 | Chasing Stars: The Myth of Talent and the Portability of Performance ISBN: 9781400834389 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Princeton University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Investment advisors -- United States; Wall Street (New York N.Y.); Labor turnover -- United States; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Coming Clean: Information Disclosure and Environmental Performance ISBN: 9780262295208 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / The MIT Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Environmental policy -- United States -- Decision making; Toxics Release Inventory Program (U.S.); Environmental reporting -- United States; Disclosure of information -- United States; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Competitiveness Matters: Industry and Economic Performance in the U.S. ISBN: 9780472027408 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Michigan Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: United States -- Commercial policy; United States -- Economic policy -- 1993–; Industrial policy -- United States; Manufacturing industries -- Government policy -- United States; Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- United States; Balance of t; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Contests for Corporate Control: Corporate Governance and Economic Performance in the United States and Germany ISBN: 9780191596735 Platform/Publisher: Oxford Academic / Oxford University Press Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited Subjects: Economics and Finance; ■ Detailed Information (with preview link) | |
 | Desi Divas: Political Activism in South Asian American Cultural Performances ISBN: 9781621039242 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University Press of Mississippi Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Performance art -- Political aspects -- United States; Performance art -- Social aspects -- United States; South Asian American women -- Social life and customs; South Asian American women -- Ethnic identity; Women in the performing arts -- United States; ; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Digital Government: Technology and Public Sector Performance ISBN: 9781400835768 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Princeton University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Internet in public administration -- United States; Administrative agencies -- United States -- Data processing -- Evaluation; Political participation -- United States -- Computer network resources; Democracy; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Electric Salome: Loie Fuller''s Performance of Modernism ISBN: 9781400832774 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Princeton University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Fuller Loie 1862–1928; Dancers -- United States; Modern dance; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | From Jim Crow to Jay-Z: Race, Rap, and the Performance of Masculinity ISBN: 9780252093678 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Illinois Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Rap (Music) -- Social aspects -- United States; African American men -- Race identity; Music and race; Masculinity -- United States; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Hip Hop on Film: Performance Culture, Urban Space, and Genre Transformation in the 1980s ISBN: 9781621039990 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University Press of Mississippi Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Hip-hop in motion pictures; Motion pictures -- United States; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Hollywood Asian: Philip Ahn and the Politics of Cross-Ethnic Performance ISBN: 9781592135172 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Temple University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Asians in motion pictures; Asian Americans in motion pictures; Motion pictures -- United States -- History; Ahn Philip 1905–1978; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Local Acts: Community-Based Performance in the United States ISBN: 9780813537580 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Rutgers University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Community theater -- United States; Theater and society -- United States; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Long Suffering: American Endurance Art as Prophetic Witness ISBN: 9780472122332 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Michigan Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Performance art -- Themes motives; Arts American -- 21st century -- Themes motives; Art and religion -- United States -- History -- 21st century; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Measuring the Performance of the Hollow State ISBN: 9781589013667 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Georgetown University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Contracting out -- United States -- Evaluation -- Case studies; Subcontracting -- United States -- Case studies; Government productivity -- United States -- Evaluation; United States. Dept. of Health and Human Services -- Evaluation; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Military Expansion, Economic Decline: Impact of Military Spending on United States Economic Performance ISBN: 9781315495897 Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited Subjects: Economics Finance Business & Industry; Economics Finance and Accounting; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Modern Dance in Germany and the United States: Crosscurrents and Influences ISBN: 9781315077352 Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited Subjects: Arts; Theatre & Performance Studies; Dance; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Musical Performance and the Changing City: Post-industrial Contexts in Europe and the United States ISBN: 9780203078921 Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited Subjects: Arts; Urban Studies; Urban Studies; Music; Ethnomusicology; Popular Music; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Native American Freemasonry: Associationalism and Performance in America ISBN: 9780803237971 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Nebraska Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Indians of North America -- Societies etc.; Freemasons -- United States -- History; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Object Performance in the Black Atlantic: The United States ISBN: 9781003197751 Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited Subjects: Arts; Humanities; Theatre & Performance Studies; History; Theatre History; World Theatre; Puppetry; History of Performance; Practice & Practitioners; American History; ■ Detailed Information (with preview link) | |
 | OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: United States 2005 ISBN: 9789264013179 Platform/Publisher: OECD / OECD Publishing Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapters; Download: chapters Subjects: Environment; ■ Detailed Information (with preview link) | |
 | OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: United States 2023 ISBN: 9789264580060 Platform/Publisher: OECD / OECD Publishing Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapters; Download: chapters Subjects: Environment / Energy / Governance / Development; ■ Detailed Information (with preview link) | |
 | Paul Robeson and the Cold War Performance Complex: Race, Madness, Activism ISBN: 9780472028207 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Michigan Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Robeson Paul 1898–1976 -- Political activity; Performance art -- Political aspects -- United States; Freedom and art -- Political aspects -- United States; Politics and culture -- United States; Cold War -- Social aspects -- United States; United States; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Performance Incentives : Their Growing Impact on American K-12 Education ISBN: 9780815701958 Platform/Publisher: PQ ebrary / Perseus Distribution Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a time Subjects: Teachers : Salaries etc. : United States.; ■ Detailed Information (with preview link) | |
| Performance Incentives : Their Growing Impact on American K-12 Education ISBN: 9780815701958 Platform/Publisher: PQ ebrary / Perseus Distribution Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a time Subjects: Teachers : Salaries etc. : United States.; ■ Detailed Information (with preview link) | |
| Performance Incentives: Their Growing Impact on American K-12 Education ISBN: 9780815701958 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Brookings Institution Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Teachers -- Salaries etc. -- United States; Merit pay -- United States; Teachers -- Rating of -- United States; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Plowed Under: Food Policy Protests and Performance in New Deal America ISBN: 9780253015389 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Indiana University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Agriculture and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Protest movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century; New Deal 1933–1939; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Pricing and Performance of Initial Public Offerings in the United States ISBN: 9781315127385 Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited Subjects: Economics Finance Business & Industry; Business Management and Marketing; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Program Budgeting and the Performance Movement: The Elusive Quest for Efficiency in Government ISBN: 9781589017917 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Georgetown University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Total quality management in government -- United States; Program budgeting -- United States; Managerial accounting -- United States; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Promoting the General Welfare: New Perspectives on Government Performance ISBN: 9780815731221 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Brookings Institution Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Public welfare administration -- United States -- Evaluation -- Congresses; Public administration -- United States -- Evaluation -- Congresses; United States -- Social conditions -- 1980 -- Congresses; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001 -- C; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Reality Check: The Nature and Performance of Voluntary Environmental Programs in the United States, Europe, and Japan ISBN: 9781936331123 Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited Subjects: Politics & International Relations; Economics Finance Business & Industry; Environment and Sustainability; Law; Business Management and Marketing; Environmental Management; International Law - Law; Public International Law; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Researching Secular Music and Dance in the Early United States: Extending the Legacy of Kate Van Winkle Keller ISBN: 9781003039150 Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited Subjects: Arts; Humanities; Music; Theatre & Performance Studies; History; Music & The Arts; Western Music Styles (Early & Classical); Theatre History; Social & Cultural History; Popular Music; Dance; American History; ■ Detailed Information (with preview link) | |
 | Risk Culture: Performance and Danger in Early America ISBN: 9780472026883 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Michigan Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: American prose literature -- Colonial period ca. 1600–1775 -- History and criticism; American prose literature -- 1783–1850 -- History and criticism; Social change in literature; Literature and society -- United States -- History; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Screening Cuba: Film Criticism as Political Performance during the Cold War ISBN: 9780252090028 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Illinois Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Motion pictures Cuban -- United States; Motion pictures -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century; Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- Cuba; Film criticism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Film criticism -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Sensational Devotion: Evangelical Performance in Twenty-First-Century America ISBN: 9780472029099 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Michigan Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Theater -- Religious aspects; Theater -- United States -- History -- 21st century; Performance art; Evangelicalism in literature; Evangelicalism -- United States -- History -- 21st century; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Shadow Woman: The Extraordinary Career of Pauline Benton ISBN: 9780773589094 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / McGill-Queen''s University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Benton Pauline; Puppeteers -- United States -- Biography; Performance artists -- United States -- Biography; Shadow shows -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Puppet theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Shadow puppets -- United St; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Shirley Temple and the Performance of Girlhood ISBN: 9780813563275 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Rutgers University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Girls in motion pictures; Temple Shirley 1928–2014 -- Criticism and interpretation; Child actors -- United States; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Sport Development in the United States: High Performance and Mass Participation ISBN: 9780203066607 Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited Subjects: Area Studies; Economics Finance Business & Industry; Sports and Leisure; American Studies; Industry & Industrial Studies; Sports Development; Sport and Leisure Management; Community Sport Development; Elite Sport Development; Sports Policy; Strategic Sports Development; Sports Administration; Sports Management; Service Industries; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Staging Process: The Aesthetic Politics of Collective Performance ISBN: 9780810141476 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Northwestern University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Ensemble theater -- United States -- History and criticism; Experimental theater -- United States -- History and criticism; Gesture in dance -- United States -- History and criticism; Creation (Literary artistic etc.); ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Sustaining Nonprofit Performance: The Case for Capacity Building and the Evidence to Support It ISBN: 9780815796626 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Brookings Institution Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Nonprofit organizations -- United States -- Management; Organizational effectiveness; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory ISBN: 9780816668175 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Minnesota Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: United States -- Race relations; Miscegenation -- United States -- History; African Americans -- History; Racially mixed people -- United States -- History; Racism -- United States -- History; Performative (Philosophy); Collective memory -- United States; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | The American Musical and the Performance of Personal Identity ISBN: 9781400832682 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Princeton University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Musicals -- United States -- History and criticism; Musicals -- Social aspects -- United States; Personality and culture; Motion pictures -- United States -- History; ■ Detailed Information |