10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOOSTERISH»
Discover the use of
boosterish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
boosterish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in ...
Or Ushahidi, the Kenyan technology collective that crowdsources citizen activism and disaster relief. The Bright Continent calls for a necessary shift in our thinking about Africa.
2
Frontier Cities: Encounters at the Crossroads of Empire
Morse himself relied on boosterish western promoters like Filson, but he drew
very different conclusions. Morse worried that weak civic institutions would
decivilize western settlers. Yet if Morse implicitly celebrated cities (he had plenty
of good ...
Jay Gitlin, Barbara Berglund, Adam Arenson, 2012
3
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History ...
Even African American teachers may feel vaguely threatened by criticism of
America, threatened lest they be attacked, too. Teachers naturally identify with
the material they teach. Since the textbooks are defensively boosterish about
America, ...
4
High Hopes: The Rise and Decline of Buffalo, New York
And, if all else failed, there was always the past to turn to. Just as in 1983, when
the city made a mockery of its history through self-serving pageants, boosterish
books, and uninspired hoopla commemorating its 150th anniversary, Buffalo in
the ...
5
Inside Passage: A Journey Beyond Borders
He spread news of them in 1918 to the boosterish Wenatchee, Washington,
newspaperman and flimflam man Rufus Woods, who had worked as a circus
clown. In many respects, Woods in particular doesn't matter so much here.
6
New Towns in the New World: Images and Perceptions of the ...
On observing this, the editor was inspired to even greater flights of boosterish
endeavor. He just happened to have in his pocket — no doubt ready for such an
occasion — what any booster would have surely regarded as his trump card, a
copy ...
7
All Good Books Are Catholic Books: Print Culture, ...
external the compatibility between Catholicism and American life with all its
modern sheen, some of the enterprises of US Catholic literary culture had a
boosterish veneer (and a few a boosterish soul). But they also had a sense of
profound ...
8
White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism
... Seven Jolly Girls Athletic Club Beanbag competition,” he told a reporter. “If it
pisses them off, I can't help that.” But many in the new Chamber of Commerce
kept alive the boosterish spirit of their predecessors. Notably, Coca-Cola re-
mained ...
9
Political Public Relations: Principles and Applications
S. society,corporate interests, voiced by boosterish developers workdiligently to
frameand prime public officials to encourage and subsidize urban renewal
initiatives. Programs launchedfor the publicgood oftenconceal detrimentalside
effects ...
Jesper Stromback, Spiro Kiousis, 2011
10
Flush Times and Fever Dreams: A Story of Capitalism and ...
With the cotton farmers and planters of Hinds nicely situated to take advantage
ofthe flush times, it was boosterish but not unreasonable for the same writer who
disparaged the “statehouse”inJackson to assert as well that “it cannot but be ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOOSTERISH»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
boosterish is used in the context of the following news items.
Buh-Bye, "Babe City": How Sexist Coverage Of The US Women's …
Boosterish rah-rah, patronizing feel-good and straight-up sexist leering reigned. Maybe it was simply a different era. Perhaps it was a foolhardy ... «VICE, Jun 15»
Ben J. Wattenberg, writer and television commentator, dies at 81
Critics accused the authors of being excessively boosterish when U.S. society was divided by issues such as the civil rights movement and the ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
Unesco and the story of Japan's Meiji Era
Similarly, the Japanese website's headline for the boosterish section on Imperial Steel Works reads: "Mighty national enterprise remains ... «The Straits Times, Jun 15»
The once and future centers of LA theater
After all, Alison Carey's adaptation of "The Tempest" combines California doomsday fantasy with a boosterish appeal for Californians to unite in ... «LA Observed, Jun 15»
Little League, Big Trouble: Jackie Robinson West whistleblower …
Along the way, her boosterish writing made her sound almost as if she were a team parent. She did as much as any single journalist to set a ... «SB Nation, Jun 15»
What are they thinking? Times aims to double its branded content …
... contemporary content marketing for old-fashioned, unmistakably boosterish “advertorial” that has long plagued newspapers and magazines. «Capital New York, Jun 15»
Company in Canadian environmental disaster opens mine on …
Bennett is relentlessly boosterish. At one point, he compared the collapse of the tailings dam to a spring avalanche in the mountains. «seattlepi.com, Jun 15»
CSIS warned this cabinet minister could be a threat. Ontario disagreed
While the business community is boosterish, others are leery. They came to Canada to escape the yoke of Communist oppression, only to see ... «The Globe and Mail, Jun 15»
Turkey, Islamism, and the West
An analyst with Al Jazeera television, a sometimes boosterish outlet for the AKP's Islamist agenda, offered a rougher assessment: “It was an ... «The Weekly Standard, Jun 15»
Want to be content? Stay away from social media
... social media editors, mid-level managers and industrious self-promoters were all reported with the same breathless, boosterish silliness. «Tallahassee.com, Jun 15»
