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For nearly eighteen centuries, two fundamental spatial plans dominated Christian architecture: the basilica and the central plan. In the 1880s, however, profound socio-economic and technological changes in the United States contributed to the rejection of these traditions and the development of a radically new worship building, the auditorium church. When Church became theatre focuses on this radical shift in evangelical Protestant architecture and...
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Historic cathedrals occupy places of honor in cities across America. In this program, visit some of the most beautiful Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox cathedrals in the United States. San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio, rich in Hispanic heritage, is the oldest cathedral building in the U.S. The Cathedral of St. Louis in New Orleans was built in the 1790s amidst the Creole culture of the French Quarter. New York City holds three gems:...
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"David S. Landes tells the long, fascinating story of wealth and power throughout the world: the creation of wealth, the paths of winners and losers, the rise and fall of nations. He studies history as a process, attempting to understand how the world's cultures lead to - or retard - economic and military success and material achievement." "Countries of the West, Landes asserts, prospered early through the interplay of a vital, open society focused...
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