Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-288) and index.
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Prelude to policy -- Let us begin : arts policy during the Kennedy administration -- Let us continue : arts policy during the Johnson administration -- Creating an agency : the National Council on the Arts and its agenda -- A modernist vision : visual arts program administration, 1967-1975 -- The improbable patron : Richard Nixon and the expansion of arts policy -- The pluralist seventies.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The National Endowment for the Arts is often accused of embodying a liberal agenda within the American government. This text assesses the leadership and goals of Presidents Kennedy through Carter, as well as Congress and the National Council on Arts, covering the players who created national arts policy.
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Title
Federalizing the muse.
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0807855464
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
National Endowment for the Arts-- History.
National Endowment for the Arts-- History.
National Endowment for the Arts-- Histoire.
National Endowment for the Arts.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Art and state-- United States.
Federal aid to the arts-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Aide de l'État aux arts-- États-Unis-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.