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November 2011 - Posts
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Some of Streep's feminism in the 1980s integrated public and private life. The following post is part of a series on Meryl Streep's vision of American history, part of a larger set of case studies. @font-face { font-family: "Times";}@font-face { font-family: Read More...
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In I Want My MTV: The Uncensored History of the Video Music Revolution, Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum chart the rise and fall of a cultural movement The following review was posted last weekend on the Books page of the History News Network . Before there Read More...
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Jim is observing the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. His recent reading has included The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, Michael Lewis's 2010 account of the how reckless behavior in the mortgage business wrecked the U.S. economy. The Big Short is Read More...
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In The Glass Harmonica , Dorothee Kocks embodies pursuit of happiness as a metaphysical principle The following review was posted recently on the Books page of the History News Network Dorothee Kocks has had an intriguing career. A graduate of the University Read More...
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Feminism, Streep style, in the 1980s The following post is part of a series on Meryl Streep's vision of American history, part of a larger set of case studies. @font-face { font-family: "Cambria";}@font-face { font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro";}p.MsoNormal, Read More...
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In three 1979 films, Streep made the most of limited material The following post is part of a series on Meryl Streep's vision of American history, part of a larger set of case studies. @font-face { font-family: "Cambria";}@font-face { font-family: "Adobe Read More...
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Streep provided crucial ballast for the male-dominated Deer Hunter The following post is part of a series on Meryl Streep's vision of American history, part of a larger set of case studies. @font-face { font-family: "Cambria";}@font-face { font-family: Read More...
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In The Marriage Plot, Jeffery Eugenides makes the academic novel . . . academic The following review was posted recently on the Books page of the History News Network site. Click here for an audiobook excerpt of "The Marriage Plot"from Macmillan audio Read More...
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In Color in the Classroom: How American Schools taught Race, 1900-1954, Zoe Burkholder traces an arc that looks more like a circle The following review was posted recently on the Books page of the History News Network site. In the liberal imagination Read More...
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