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Dancing In The Dark : A Cultural History Of The Great Depression

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Morris Dickstein
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, W.W. Norton, 2009
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Popular culture · United States · History · 20th century · Depressions · 1929 · Civilization · 1918-1945 · Intellectual life · Social life and customs · 1933-1945 · 1919-1933 · Dickstein, Morris
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BROWSING (MAIN) E806 .D57 2009 AVAILABLE

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BROWSING (MAIN)	E806 .D57 2009	AVAILABLE

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The New Negro : Readings On Race, Representation, And African American Culture, 1892-1938

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edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Gene Andrew Jarrett
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Book, Princeton University Press, 2007
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When African American intellectuals announced the birth of the “New Negro” around the turn of the twentieth century, they were attempting through a bold act of renaming to change the way blacks were depicted and perceived in America. Nothing less than a strategy to re-create the public face of “the race,” the New Negro became a dominant figure of racial uplift between Reconstruction and World War II, as well as a central idea of the Harlem, or New Negro, Renaissance. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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American literature · African American authors · History and criticism · African Americans · Intellectual life · African Americans in literature · United States · Civilization · African influences · 20th century · Gates, Henry Louis · Jarrett, Gene Andrew, 1975-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS153.N5 N49 2007 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS153.N5 N49 2007	AVAILABLE

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Die At The Right Time! : A Subjective Cultural History Of The American Sixties

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Eric v.d. Luft
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Book, Gegensatz Press, 2008
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If it helps any present or future leftists, war resisters, or young visionaries to avoid past mistakes or to improve on past successes, then it will have achieved this purpose. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Youth · United States · Political activity · History · 20th century · Subculture · 20th century · Popular music · 1961-1970 · Vietnam War, 1961-1975 · Protest movements · Nineteen sixties · Radicalism · Social conditions · 1960-1980 · Social life and customs · 1945-1970 · Civilization · 1945- · 1961-1969 · Politics and government · 1963-1969 · Luft, Eric v.d. 1952-
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A Time Of Paradox. America From The Cold War To The Third Millennium, 1945-present

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Glen Jeansonne with David Luhrssen
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Book, Rowman & Littlefield Pub, 2007
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United States · History · 1945- · Biography · Civilization · 20th century · Jeansonne, Glen, 1946- · Luhrssen, David
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(LOWER LEVEL) E741 .J43 2007 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E741 .J43 2007	AVAILABLE

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America, 1908 : The Dawn Of Flight, The Race To The Pole, The Invention Of The Model T, And The Making Of A Modern Nation

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Jim Rasenberger
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Book, 1st Scribner hardcover ed, Scribner, 2007
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But before the darkness fell on New Year’s Eve at the end of the year, the Wright brothers would be worldwide celebrities, heralded as the first people in all of human history to conquer the sky. pondered the New York World on New Year’s Day of 1908. Shedding new light on stories we thought we knew and telling fresh stories we can’t believe we’ve never heard, American, 1908 is a rousing chronicle of a country on the brink of greatness - and a timely, thought-provoking glimpse at a younger America, even as we wonder what awaits us in the century ahead. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Nineteen-o-eight, A.D · Technological innovations · United States · History · 20th century · Social change · 20th century · 1901-1909 · Civilization · 1865-1918 · Social conditions · Rasenberger, Jim
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(LOWER LEVEL) E756 .R37 2007 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E756 .R37 2007	AVAILABLE

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American Literature And Culture, 1900-1960

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Gail McDonald
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Book, Blackwell Pub, 2007
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This introduction to American literature and culture from 1900 to 1960 is organized around four major ideas about America: that is it ?big?, ?new?, ?rich?, and ?free?. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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American literature · 20th century · History and criticism · National characteristics, American, in literature · Literature and society · United States · History · 20th century · Civilization · In literature · McDonald, Gail
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS221 .M394 2007 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS221 .M394 2007	AVAILABLE

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Booknotes : On American Character

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[compiled by] Brian Lamb
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Book, 1st ed, PublicAffairs, 2004
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The bestselling Booknotes series celebrates C-SPAN’s 25th anniversary with a new collection examining our country and its character. Over the past fifteen years, Brian Lamb, the CEO of C-SPAN and host of Booknotes, has interviewed 765 authors on the program, and these deep and wide-ranging interviews have been the basis for three bestselling Booknotes books. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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National characteristics, American · Anecdotes · Authors, American · 20th century · Interviews · United States · Civilization · History · Politics and government · Biography · Lamb, Brian, 1941-
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(LOWER LEVEL) E169.1 .B74 2004 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E169.1 .B74 2004	AVAILABLE

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The Great Depression In America : A Cultural Encyclopedia

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William H. Young and Nancy K. Young
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Book, Greenwood Press, 2007
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- Table of contents only
Description
Everything from Amos n’ Andy to zeppelins is included in this expansive two volume encyclopedia of popular culture during the Great Depression era. Art deco, big bands, Bonnie and Clyde, the Chicago’s World Fair, Walt Disney, Duke Ellington, five-and-dimes, the Grand Ole Opry, the jitter-bug, Lindbergh kidnapping, Little Orphan Annie, the Olympics, operettas, quiz shows, Seabiscuit, vaudeville, westerns, and Your Hit Parade are just a sampling of the vast range of entries in this work. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Popular culture · United States · History · 20th century · Encyclopedias · Depressions · 1929 · Civilization · 1918-1945 · Intellectual life · Social life and customs · Biography · Young, William H., 1939- · Young, Nancy K., 1940-
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REFERENCE (MAIN) E169.1 .Y595 2007 v.1 AVAILABLE
REFERENCE (MAIN) E169.1 .Y595 2007 v.2 AVAILABLE

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REFERENCE (MAIN)	E169.1 .Y595 2007 v.1	AVAILABLE
REFERENCE (MAIN)	E169.1 .Y595 2007 v.2	AVAILABLE

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Postwar America : An Encyclopedia Of Social, Political, Cultural, And Economic History

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editor by James Ciment
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Book, M.E. Sharpe, 2007
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- Table of contents
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United States · Civilization · 1945- · Encyclopedias · Social conditions · Economic conditions · Politics and government · 20th century · Ciment, James

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REFERENCE (MAIN)	E169.12 .P654 2007 v.1	AVAILABLE
REFERENCE (MAIN)	E169.12 .P654 2007 v.2	AVAILABLE
REFERENCE (MAIN)	E169.12 .P654 2007 v.3	AVAILABLE
REFERENCE (MAIN)	E169.12 .P654 2007 v.4	AVAILABLE

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Staying Up Much Too Late : Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks And The Dark Side Of The American Psyche

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Gordon Theisen
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Book, 1st ed, T. Dunne Books, 2006
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A fasinating study of Edward Hopper’s iconic Nighthawks painting and its deep significance for understanding American culture. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Hopper, Edward, · 1882-1967. · Nighthawks · Alienation (Social psychology) · United States · Civilization · 20th century · Theisen, Gordon · Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967
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(UPPER LEVEL) ND237.H75 A74 2006 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	ND237.H75 A74 2006	AVAILABLE

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The White House Looks South : Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson

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William E. Leuchtenburg
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Book, Louisiana State University Press, 2005
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- Table of contents
Description
Leuchtenburg offers an engaging account of relations between these three presidents and the South while also tracing how the region came to embrace a national perspective without losing its distinctive sense of place. Leuchtenburg explores in fascinating detail how their unique attachment to “place” helped them to adopt shifting identities, which proved useful in healing rifts between North and South, in altering behavior in regard to race, and in fostering southern economic growth. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. · (Franklin Delano), · 1882-1945 · Truman, Harry S., · 1884-1972 · Johnson, Lyndon B. · (Lyndon Baines), · 1908-1973 · Presidents · United States · Biography · Regionalism · History · 20th century · Southern States · Politics and government · Civilization · 1865-1950 · 1951- · Leuchtenburg, William Edward, 1922-
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(LOWER LEVEL) E747 .L48 2005 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E747 .L48 2005	AVAILABLE

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Philosophy Americana : Making Philosophy At Home In American Culture

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Douglas R. Anderson
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Book, 1st ed, Fordham University Press, 2006
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
Description
He not only enlarges the tradition of American philosophers such as John Dewey and William James by examining lesser-known figures such as Henry Bugbee and Thomas Davidson, but finds the theme and ideas of American philosophy in some unexpected places, such as the music of Hank Williams, Tammy Wynette, and Bruce Springsteen, and the writingsof Jack Kerouac.The idea of ?philosophy Americana? (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Philosophy, American · 20th century · United States · Civilization · Anderson, Douglas R
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(LOWER LEVEL) B936 .A53 2006 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	B936 .A53 2006	AVAILABLE

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From Television To The Internet : Postmodern Visions Of American Media Culture In The Twentieth Century

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Wiley Lee Umphlett
Publication Details
Book, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2006
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Mass media and culture · United States · History · 20th century · Civilization · 1945- · Umphlett, Wiley Lee, 1931-
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(LOWER LEVEL) E169.12 .U47 2006 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E169.12 .U47 2006	AVAILABLE

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Feeling Italian : The Art Of Ethnicity In America

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Thomas J. Ferraro
Publication Details
Book, New York University Press, 2005
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
Description
?Multicultural Review “Ferraro traces the ‘evolution and persistence’ of an identifiable Italian American identity, from the time of widespread Italian immigration in the late 1800s through popular mediated portrayals of Italian Americans such as those found in The Sopranos television series. Joseph Stella and Frank Sinatra, Maria Barbella and Giancarlo Esposito, Madonna and the good people who brought you the Corleones and Sopranos?they and others appear here, often seen in startlingly fresh ways, as creators and exemplars of the aesthetic Tom Ferraro calls ‘feeling Italian.’ Wise, funny, contagiously enthusiastic, Ferraro takes us far beyond the narrow pieties of the identity police or anti-defamation types as he traces the development of a widely accessible American cultural style that still bears the marks of distinctively Italian ways of making do and making sense.” Italian American identity, now a mix of history and fantasy, flesh-and-bone people and all-too-familiar caricature, still has something to teach us, including why each of us, as citizens of the U.S. twentieth century and its persisting cultures, are to some extent already Italian. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Italian Americans · Ethnic identity · Ethnicity · United States · Social conditions · 20th century · Intellectual life · American literature · Italian American authors · Civilization · Italian influences · Ethnic relations · Ferraro, Thomas J
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(LOWER LEVEL) E184.I8 F29 2005 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E184.I8 F29 2005	AVAILABLE

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Looking For America : The Visual Production Of Nation And People

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edited by Ardis Cameron
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Book, Blackwell, 2005
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
Description
Includes editorial introductions, suggested readings, a primer on how to “read” an image, and a guide to visual archives and collections Well-illustrated book for those in American Studies and related fields eager to incorporate the visual into their teaching?and telling?of the American story. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Visual communication · Social aspects · United States · History · 20th century · Arts and society · National characteristics, American · Civilization · Social conditions · Cameron, Ardis
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(LOWER LEVEL) E169.1 .L8194 2005 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E169.1 .L8194 2005	AVAILABLE

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