Pages from the Past

2006-05-18 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Carolyn Kitch
Release : 2006-05-18
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Download or read book Pages from the Past written by Carolyn Kitch. This book was released on 2006-05-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American popular magazines play a role in our culture similar to that of public historians, Carolyn Kitch contends. Drawing on evidence from the pages of more than sixty magazines, including Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Black Enterprise, Ladies' Home Journal, and Reader's Digest, Kitch examines the role of journalism in creating collective memory and identity for Americans. Editorial perspectives, visual and narrative content, and the tangibility and keepsake qualities of magazines make them key repositories of American memory, Kitch argues. She discusses anniversary celebrations that assess the passage of time; the role of race in counter-memory; the lasting meaning of celebrities who are mourned in the media; cyclical representations of generational identity, from the Greatest Generation to Generation X; and anticipated memory in commemoration after crisis events such as those of September 11, 2001. Bringing a critically neglected form of journalism to the forefront, Kitch demonstrates that magazines play a special role in creating narratives of the past that reflect and inform who we are now.

Pages from the Past

2018-02-06 History

Author : M.B. Parkes
Release : 2018-02-06
Genre : History
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Download or read book Pages from the Past written by M.B. Parkes. This book was released on 2018-02-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the present collection of articles by Malcolm Parkes two overarching concerns emerge: the palaeography of manuscript books in relation to what Parkes has previously called the 'grammar of legibility'; and the importance of considering the circumstances in which medieval books were produced, copied and read. The individual studies discuss the handwriting of individual scribes, and the evidence script can provide of the circumstances of a book's production, the effect of punctuation and layout of text on the reader's interpretation of a work, and the provision and production of books for communities of readers, both clerical and academic. From a discussion of the scribe of the Hereford Mappa Mundi to a comprehensive study of book provision in the medieval University of Oxford, a wealth of information is conveyed in these articles, now conveniently accessible in one volume, about books and their histories by one of the most knowledgeable of manuscript scholars today.

Turning the Pages

2021-10-24 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Alla Kaluzhny
Release : 2021-10-24
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Download or read book Turning the Pages written by Alla Kaluzhny. This book was released on 2021-10-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's one thing to live an extraordinary life but another to live multiple lifetimes.

The Negro Motorist Green Book

History

Author : Victor H. Green
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Download or read book The Negro Motorist Green Book written by Victor H. Green. This book was released on . Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Negro Motorist Green Book was a groundbreaking guide that provided African American travelers with crucial information on safe places to stay, eat, and visit during the era of segregation in the United States. This essential resource, originally published from 1936 to 1966, offered a lifeline to black motorists navigating a deeply divided nation, helping them avoid the dangers and indignities of racism on the road. More than just a travel guide, The Negro Motorist Green Book stands as a powerful symbol of resilience and resistance in the face of oppression, offering a poignant glimpse into the challenges and triumphs of the African American experience in the 20th century.

U.S. History

2024-09-10 History

Author : P. Scott Corbett
Release : 2024-09-10
Genre : History
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Download or read book U.S. History written by P. Scott Corbett. This book was released on 2024-09-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender.

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