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"Awaken My Slumbering Brethern!"--David Walker And His Appeal, Austin Smith
"Awaken My Slumbering Brethern!"--David Walker And His Appeal, Austin Smith
Undergraduate Review
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Reality Bites: Social Implications Of The Early 20th Century Movie, Lauren Boegen
Reality Bites: Social Implications Of The Early 20th Century Movie, Lauren Boegen
Constructing the Past
This article discusses the early movie theaters of the 1920's and 30's and their role in giving working-class patrons a place to not only escape from their hardships, but also a place where they could be treated as if they were wealthy. This is emphasized in the decor and physical structure of the movie theaters as well as in the nature of the attractions themselves.
Old Time Music--New World Business: Bristol 1927 And The Exploitation And Appropriation Of Depression Era Southern Folk Music, Brendan Mccormick
Old Time Music--New World Business: Bristol 1927 And The Exploitation And Appropriation Of Depression Era Southern Folk Music, Brendan Mccormick
Constructing the Past
This article discusses the origins of the commercialization of rural Southern music into the country music genre. It also discusses the way that the music was changed from an oral tradition to something to passively listen to.
Frederic Chopin And George Sand Romanticized, Anna Deters
Frederic Chopin And George Sand Romanticized, Anna Deters
Constructing the Past
This article discusses the relationship between Frederic Chopin and George Sand. It focuses on the idea that there are many contradictory accounts of this affair, and that the real truth may not be known.
Perspectives On An Epidemic: The Yellow Fever In 1793 Philadelphia, Karen Patyk
Perspectives On An Epidemic: The Yellow Fever In 1793 Philadelphia, Karen Patyk
Constructing the Past
This article discusses the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793, and how there are several different accounts of what happened then. It also notes that the official descriptions given by the doctors of the time are not the entire story and that they leave some important things out.
The Quest For Identity: A Conversation With John O'Leary, Robert Callahan
The Quest For Identity: A Conversation With John O'Leary, Robert Callahan
Constructing the Past
This article describes a discussion that the author had with John O'Leary, an Irish poet. It discusses the nature of what it means to be "Irish" and "Irish-American" and talks about how many modern people of Irish descent are focusing more on the ancient Irish traditions rather than the stereotypical Irish-American images of famine victims and green beer.
Lessons From A Fall, Frank Boyd
Lessons From A Fall, Frank Boyd
Illinois Wesleyan University Magazine, 2002-2017
Frank Boyd, acting chair of IWU's political science department, addressed the issue of U.S. policy in Latin American in the op-ed column "Questions and Conclusions," a regular feature of IWU Magazine.
Editor's Note, Robert T. Schultz