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Latest Entry from Now and Then:Abusing the Past, The Gilded Age Edition (posted Tue, 27 Oct 2009)Normally I applaud it when popular culture attempts a historical allusion, however imperfect, especially if its to one of our lesser known historical eras. True, these references can be simplistic or misinformed, but rarely do they miss the mark as much as the posting in yesterday’s Daily Candy for a “Gilded Age Road Trip.” (For those of you uninitiated into the femi-urban consumer orgy that is Daily Candy, think of it as the antithesis of Craigslist designed for aspirants to the Sex in the City lifestyle.) The article entices readers to. . . [More] Latest American Social History Podcast:Hispanic Migration to the United StatesCarlos Sanabria, Hostos Community College, CUNY “Demographic Revolutions: Hispanic Migration to the United States” Hostos Community College, CUNY April 24, 2009 Why did we come here? And why are we...... [More] |
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November Picturing U.S. History Forum!Join historian Alice Fahs in a month-long online discussion about the visual culture of the Civil War and ways to use its visual evidence to teach the subject. |
