Cultural History

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Introduction: Nature under Glass?

From: Earthkeeping

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The Introduction reflects on nature from a child’s perspective and the lessons to be learned. 3 $0.30 Add
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Maps

From: Ghosts in a Photograph

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Maps of Galicia, in context to the historical periods discussed throughout the book. 2 $0.20 Add
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The Continuous Vibration of Animal Spirits:

On the Why of Nostalgia

From: On Nostalgia

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This chapter discusses nostalgia as a feeling, and the history of nostalgia, from antiquity to the present, moving out of the medical into the cultural realm. Why it is important to describe … 21 $2.10 Add
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Theories in Motion

Mapping the Roots and Routes of a Rebel Generation

From: Thinking While Black

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In this chapter the author introduced the work of Paul Gilroy, a British scholar of global African American Studies and Armond White, an American music and film critic. 18 $1.80 Add
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin

From: Uncle

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This chapter explores Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, which was an explosive success in antebellum America. It also examines Uncle Tom himself, who in the novel was a devout and pious … 8 $0.80 Add
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Around the World

The Wrapper

From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings

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Michael Stein reflects on his “dumplings around the world” feast to honour his late friend Julie-Rae, friendship, religion, and the food as Shivas. 13 $1.30 Add
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Black and British

A Lived Contradiction

From: Thinking While Black

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This chapter detailed Paul Gilroy’s life after 1968 and his interest in the rebel spirit of black American and Caribbean musicians. Topics include British immigration policy, political … 32 $3.20 Add
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Great Moments with Mr. Hamilton

From: Bigotry on Broadway

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The author critiques Disney and Hamilton, asserting that the sugarcoated treatment of American history that the musical presents is perfectly in sync with the Disney ethos. This chapter explores … 35 $3.50 Add
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Notes on Dates and Place Names

From: Ghosts in a Photograph

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Notes on the dates and place names relevant to the text. 4 $0.40 Add
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Spineless Admiration

On Anti-Nostalgia

From: On Nostalgia

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The author details how nostalgia is regarded with suspicion from academic to widespread cultural use. Advocates of dismissing the past, and their perpective of the world as just and meritocratic … 19 $1.90 Add
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The Life Rural

Part One

From: Earthkeeping

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Part One contains the sections: A Place in Time, Meditating in the Country, Robinsong, and I Miss My Barbers. Topics discussed include the Acadian culture and farming, the Acadian Expulsion, the … 19 $1.90 Add
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Uncle Tom and Eva

From: Uncle

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In this chapter, Thompson examines the illustrations that gave Uncle Tom’s Cabin much of its lasting appeal. 6 $0.60 Add
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A Movie-Struck Kid From Detroit

Going Deeper into Movies

From: Thinking While Black

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In this chapter the author examined the revolutionary ideas and culture of 1960’s Detroit through Armond White’s reviews of various media (film, theatre, music, and literature) … 20 $2.00 Add
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Abbreviations

From: Ghosts in a Photograph

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Abbreviation relevant to the text. 1 $0.10 Add
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Ecology

Part Two

From: Earthkeeping

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Part Two contains the sections: Peeper Spring, Cornsequences, Chipmunk Penance, Nova Scotia’s 2003 Floods, A Calendar of Roadside Flowers, Tough Little Trees of the Fringe, Leaf Thief I and Leaf … 37 $3.70 Add
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I’m Just So Tired of All These Star Wars

On Art and Nostalgia

From: On Nostalgia

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Modern nostalgia in novel and flim is discussed, using examples of Ready Player One, Back to the Future, American Graffitti, Indiana Jones, and the introduction of prequels with Star Wars. … 22 $2.20 Add