Entries from October 31st, 2009
Mallory O’Connor, Gary Monroe, & Bill Belleville. Florida’s American Heritage River: Images from the St. Johns Region. 2009
October 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Local Interest
The St. Johns River flows from its headwaters near Lake Okeechobee north to Jacksonville. Its watershed covers a good portion of northeastern and central Florida. The river and its tributaries have been part of the cultural landscape of the peninsula for thousands of years and a source of food, water, transportation, industry, agriculture, and recreation. [...]
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Rob King. The Fun Factory; The Keystone Film Company and the Emergence of Mass Culture. University of California Press, 2009.
October 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Book Reviews
Rob King. The Fun Factory; The Keystone Film Company and the Emergence of Mass Culture. University of California Press, 2009.
Rob King has looked at the movies produced by the Keystone Film Company during the five years of its existence from 1912 to 1917. Mention of Keystone will bring to mind the Keystone Kops and slapstick. [...]
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David Kennedy. Freedom from Fear; The American People in Depression and War, 1929 to 1945.
October 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Book Reviews
David Kennedy has chosen to focus this survey of U.S. history on the two presidents, Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt. He is remarkably favorable to Hoover and in numerous instances critical of Roosevelt.
Kennedy undermines the distinction usually made between the 1920s, years of prosperity, followed by a decade of depression, the two being neatly divided [...]
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