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| Mass Media and Mass CultureSee this history of radio. | ||
| http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/radio-history.html | ||
( http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/radio-history.html ) | ||
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| Read this history of the television industry. | ||
| http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/tv-history.html | ||
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| View these World War II advertising campaigns. | ||
| http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/wwad-history.html | ||
( http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/wwad-history.html ) | ||
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| Explore the subject of mass production at Wikipedia. | ||
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass-produced | ||
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| Read this site about creating the culture of consumption. | ||
| http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Consumption/Rise.asp | ||
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| See this article on "American Women and the Making of Modern Consumer Culture." | ||
| http://www.albany.edu/jmmh/vol1no1/peiss-text.html | ||
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| Survey "Theoretical Approaches to Mass Media." | ||
| http://people.bath.ac.uk/hssbpn/theories%20of%20media.htm | ||
( http://people.bath.ac.uk/hssbpn/theories%20of%20media.htm ) | ||
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| Explore this historical analysis of American popular culture. | ||
| http://www.wsu.edu/%7Eamerstu/pop/hist.html | ||
( http://www.wsu.edu/%7Eamerstu/pop/hist.html ) | ||
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| See and hear this Media History Project. | ||
| http://mediahistory.umn.edu/ | ||
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| Read this contemporary overview of mass media in America. | ||
| http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_9/randle/ | ||
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| Journalist and author James Lileks presents a cornucopia of diverse (and usually humorous) resources on modern life, midcentury mass and popular culture, and 20th century urbanity. | ||
| http://www.lileks.com/ | ||
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| D23, the official Disney fan club, presents the Walt Disney Archives. | ||
| http://d23.disney.go.com/wdarchives.html | ||
( http://d23.disney.go.com/wdarchives.html ) | ||
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| Go to the 20th Century Historical Atlas to see the century in numbers. | ||
| http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm | ||
( http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm ) | ||
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| Totalitarianism and World WarsRead about "The Age of Totalitarianism: Stalin and Hitler." | ||
| http://www.historyguide.org/europe/lecture10.html | ||
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| See this introduction to totalitarianism at Wikipedia. | ||
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarianism | ||
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| Read this controversial entry on fascism at Wikipedia. | ||
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism | ||
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| View the Technology Timeline: Scan 1930 to 1960. | ||
| http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/timeline/f_timeline.html | ||
( http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/timeline/f_timeline.html ) | ||
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| World War IThe Internet Modern History Sourcebook presents resources pertaining to WWI and its causes. | ||
| http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook38.html | ||
( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook38.html ) | ||
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| Peruse various resources in the WWI Document Archive. | ||
| http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page | ||
( http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page ) | ||
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| Wikipedia presents WWI. | ||
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWI | ||
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| Get a multimedia view of the war at Firstworldwar.com. | ||
| http://www.firstworldwar.com/ | ||
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| Choose a selected tour in an area of your interest to explore WWI. | ||
| http://www.worldwar1.com/sfguide.htm | ||
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| Explore the "aftermath poetry" of WWI. | ||
| http://www.aftermathww1.com/poetry.asp | ||
( http://www.aftermathww1.com/poetry.asp ) | ||
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| Visit the Wilfred Owen Multimedia Archive. | ||
| http://www.hcu.ox.ac.uk/jtap/ | ||
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| Read about the poetry of Siegfried Sassoon. | ||
| http://www.firstworldwar.com/poetsandprose/sassoon.htm | ||
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| Discover the world of late imperial Russia at Alexanderpalace.org. | ||
| http://www.alexanderpalace.org/ | ||
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| Meet Tsar Nikolai II's family at Livadia.org. | ||
| http://www.livadia.org | ||
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| The Lost GenerationFind out about the "Lost Generation." | ||
| http://ok.essortment.com/whatlostgenera_nkj.htm | ||
( http://ok.essortment.com/whatlostgenera_nkj.htm ) | ||
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| The Great DepressionModern American Poetry presents "About the Great Depression." | ||
| http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/about.htm | ||
( http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/about.htm ) | ||
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| The National Park Service's Hyde Park section presents "The Great Depression." | ||
| http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/great-depression.htm | ||
( http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/great-depression.htm ) | ||
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| The Library of Congress presents the FSA-OWI photographic archives: "American from the Great Depression to WW2." | ||
| http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html | ||
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| The FDR Presidential Library and Museum presents various online exhibits relating to Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency, the Great Depression, and WW2. | ||
| http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/ | ||
( http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/ ) | ||
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| The American Experience presents "The Great Depression." | ||
| http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/peopleevents/pandeAMEX05.html | ||
( http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/peopleevents/pandeAMEX05.html ) | ||
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| Hitler and WW IIRead about Hitler and WWII. | ||
| http://www.historyguide.org/europe/lecture11.html | ||
( http://www.historyguide.org/europe/lecture11.html ) | ||
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| Explore this hypertext history of World War II. | ||
| http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/ | ||
( http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/ ) | ||
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| Tour the D-Day Museum in New Orleans. | ||
| http://www.ddaymuseum.org/ | ||
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| View these US propaganda posters. What do these posters reveal about the war-time culture? | ||
| http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/powers_of_persuasion_home.html | ||
( http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/powers_of_persuasion_home.html ) | ||
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| Review this Holocaust timeline. | ||
| http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/timeline/timeline.htm | ||
( http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/timeline/timeline.htm ) | ||
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| Visit the Holocaust Cyberlibrary. | ||
| http://remember.org/educate/index.html | ||
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| Read interesting articles from the Holocaust History Project. | ||
| http://www.holocaust-history.org/ | ||
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| For further consideration, visit Beyond the Holocaust. | ||
| http://www.hpn.org/beyond/ | ||
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| Learn about German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl. | ||
| http://www.leni-riefenstahl.de/eng/bio.html | ||
( http://www.leni-riefenstahl.de/eng/bio.html ) | ||
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| Modern Arts: GeneralView 20th-century sculpture. | ||
| http://www.bluffton.edu/%7Esullivanm/index/index3.html#20s | ||
( http://www.bluffton.edu/%7Esullivanm/index/index3.html#20s ) | ||
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| See the architecture of the period. | ||
| http://www.bluffton.edu/%7Esullivanm/index/index3.html#20a | ||
( http://www.bluffton.edu/%7Esullivanm/index/index3.html#20a ) | ||
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| Wikipedia presents the interdisciplinary nature of German expressionism. | ||
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Expressionism | ||
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Expressionism ) | ||
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| Wikipedia presents a survey of resources relating to Fritz Lang's late German expressionist film, Metropolis. | ||
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_%281927_movie%29 | ||
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_%281927_movie%29 ) | ||
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| Explore this PBS site on the Harlem Renaissance. | ||
| http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/february98/harlem_2-20.html | ||
( http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/february98/harlem_2-20.html ) | ||
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| Discover Piet Mondrian and de Stijl. | ||
| http://www.suphawut.com/art/western/piet_mondrian.htm | ||
( http://www.suphawut.com/art/western/piet_mondrian.htm ) | ||
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| The Artchive presents the works of Piet Mondrian. | ||
| http://www.artchive.com/artchive/M/mondrian.html | ||
( http://www.artchive.com/artchive/M/mondrian.html ) | ||
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| Wellesnet presents resources relating to the life and work of filmmaker Orson Welles. | ||
| http://www.wellesnet.com/ | ||
( http://www.wellesnet.com/ ) | ||
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| Picasso and Modern ArtView Picasso's works during his early years. | ||
| http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/picbro.htm | ||
( http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/picbro.htm ) | ||
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| Explore Picasso's Guernica as a "Testimony of War." | ||
| http://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/a_nav/guernica_nav/main_guerfrm.html | ||
( http://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/a_nav/guernica_nav/main_guerfrm.html ) | ||
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| Browse the periods of Picasso's art at Wikipedia. | ||
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso | ||
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso ) | ||
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| SurrealismRead this history of surrealism. | ||
| http://www.gosurreal.com/ | ||
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| Explore the subject of surrealism at Wikipedia. | ||
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealism | ||
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealism ) | ||
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| View the Guggenheim collection of surrealist prints. | ||
| http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/movement_works_Surrealism_0.html | ||
( http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/movement_works_Surrealism_0.html ) | ||
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| Read about the life and works of Salvador Dalí at Wikipedia. | ||
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dalí | ||
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dalí ) | ||
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| Visit and explore the Virtual Dalí. | ||
| http://www.virtualdali.com/ | ||
( http://www.virtualdali.com/ ) | ||
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| Modern Literature & PhilosophySee these reflections on modernism and the modern novel. | ||
| http://www3.iath.virginia.edu/elab/ | ||
( http://www3.iath.virginia.edu/elab/ ) | ||
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| Visit these sites of post-apocalyptic fiction. | ||
| http://www.transparencynow.com/apoclink.htm | ||
( http://www.transparencynow.com/apoclink.htm ) | ||
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| See this study guide to dystopian literature. | ||
| http://facstaff.buffalostate.edu/beaverjf/internet/dystopian.htm | ||
( http://facstaff.buffalostate.edu/beaverjf/internet/dystopian.htm ) | ||
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| See these examples of American newspeak. | ||
| http://www.scn.org/news/newspeak/ | ||
( http://www.scn.org/news/newspeak/ ) | ||
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| Learn about the life and works of author James Joyce. | ||
| http://www.jamesjoyce.ie/ | ||
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| Wikipedia presents Virginia Woolf. | ||
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Woolf | ||
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Woolf ) | ||
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| William Faulkner on the Web presents the life and works of the author. | ||
| http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~egjbp/faulkner/faulkner.html | ||
( http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~egjbp/faulkner/faulkner.html ) | ||
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| The University of Nottingham presents D. H. Lawrence. | ||
| http://www.dh-lawrence.org.uk/ | ||
( http://www.dh-lawrence.org.uk/ ) | ||
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| Peruse this vast collection of George Orwell resources and links. | ||
| http://www.netcharles.com/orwell/bio.htm | ||
( http://www.netcharles.com/orwell/bio.htm ) | ||
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| Somaweb presents Aldous Huxley. | ||
| http://somaweb.org/ | ||
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| The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy presents Ludwig Wittgenstein. | ||
| http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/wittgenstein/ | ||
( http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/wittgenstein/ ) | ||
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| The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy presents existentialism, including sections on Heidegger and Sartre. | ||
| http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/existentialism/ | ||
( http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/existentialism/ ) | ||
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| The Existential Primer presents Martin Heidegger. | ||
| http://www.tameri.com/csw/exist/heidegger.shtml | ||
( http://www.tameri.com/csw/exist/heidegger.shtml ) | ||
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| Read a transcript of Sartre's 1946 lecture entitled "Existentialism is a Humanism." | ||
| http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/sartre/works/exist/sartre.htm | ||
( http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/sartre/works/exist/sartre.htm ) | ||
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| Learn more about the philosopher at Sartre.org. | ||
| http://www.sartre.org/ | ||
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| Modern Music and JazzRead about modernism in music from Wikipedia. | ||
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernism_(music) | ||
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernism_(music) ) | ||
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| Find out about the music of Schoenberg at Wikipedia. | ||
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Schoenberg | ||
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Schoenberg ) | ||
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| Read about Alban Berg at Wikipedia. | ||
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alban_Berg | ||
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alban_Berg ) | ||
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| Read this introduction to Igor Stravinsky. | ||
| http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/stravinsky.html | ||
( http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/stravinsky.html ) | ||
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| Survey the works of Stravinsky at Wikipedia. | ||
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Stravinsky | ||
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Stravinsky ) | ||
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| Find out about Béla Bartók at Wikipedia. | ||
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartok | ||
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartok ) | ||
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| Visit this multi-media site on Gershwin. | ||
| http://www.gershwin.com/ | ||
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| Read about Gershwin at Wikipedia. | ||
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gershwin | ||
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gershwin ) | ||
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| Find out more about Gershwin at the American Masters site. | ||
| http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/gershwin_g.html | ||
( http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/gershwin_g.html ) | ||
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| Read this history of ragtime. | ||
| http://cnx.org/content/m10878/latest/ | ||
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| See this map of the styles of jazz. | ||
| http://www.wnur.org/jazz/styles/ | ||
( http://www.wnur.org/jazz/styles/ ) | ||
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| View this short history of the blues. | ||
| http://www.history-of-rock.com/blues.htm | ||
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| Explore "Oral Tradition and the Blues." | ||
| http://www.pbs.org/theblues/classroom/deftradition.html | ||
( http://www.pbs.org/theblues/classroom/deftradition.html ) | ||
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| Learn about the Swing Era. | ||
| http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/hist409/swing.html | ||
( http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/hist409/swing.html ) | ||
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| Read this introduction to the Swing Era. | ||
| http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ASI/musi212/emily/emain.html | ||
( http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ASI/musi212/emily/emain.html ) | ||
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