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Explore Art and Design in 1940s America Through These 250 Paintings, Photos, Posters and Artifacts

In the popular imagination, the 1940s were dominated by sacrifice at home and violence abroad as World War II raged on. But at a new exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, curators aim to ...
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How The Tailgate Became A Symbol Of American Truck Culture

Besides the blue, red, and white hues of the star-spangled banner itself, some items have grown to become symbols of America. These symbols vary in nature, from the bald eagle to a particularly juicy ...
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American cinema of the 1940s : themes and variations / edited by Wheeler Winston Dixon

Movies and the 1940s / Wheeler Winston Dixon -- Movies and the reassessment of America / Matthew Bernstein -- Movies on the edge of war / Sarah Kozloff -- Movies and the march to war / Steven Jay ...
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The German-American radical press : the shaping of a left political culture, 1850-1940 / edited by Elliott Shore, Ken Fones-Wolf, James P. Danky

A profile of editors of the German-American radical press, 1850-1910 / Hartmut Keil -- Franz Schmidt and the Freie Blätter of St. Louis, 1851-53 / Steven Rowan -- The 48ers and the politics of the ...