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Moving Images: Photography and the Japanese American Incarceration
Author: Jasmine Alinder
In this insightful study, Jasmine Alinder explores the photographic record of the imprisonment in war relocation centers such as Manzanar, Tule Lake, Jerome, and others. She investigates why photographs were made, how they were meant to function, and how they have been reproduced and interpreted subsequently by the popular press and museums in constructing versions of public history.. . .
And They Were Wonderful Teachers: Florida's Purge of Gay . . .
Author: Karen L. Graves
And They Were Wonderful Teachers: Florida's Purge of Gay and Lesbian Teachers is a history of state oppression of gay and lesbian citizens during the Cold War and the dynamic set of responses it ignited. Focusing on Florida's purge of gay and lesbian teachers from 1956 to 1965, this study explores how the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee, commonly known as the Johns Committee, investigated and discharged dozens of teachers on the basis of sexuality . . .
From Papyrus to Hypertext: Toward the Universal Digital Library
Author: Christian Vandendorpe
Editor/Other: Translated from the French by Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott
In this study, Christian Vandendorpe examines how digital media and the Internet have changed the process of reading and writing, significantly altering our approaches toward research and reading, our assumptions about audience and response, and our theories of memory, legibility, and context. . . .
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