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October 2005

14 years ago By admin

Volume

56

Issue

5

Richard F. Snow Fred Allen

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Tailgating: The History

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The Ultimate American Pastime Combines Cars, Sports, and Food

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A New Look at a Much-Photographed Era

Why Do We Say That?

Authored by: Hugh Rawson

“Gringo”

C’est Daguerre

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A Museum Exhibition Collects the Best Images From America’s First Great Photography Studio

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A Haunting Pursuit of an Elusive Town

Deconstructing Cheeseburger Soup

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The Rituals of American Scholarship Are Applied to the Rituals of American Time-Wasting

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

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Was JFK’s Most Famous Quote Coined When Arthur Was President?

The Buyable Past

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The Boomer Century

Authored by: Joshua Zeitz

What’s going to happen when the most prosperous, best-educated generation in history finally grows up? (And just how special are the baby boomers?)

A Boomer Bookshelf

Authored by: The Editors

Given their central role in recent history, baby boomers figure prominently in many of the most important and illuminating books about postwar America. Here are 10 volumes that I found of particular interest.—J.Z.