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Jazz Child
Jazz Child
When Sheila Jordan dropped a nickel in the juke box of a Detroit diner in the 1940s and heard “Now’s The Time” by Charlie Parker, she was instantly hooked—and so began a seventy-ye...
Classical Taste in the Architectural World of Thomas Jefferson
Classical Taste in the Architectural World of Thomas Jefferson
Reaching beyond politics and law, this book focuses on Thomas Jefferson as an aesthetic classicist.
Jefferson embraced the influence of antiquity through his adoption of class...
Creating Community in the Midwest
Creating Community in the Midwest
This chapter examines Fannie Barrier Williams' move to Chicago with her husband S. Laing Williams and how she built a strong local coalition that eased her entry into the segregate...
Ruth Asawa and the Artist-Mother at Midcentury
Ruth Asawa and the Artist-Mother at Midcentury
How a group of artist-mothers in postwar San Francisco refused the centuries-old belief that a woman could not make art while also raising children.
For most of mode...
Conclusion
Conclusion
This chapter summarizes the argument of the book. It also puts Chinese and comparative cases into perspective. It delves into the way containment sustains authoritarian rule not on...