Articles with keyword "twentieth century"
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Living Traditions
The stories of Appalachian artists, singers, and coal miners are recorded in nearly four decades of filmmaking.
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Game Playing
NEH Chairman Bruce Cole and author Steven Johnson discuss how video games challenge the way we think.
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Filming the American Novel
From The Great Gatsby to Sister Carrie, writers tell stories of social climbers and fortune hunters.
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Translating Politics
Political philosopher Harvey Mansfield and NEH Chairman Bruce Cole discuss the power of princes and the origins of modern government.
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Planned Paradise: Making the Florida Dream
A postwar boom transforms Florida from backwater to dream state.
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High Thinking and Low Living
How a mansion-turned-boardinghouse in Old Lyme, Connecticut, became the place to be for American Impressionists.
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Wyeth’s Noble Savage
An excerpt from Picturing America describes how an artist interpreted Cooper's prose.
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The Ballad of Thomas Hart Benton
The prolific, opinionated artist behind The Sources of Country Music.