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Ron Briley
Nineteen essays by Briley focus on major league baseball as it reflected the changing American culture from about 1945 to about 1980. He examines the era through the lens of…
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Explores the baseball movie genre in the years following World War II, beginning with the 1948 biopic The Babe Ruth Story and ending with the 1962 Mickey Mantle-Roger Maris vehicle…
In 1952, Elia Kazan testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) investigating alleged communist infiltration of the entertainment industry. The cloud of this cooperation, which assured that the filmmaker…
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Embarks on a chronological exploration of Guthrie’s music in the vein of American radicalism and civil rights. Ron Briley begins this journey with an overview of five key periods in…
An informal narrative political history of the United States told from a progressive perspective.
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An informal narrative political history of the United States told from a progressive perspective –
In addition to the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, sports offer a versatile arena for discussion of class, race, gender, sexuality, and other social facets. All-Stars and…
