Realism for the Masses is an exploration of how the concept of realism entered mass culture, and from there, how it tried to remake "America." The literary and artistic creations of American realism are generally associated with t...
http://www.upress.state.ms.us/books/1181
I think the description of America in the article above is a little out of date. America may have been an optimistic country forty-five years ago, but not so much now. Americans seem to me to be much more pessimistic and fearful than Prof. ...
http://forum.stirpes.net/politics/981-why-americans-dis...
I think it was very realistic and still is because success is attainable with hardwork and determination.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Was_the_1800's_American_Dream...
I was reading a very interesting article by Associated Content producer Wes Laurie. The article titled, " Movies and Television For Black People: Do Black People Like Them ?" was intriguing. I found myself thinking about all th...
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1097430/are_af...
A great nation needs a clear and simple geopolitical strategy. They focus one’s strengthand limited resources, and allow allies to easily coordinate their actions with ours. ・ The British Empire sought cheap raw materials, export markets fo...
http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2007/10/28/one-step-...
Good piece, reasonably self-aware (i.e., noting that all China is really doing is replicating a Western-style colonial-era exchange transaction with Africa--as in, give us your raw materials and we’ll sell you cheap finished goods but not r...
http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/2006/06/chinas_le...
In American literature, the term "realism" encompasses the period of time from the Civil War to the turn of the century during which William Dean Howells, Rebecca Harding Davis, Henry James, Mark Twain, and others wrote fiction de...
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