Search Results: jeremy ray jewell
A new biography of the oft-forgotten ‘filibuster’ provides ample facts and little thesis. Is that enough — don’t we need more?
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We Carry Their Bones arrives at a time of increased interest in the history of racism and reform schools, particularly in Florida.
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Rather than focusing on Mexicans in the United States, historian Carrie Gibson posits an expansive transnational history.
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What makes these two albums stand apart? They are content to showcase the elemental power of Tennessee Ernie Ford’s voice.
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Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and the list includes Marvin Gaye, Link Wray, David Bowie, Jean Knight, and The Rolling Stones.
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Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. This month’s especially eclectic list includes The Allman Brothers Band, Roy Brown, Black Sabbath, Johann Sebastian Bach, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago.
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Practical handbook, compendium of theory, or history of an American tradition? A little of each… but enough of any?
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Minari is about the triumph of folkways, both Ozark and Korean.
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In this valuable study, Caitlin Rosenthal isolates an assortment of business practices and technologies that reflect the sophistication of New World plantation economies — dispelling myths of their romantic crudeness.
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Book Commentary: “La patria y la muerte” — Exposing Mexican “Greatness”
José Luis Trueba Lara’s anti-popularist history is the truest kind of people’s history.
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