Posted in 2008hist329 on Nov 11th, 2008 Comments Off
Bibliography:
Bronski, Michael. “Remembering Gregory Peck, and a Not So Gentlemanly Agreement.” Forward, June 20, 2003. http://www.proquest.com.ezproxy.umw.edu:… (accessed November 8, 2008).
“By the Flank.” Time.com, January 15, 1945. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/articl… (accessed November 8, 2008).
Crowther, Bosley. “Anti-Semitism Assaulted Boldly on the Screen.” New York Times, November 16, 1947. http://www.proquest.com.ezproxy.umw.edu:… (accessed November 8, 2008).
Crowther, Bosley. “‘ Gentleman’s Agreement,’ Study of Anti-Semitism, Is […]
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Posted in 2008hist329 on Nov 11th, 2008 Comments Off
Gentleman’s Agreement was one of the first films to deal directly with anti-Semitism. It primarily examines a more covert, subtle kind of bigotry that sometimes exists in people without them even realizing it. The movie depicts and discusses the social discrimination against Jews on several levels, including exclusion from employment and housing, as well as […]
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Anti-Semitism has existed in America since it’s very founding. The prejudice towards Jews based on religious differences, economic jealousy, social competition, and political conflict found in Europe came with Europeans to their colonies in North America [1]. In the mid-19th century there was an influx of immigrants, including Jews, coming to America. Around this time, […]
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Posted in 2008hist329 on Sep 28th, 2008 Comments Off
And now for something completely different. Carol Burnett’s classic Gone with the Wind parody, Went with the Wind…
Vicki Lawrence makes this sketch.
Original post by kokoro
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Posted in 2008hist329 on Sep 15th, 2008 Comments Off
Well, I’m about a week too late, but here’s some of the music from Last of the Mohicans for those interested. One of the few good things about the movie…
Main Title
Garden Scene
The Kiss
Massacre
Promontory
Top of the World
Original post by kokoro
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Posted in 2008hist329 on Sep 8th, 2008 Comments Off
Every time the sun rises and sets, time passes. We go on with our lives and the more humans live, the more history there is for us to study and pick apart. As the sun sets on one great empire it rises for the next. Wars, famine, joy, love, expansion, conflicts will come and go […]
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Posted in 2008hist329 on Sep 2nd, 2008 Comments Off
So, as those of you who have followed this blog before know, it was originally started for an experience in Digital History. Well, who knew that I would need it for yet another McClurken class? (I probably should have seen it coming.) Nonetheless, I’m actually really excited about taking this class. Historical Films have always […]
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Posted in 2008hist329, Uncategorized on Sep 1st, 2008 Comments Off
I am looking foward to this class a lot because I have always been fascinated by movies. One of my favorite hobbies is watching a movies’ director’s commentary, but I have never really researched a movie/ a movie’s particular historical subject to any great depth. At the beginning of each semester I think about my […]
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Posted in 2008hist329, HIST329 on Aug 26th, 2008 Comments Off
If you include the following tag: “2008hist329″ in the tags section when you create a post (it’s just below the box you compose your blog text in), then it will show up here in the course website. This is true for any UMWblogs.org site, even if you’re using that blog for other classes. Give […]
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