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Peter Charles Hoffer. The Brave New World: A History of Early America.(Book review)
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Teaching History: A Journal of Methods
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March 22, 2008
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- Kotzin, Daniel P.
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 Emporia State University. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Peter Charles Hoffer. The Brave New World: A History of Early America. 2nd edition. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. Pp. 554. Paper, $35.00; ISBN 0-8018-8483-7.
Instructors of courses in colonial America should consider this thorough textbook. By developing a unifying theme for understanding early America, Peter Hoffer keeps the text focused. While living standards and freedom improved for many, he argues, others labored as subordinates. But the story, as the author emphasizes, is more complex, as even oppressed people had human agency. Hoffer does a remarkable job developing this theme throughout the book. In particular, his discussion of relations ...
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The politics of allusion: Brave New World and The Debates About...
Studies in the Humanities;
June 1, 2006 ;
McQuillan, Gene;
787 words
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THINKING ABOUT LIFE: BRAVE NEW WORLD ANEW
United Press International;
August 5, 2002 ;
787 words
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CLEVER `BRAVE NEW WORLD'
The Boston Globe;
April 18, 1998 ;
Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff;
715 words
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Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave New World: Introduction; Chapters 1 - 4
Monarch Notes;
Huxley, Aldous;
787 words
......Aldous Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Brave New World: Introduction; Chapters 1 - 4 Since its publication in 1932, Brave New World and its author have been the...presently reading and discussing Brave New World. We might well ask, "What...
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THINKING ABOUT LIFE: A BRAVE NEW WORLD
United Press International;
July 22, 2002 ;
787 words
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`BRAVE NEW WORLD' DARES TO BE DIFFERENT DURING THE DOG...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);
July 28, 1999 ;
728 words
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Fearfully Good `Brave New World'
The Washington Post;
April 18, 1998 ;
Tom Shales;
626 words
......a chilling image anymore. But NBC's "Brave New World" has several, enough to make the...course, on Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel, "Brave New World" airs tomorrow night at 9 on Channel...sensible liberties, faithful to its spirit. "Brave New World" is an offbeat gripper from beginning...
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NBC GIVES HUXLEY BRAVE, NEW SPIN.(Spotlight)(Review)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);
April 19, 1998 ;
733 words
...Byline: Dusty Saunders Brave New World Grade: B- NBC's Brave New World, airing from 8-10 tonight on KUSA-Channel 9, stars...Kihlstedt. Give NBC programmers credit for re-entering a brave new world. The network's regular Sunday night TV movie schedule...
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Future shock // NBC's `Brave New' sci-fi drama stirs the senses
Chicago Sun-Times;
April 17, 1998 ;
Lon Grahnke;
567 words
...Brave New World (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) Channel 5, 8...Everyone belongs to everybody else in the Brave New World created in 1932 by British novelist...engineer. Marx unintentionally threatens the "Brave New World" order when he finds John Cooper...
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Brave New Workshop's brand new home allows more expansive humor; The new...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);
November 22, 1998 ;
Preston, Rohan;
787 words
...When the Brave New Workshop opens its 40th anniversary...members and 36 actors. And through the Brave New Workshop at Sea, the company provides...scouts who come to see our shows. The new Brave New Workshop hopes to bring another 55,000...
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Aldous Huxley's Americanization of the Brave New World...
Twentieth Century Literature;
December 22, 2002 ;
Meckier, Jerome;
787 words
...When Aldous Huxley revised the Brave New World typescript (1) between 27 May and...and only tightly edited. Lives in the brave new world are emotionally easy Mustafa Mond...castigates Our Ford, and ridicules the brave new world. Despite the D.H.C.'s piety, all...
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Feature: Raising Standards - A brave new world?
Pensions Management;
December 1, 2005 ;
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......will feel in the post- simplification brave new world. When Aldous Huxley wrote his book...fines. Beware the electronic fine. Our brave new world is beyond our control. The new...There is a lot of flexibility in our brave new world, but it falls, conceptually at...
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"Brave New Worlds"
Artforum;
January 1, 2008 ;
Briggs, Patricia;
620 words
...MINNEAPOLIS "Brave New Worlds" WALKER ART CENTER The Walker Art Center's "Brave New Worlds," curated by Doryun Chong and Yasmil Raymond...unfamiliar continents through chance correspondence, "Brave New Worlds" features artists from countries that...
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It's a cruise for Brave New Workshop, Disney.(ENTERTAINMENT)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);
March 29, 1998 ;
Preston, Rohan;
787 words
......summer, it chose the Twin Cities' own Brave New Workshop Theatre. Founded by Dudley Riggs...six-month rotations on the ship. The Brave New Workshop will also provide comedy for...expansion, which also includes building Brave New Communications, the corporate show division...
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Brave New Girl.(Video Recording Review)
Video Store;
September 5, 2004 ;
Sherber, Anne;
355 words
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