To commemorate the fortieth anniversary (1978–2018) of the African American Museum Association (AAMA), known today as the Association of African American Museums (AAAM), The Public Historian has published a special issue on …
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An extraordinary volume of visual culture, Chinese Movie Magazines: From Charlie Chaplin to Chairman Mao, 1921–1951 gloriously showcases an exotic, eclectic, and rare array of covers from more than five hundred movie publications from a …
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Best known for his pictures of Yosemite Valley and the nearby Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias, Carleton Watkins made his first trip there in 1861 just as the Civil War was beginning. …
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