This Web Zine was written by students in the Winter Quarter 2004 American Studies Program, The Age of Irony, an Evergreen Evening and Weekend Studies class. Behind each headline below lie our discoveries and thoughts on US history and culture*:
Bringing It All Back Home: The cycle of politics and music
Labor, Politics, and Home Cookin'
What the hell were they thinking in the 1930s?
The Dissemination of the Spectacle: Image and Media in the 20th Century
Institutionalizing Humanity -- The Unwritten Story
Captive Nation: the Japanese Internment
Shattering the Bubble -- 20th Century Style
Not
in MY Country!: American Adventures Abroad
Environmental Controversies and the Stories Behind
Them
Changing the System: Helping Hands vs. Harming Hands
Nexus of Irony: The Big Lebowski
*and many thanks to Jenney Ward for the web zine design!