Following the Yellow Brick Road: The Real Story Behind ‘The Wizard of Oz’.
(…) a high school history teacher named Henry Littlefield published an article in the journal American Quarterly making the case that this well-known tale, which had been published for the first time in 1900, had been written as a parable on Populism, an influential political reform movement that flourished for a time in the latter part of the 19th century.
NJIRU Schreibcoaching und Lektorat.
Facebook-Gruppen, Foren, Netz-Communitys: Kathrin Passig über virtuelle Gemeinschaften.
Communitys gibt es seit den Anfängen des Netzes. Was macht sie aus? Und inwiefern entsteht in diesen virtuellen Gemeinschaften so etwas wie Politik?
From the illustrator of Salt, Acid, Fat, Heat.
The $0.006 Object in Your Sushi Container Is Doing an Important Job.
It separates flavors and comes from a centuries-old Japanese tradition.
Showering Has a Dark, Violent History.
In the 19th century, cold rinses and days-long baths became a way to treat—and control—psychiatric patients.
99 Good News Stories You Probably Didn’t Hear About in 2018.
The world didn’t fall apart this year. You were just getting your news from the wrong places.
Dec 10.
Evelyn Berezin, 93, Dies; Built the First True Word Processor.
Her device freed secretaries from the typewriter. But as word processing became ubiquitous, it helped eliminate their jobs.
Relevant: Schneller als Apple und IBM.
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