John Dos Passos, U.S.A. Trilogy (11/11)
The finale of my review of the "U.S.A." trilogy by John Dos Passos. In this part we focus on again on the working class activists, which is...
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20 of 1,024 episodesEpisode 58: John Dos Passos "U.S.A." Trilogy (Part 10/11)
The penultimate part of my review of John Dos Passos' "U.S.A." Trilogy. In this section we witness the end of a character who has been with...
Episode 57: John Dos Passos "U.S.A." Trilogy (Part 9/11)
This section of John Dos Passos' brilliant U.S.A. Trilogy follows the rise of consumer culture as reflected in the biographical sketches and...
Episode 56: John Dos Passos "U.S.A." Trilogy (Part 8/11)
In this part of my review of the "U.S.A." trilogy by John Dos Passos we dig into the first part of The Big Money. We meet new characters and...
Episode 55: John Dos Passos "U.S.A." Trilogy (Part 7/11)
In this episode we follow our characters in the aftermath of the Great War as they participate on the margin of greatness at or around the P...
Episode 54: John Dos Passos "U.S.A." Trilogy (Part 6/11)
In this episode we continue our look at 1919, part of the U.S.A. trilogy by John Dos Passos. This section focuses on a new character, "Daugh...
Episode 53: John Dos Passos "U.S.A." Trilogy (Part 5/11)
We lose Joe Williams as we get to the halfway point of 1919 and the entire U.S.A. series. This section is also notable for its biographical...
Episode 52: John Dos Passos "U.S.A." Trilogy (Part 4/11)
In this part of my review of John Dos Passos, "U.S.A." trilogy, we start our look at the central novel about World War I called 1919 and foc...
Episode 51: John Dos Passos, "U.S.A." Trilogy (Part 3/11)
Part three of this mega review of U.S.A trilogy completed our look at 42nd Parallel. In this part we say bye (only for now we hope) Mac and...
Episode 50: John Dos Passos "U.S.A" Trilogy (Part 2/11)
So in this part of my review of Dos Passos' U.S.A. trilogy we meet J. Ward Moorehouse, Eleanor Stoddard, and Janey Williams. Still no plot,...
Episode 49: John Dos Passos, "U.S.A." (Part 1/11)
I begin a long series on Lost Generation American writers with this look at the first part of John Dos Passos' U.S.A. Trilogy. This section...
Episode 48: Sven Beckert, "Capitalism: A Global History" (Part 10/10)
The final part of my massive review of Sven Beckert's masterpiece Capitalism: A Global History. In this last section we survey the neolibera...
Episode 47: Sven Beckert, "Capitalism: A Global History" (Part 9/10)
In this penultimate part of my review of Sven Beckert's Capitalism: A Global History looks at the golden age of capitalism in the West, the...
Episode 46: Sven Beckert, "Capitalism: A Global History" (Part 8/10)
In this part of my review of Sven Beckert's Capitalism: A Global History I finish chapter 14 and read through chapter 15, exploring the resp...
Episode 45: Sven Beckert: Capitalism: A Global History (Part 7/10)
Part 7 of my review of Sven Beckert's Capitalism: A Global History. In this section of the book we explore Beckert's commentary on state exp...
Episode 44: Sven Beckert, "Capitalism: A Global History" (Part 6/10)
In part 6 of this 10 part review of Sven Beckert's Capitalism: A Global History I read the chapters on the "reconstructions" of capital and...
Episode 43: Sven Beckert, "Capitalism: A Global History" (Part 5/10)
Wow, we are half done with this massive book. The next part of my review of Capitalism: A Global History by Sven Beckert. This section focus...
Episode 42: Sven Beckert, "Capitalism: A Global History" (Part 4/10)
These chapters of Sven Beckert's Capitalism: A Global History explore the revolutions we often lump together as the Industrial Revolution an...
Episode 41: Sven Beckert, "Capitalism: A Global History" (Part 3/10)
In this third part of my review of Sven Beckert's Capitalism: A Global History I explore chapters 5-6 on the developments in industrial prod...
Episode 40: Sven Beckert, Capitalism: A Global History (2/10)
Part two of my review of Sven Beckert's brilliant Capitalism: A Global History. This section centers on how the islands of capital became co...