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“We are not only but also,” the sociologist and cultural historian Todd Gitlin wrote in his 1995 book “The Twilight of Common Dreams: Why America Is Wracked by Culture Wars.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
We sense this disequilibrium in the cultural prominence of 24-hour cable news, streaming television and podcasts, an expansion of what in 1982 the cultural historian Walter J. Ong dubbed the age of “secondary orality.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
"Elvin takes advantage of an economic reality," cultural historian Dr Katy Layton-Jones said.
From BBC ● May 14, 2025
Maurie McInnis, a longtime higher education leader and cultural historian, was named the 24th president of Yale University on Wednesday, becoming the first woman to be appointed permanently to the position.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2024
Both poems are of interest to the political and cultural historian, but from a literary point of view The Man of Taste is probably the better poem.
From The Man of Taste by James Bramston
