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Authors: John Beckman

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Wollaston, Captain,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
women:
bias against,
2.1
,
2.2
domesticity of,
5.1
,
6.1
,
7.1
,
10.1
liberation of,
8.1
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
10.1
,
13.1
New,
7.1
,
7.2
,
8.1
rights for,
4.1
,
7.1
in slavery,
3.1
,
nts.1
in workplace,
5.1
,
10.1
see also
specific women
Woodstock festival, Woodstock Nation,
10.1
,
12.1
,
13.1
,
nts.1
,
nts.2
World’s Columbian Exposition,
6.1
,
6.2
,
7.1
World War I,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
World War II,
9.1
,
10.1
,
13.1
Yes Men,
itr.1
,
13.1
,
13.2
Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA),
6.1
,
7.1
youth:
in counterculture,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
,
11.1
as embodiment of fun,
itr.1
–xii,
itr.2
,
itr.3
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
9.1
,
12.1
,
13.1
and generational conflict,
itr.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
9.1
,
10.1
,
10.2
and rebellion,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
10.1
,
11.1
YouTube,
itr.1
,
13.1
Zappa, Frank,
10.1
,
nts.1
Zoot Suit Riots,
9.1
,
10.1
zoot suits, zoot suiters,
9.1
,
10.1
Zulu Nation,
itr.1
,
13.1
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

J
OHN
B
ECKMAN
is a professor of English at the U.S. Naval Academy. His writing has appeared in
The Washington Post, Granta, Book, McSweeney’s, Arizona Quarterly,
and elsewhere. His novel,
The Winter Zoo,
was named a
New York Times
Notable Book of Year. He lives in Annapolis, Maryland, with his wife, the writer and critic Marcela Valdes, and their baby daughter.

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