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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.

ALSO BY JOHN BECKMAN

The Winter Zoo

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