September/October 2005
In This Issue September/October 2005
Volume 26, Issue 5
Information Revolution by Louie Psihoyos.
© Louie Psihoyos/Corbis
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Features
Reading in the Age of Google
Contemplating the future with books that talk to one another.
By Gregory CraneDemocratizing Knowledge
Online research provides new rigor in the scholarly process.
By Martha Nell SmithHere’s Looking at Casablanca
The study of film becomes easier with the help of a new digital tool.
By Janet H. MurrayWords. Words. Words.
A new edition of Samuel Johnson’s landmark dictionary illuminates his methods.
By Victor WishnaSpeaking Across Generations
Linguists race against time to recapture the complicated Cherokee language.
By Laura HarboldStrangers in Strange Lands
A Virginia lieutenant takes Cherokee chiefs to meet King George III.
By Laura HarboldExploring an Inhabited Country
A new perspective on the journey of Lewis and Clark through the people they encountered.
By David TaylorInventing the Landscape
Gainsborough abandons portraiture to portray the idyllic in English country life.
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Departments
Statements
Keeping Connected
State humanities councils take to the airwaves to tell their stories.
By Laura Wolff ScanlanExecutive Function
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