July 1916
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Articles
Trans-national America
As World War I unfolded in Europe, intensifying ethnic antagonisms, native-born Americans became increasingly suspicious of the pockets of immigrant culture thriving among them. In 1916, critic and essayist Randolph Bourne challenged such attitudes with an essay—now considered a classic of forward thinking—calling for a new, more cosmopolitan conception of America and a reconsideration of the “melting-pot” theory.
Merchandise
A poem
Verdun
“Terrible in the desolation of the night, on fire, haunted by spectres of wounded men who crept along the narrow lanes by the city walls, Verdun was once more undergoing the destinies of war.”
Saïfna Ahmar, Ya Sultan! (Our Swords Are Red, O Sultan)
Prohibition Does Not Prohibit
Red Cross and R.A.M.C
Switzerland's Part
An Impression of the War
The Failure of German-Americanism
Refugee: The Experience of a War Correspondent
On the Apparent Gullibility of the Intellectual Class
White Leghorns
The Way of Escape
Refuge for Mediocrity
The Syndicalist
Parents and Schools
Ellen Forth and the Painter Boy
The Instinctive Bases of Pacifism
The Woman Who Writes
The Girl: An Autobiography: Ii. Girlhood
Glimpses of Reality
Common Footing
A Literary Accident
Ae Spark O' Nature's Fire
The Contributors' Column
