Most Recent Articles from St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture

• Abortion 

  Abortion, or induced miscarriage, was one of the most controversial topics in the post-Civil War United States. Indeed, the rights an individual...

  01/29/02 by Susann Cokal · More from publication

• African American Press 

  "We wish to plead our cause. Too long have others spoken for us." This statement, written in 1827, was the lead sentence for an editorial in the...

  01/29/02 by Byron Anderson · More from publication

• Alka Seltzer 

  Alka Seltzer, which bubbles when placed in water, is an over the counter medication containing aspirin, heat-treated sodium bicarbonate, and sodium...

  01/29/02 by S. Naomi Finkelstein · More from publication

• American Bandstand 

  American Bandstand became a powerful symbol of American teenage culture with its nearly four-decade look at the ever-changing tastes of the...

  01/29/02 by Pat H. Broeske · More from publication

• Amway 

  The Amway Corporation has grown from a two-man company selling all-purpose cleaner to become the largest and best known multi-level or network...

  01/29/02 by Richard Digby-Junger · More from publication

• Apocalypse Now 

  Speaking in retrospect about his 1979 film, director Francis Ford Coppola once said, "Apocalypse Now is not about Vietnam, it is Vietnam." Coppola...

  01/29/02 by Justin Gustainis · More from publication

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