Jeffrey Kaplan has long been an activist in the Bay Area. His articles have appeared in various publications, including Yes! and the Chicago Tribune.
Jeffrey Kaplan
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The Gospel of Consumption
PRIVATE CARS WERE RELATIVELY SCARCE in 1919 and horse-drawn conveyances were still common. In residential districts, electric streetlights had not yet replaced many of the old gaslights. And within the home, Continue reading
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Consent of the Governed
DESCRIBING THE UNITED STATES of the 1830s in his now-famous work, Democracy in America, the young French aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville depicted a country passionate about self-governance. In the fifty years Continue reading