What happened in Vermont when the anti-Communist fear known as the “Red Scare” swept the country? Quite a bit, as it turns out. Rick Winston, author of the recently published “Red Scare in the Green Mountains: Vermont in the McCarty Era,” explores some forgotten history as we see how a small, rural “rock-ribbed Republican” state… Continue Reading The Red Scare in Vermont
The term “Middle East” is a changing geopolitical concept. Throughout recent history, this term referred to a political, cultural, and geographical region with no clear boundaries. Moreover, this concept serves to generate stereotypes and misunderstandings. This multimedia presentation by Mohamed Defaa provides an analytical framework to understand the histories, social identities, and cultures behind this… Continue Reading The Middle East
Last Night at the Telegraph Club is the book selection for Vermont Reads 2023. Whiting Library is grateful to Vermont Humanities for making this program possible. Last Night at The Telegraph Club explores themes of self-acceptance, familial and cultural ties, US/China relations, LGBTQ+ and Feminist history, McCarthyism and xenophobia, music of the 1940s and 1950s, and the Asian… Continue Reading Vermont Reads Discussion: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo