"Indiana is cynical precinct politics and exciting high school basketball, the Ku Klux Klan and the easygoing, good life of James Whitcomb Riley and Booth Tarkington, Bill Vukovich roaring around the oval track at the Speedway and farmers hanging around the town square on Saturday, and a dash of Gene Debs' socialism."
Irving Leibowitz, "My Indiana," published in 1964
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Supporting the study, critique, and appreciation of American philosophy and culture--"American Studies"-- in the tradition of William James, John Dewey, Charles Sanders Peirce, Emerson, Thoreau, et al... This site was constructed initially to support an Independent Readings course at Middle Tennessee State University in the Spring 2021 semester.
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