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Tells of the life of Jane Austen that led to the writing of Pride and Prejudice.
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Explores three wars and leaves the century as an industrial power of 45 states and 76 million people when America entered the 19th century as an agricultural nation of 16 states and 5.3 million people.
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Alice Walker and Arnold Rampersad discuss Langston Hughes with Bruce Schwartz about the experiences shaping Langston's youth, how he became a writer, the beauty and style of his writing, and the Harlem renaissance
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Alice Walker discusses her short story, Everyday Use, with her official biographer, Evelyn C. White.
Alice Walker: Everyday Use. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Publication Date: 2004
Presents Alice Walker's short story, Everyday Use about Maggie and an old family quilt.