October 2, 1998

The Starr Report as Social History: the View From 2098

By WARREN GOLDSTEIN

We historians, especially those of us who are cultural historians, have it easy. We get to study just about anything in the past, from trends in eating habits to religious cults, patterns of racial violence, television sitcoms, political campaigns, and sexual practices. Reading lists for our courses include materials from decades or centuries ago that reflect the important cultural tendencies or tensions of those

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