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"The article brings to mind Joseph Epstein’s “Snobbery: the American Version,” which “[describes] the state of snobbery in this country from the decline of the WASP meritocracy to the present day.” (Note: I haven’t read the book yet, so I can’t..." [
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"I am unaware of any studies that took that particular approach to explaining Nazi Germany, but as Razzle Bathbone said you may want start with Kamenetsky's book. The first chapter, "The Roots of Children's Folk Literature in Pre-Nazi..." [
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