Stuart Patterson

Stuart Patterson is an Associate Professor of Liberal Arts at Shimer College. He teaches U.S. Social and Cultural History.

Christ healing the paralytic, by Anthony van Dyck (c. 1619)

Business & Economics

Will We Always Have the Poor Among Us?

To end poverty, public policy must provide much more than economic resources

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Politics & History

Guns in America: Foundations and Key Concepts

This non-exhaustive list of readings on the role of guns in US history and society introduces the field as a subject of scholarly inquiry.

Politics & History

American as Apple Pie

How marketing made guns a fundamental element of contemporary boyhood.

Politics & History

“I Have A Dream”: Annotated

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s iconic speech, annotated with relevant scholarship on the literary, political, and religious roots of his words.

Politics & History

When Uptown Chicago was “Hillbilly Heaven”

In the 1960s, white Appalachian workers attempted to put down roots in Chicago by building an integrated model neighborhood called Hank Williams Village.

Science & Technology

Who Wants the Metaverse?

What exactly is the “metaverse,” and what could it be, beyond an overused, hyper-trendy prompt in marketing copy?

Will We Always Have the Poor Among Us?

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