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Oct 2022
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American Ivy: Chapter 1

Avery Trufelman
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American Ivy: Chapter 2
<p>So where does Ivy begin? The short answer: Princeton University. The long answer is a spiral that takes us from a 1940s Chinese prison camp, to the raucous party culture of 1920s London, to the docks of downtown New York City after The War of 1812.</p><p>To see images, notes a ... Show More
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Nov 2022
American Ivy: Chapter 3
<p>The look of the elite somehow becomes the look for everyone. And as more and more people are taking on Ivy, it only becomes cooler and cooler. Which goes against everything I thought I knew about trends.</p><p>To see images, notes, and full transcripts, go to <a href="https:// ... Show More
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Nov 2022
American Ivy: Chapter 4
<p>Ivy starts to go out of style, thanks to the counterculture (with a lot of help from corporate America). But Ivy finds an unlikely savior in a Jewish college dropout from the Bronx.</p><p>To see images, notes, and full transcripts, go to <a href="https://articlesofinterest.sub ... Show More
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