HARPER'S Founded in 1850, one of America's oldest literary magazines, and is still in publication! Interesting and intelligent articles, and vintage advertisements of the day -- Exclusive MORE MAGAZINES detailed content description, below! * ISSUE DATE: MAY 1997; VOL. 294, NO. 1764 IN THIS ISSUE:- [Detailed contents description written EXCLUSIVELY for this listing by MORE MAGAZINES! Use 'Control F' to search this page.] * This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 COVER: Painting Py Josef Levi / OK Harris Works of Art. Photograph by Penny Gentteu. Letters: Madness as manual . . . Melvin Sabshin, Andrew Garrison. Notebook: Magic lanterns . . . Lewis H. Lapham. Harper's Index. Readings. Buried Alive in Iran . . . Faraj Sarkuhi. Clinton's Color Guard . . . White House African American Working Group. The Bombay Rush . . . Suketu Mehta. Urban Delight . . . Ben Katchor. An Ill-Begotten Enterprise . . . Harlan Ellison. Royal Treatment . . . Sarah, Duchess of Marlboro. The Disclaimer . . . Ron Carlson. And... Lyndon B. Johnson, Niu Bo, Greta Pratt, customers of the "manicure mills" of Texas. Essay: TOWARD AN END OF BLACKNESS . . . Jim Sleeper . . . An argument for the surrender of race consciousness. Forum: OUR MACHINES, OURSELVES . . . James Bailey, David Gelernter, Jaron Lanier . . . About computers, chess, clones, and human anxiety Charles Siebert, Jack Hitt. Annotation: THE BOEING FORMATION . . . Ken Silverstein. A squadron of seventy lobbyists prepares for total air superiority. Story: PENANCE . . . Matthew Cram. Miscellany: THE LONG GOOD-BYE . . . Amanda Coyne . . . Mother's Day in federal prison. Acrostic: Thomas H. Middleton. Puzzle: Richard E. Maltby Jr. * NOTE: OUR content description is GUARANTEED accurate for THIS magazine. Editions are not always the same, even with the same title, cover and issue date. This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Standard sized, 8oe" X 11" magazine is COMPLETE and in VERY GOOD condition. (See photo) The pages are clean and bright. A great snapshot of the time, and a terrific Birthday present or Anniversary gift! Careful packaging, Fast shipping, ALL GUARANTEED --