The Liminal Site
...with a Chinese or Japanese provenance—daphnes, gardenias, camellias, lacecap hydrangeas. (While there were several evergreen azaleas already on the property, however, I was not tempted to add to their number.)...
A Woman's Work: Jim Crow Modernity and the Remaking of the Carceral State
...charged and convicted in 1923 of assault with the intent to murder. Gault and a male accomplice had stolen a car and brutally beaten the driver, "a deliberate and wanton...
The Law and the Mississippi Basin: A Review of Mississippi River Tragedies
...Finland. His research interests include North American environmental history and the history and culture of the US South. His publications include This Delta, This Land: An Environmental History of the...
A Real American Horror Story: On Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave
...performance. Had the role been played by a younger, less well-known actor, it would have highlighted the randomness of Northup's delivery from bondage. This problematic choice to cast Pitt (perhaps...
New Histories of Environmental Activism: A Review of Rethinking the American Environmental Movement
...ably delineates how and why this book was so important. It was not just an expose about the dangers of chemical spraying; Carson helped bridge the old conservation era to...
The Tulip Quilt [ca 1880]
...are particularly big and bold, rather than graceful and delicate. Mary's color scheme of red, green, and orange is typical for appliqué quilts of the region in this era. Although...
Good-Bye to All That?
...the number of challengers in 2016 is likely to decline even further. Our neighboring South Carolina offers a window into the future. In this most recent election less than 25...
Enslaved Labor and Building the Smithsonian: Reading the Stones
...his wife, Martha Custis Washington. After Mrs. Washington's death in 1802, a number of her slaves at Mount Vernon were inherited by Martha Custis Peter, adding to the Peter family...
Still Digging Our Own Graves: Coal Miners and the Struggle over Black Lung Disease
...monthly payments can mean the difference between destitution and modest survival.4This estimate of the number of black lung beneficiaries is extrapolated from data on the number of claims filed each...
Sapelo Island Flyover: Video Transcript and Glossary
...salt marshes, also called "smooth cordgrass" or simply "Spartina." Ebb-tidal delta – Delta-shaped deposit of sediment formed on the seaward side of a coastal inlet as a result of strong ebb...