Sapelo Island Flyover: Video Transcript and Glossary
...creeks, and maritime forests. 0:39 – Here is the southeastern end of Sapelo Island along Nannygoat Beach, with shallow offshore, beach, coastal dune ridges, back-dune meadows, and maritime forest. 0:51...
History, Geography, and the New Orleans Tourism Industry: A Review of Bourbon Street
...economic and cultural advancement. He takes an unexpected jaunt through Chinatown, where Chinese merchants established themselves during the Great Depression. Campanella also draws on his own primary research—interviews, photographs, observations,...
Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project: Remembering Ancestors
...Americas. Some half-million enslaved arrived at forty-one documented sites in the United States. At these arrival ports a significant portion of American history began. Relying principally upon information from Voyages:...
The Crowd He Becomes
...have done it it wouldn't have been alone, he would have had a driver and a man out west to phone in threats to draw the cops away. They'd ease...
Shadows along the Waccamaw
Readings Dan Albergotti reads "The Mystery of the Great Blue Heron." Poem text. Dan Albergotti reads the poem "The Boatloads." Poem text. Dan Albergotti reads the poem "Accidents Happen with...
Petrochemical America, Petrochemical Addiction
...Selwyn Gallery, Los Angeles. © Richard Misrach. For me, the petrochemical culture of southeastern Louisiana is epitomized by the pipe rack, one of which photographer Richard Misrach captures in plate...
Routes of Reconciliation: Visiting Sites of Cultural Trauma in the US South, Northern Ireland, and South Africa
...War or civil rights sites, suggested comparisons with overseas economic development projects utilizing "heritage." Tourism has become a driving part of the global economy, and public presentation of history and...
From Arkansas with Love: Evangelical Crisis Management and Southern (White) Gospel Music
...Ole Boys Defined a State (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2009), 4. To speak of an "Arkansas imaginary" in this essay is to conceptualize Arkansas as a site—particularly among poor...
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...
Music and Mobility on the Streets of New Orleans: A Review of Roll with It
...fell into a coma after Hurricane Katrina. Following his passing in 2007, fellow musicians played an impromptu procession in advance of the official jazz funeral. "At 8 p.m., in response...