MAP IT | Little Dots, Big Ideas: Transforming the Humanities with Geo-Spatial Analysis
...their own conclusions."7Anne Kelly Knowles, "GIS and History." Placing History: How Maps, Spatial Data, and GIS are Changing Historical Scholarship (Redlands: ESRI Press, 2008): 5. Responding to Knowles's observations about...
Cruising Grounds: Seeking Sex and Claiming Place in Houston, 1960–1980
...came to have the support of the Gay Political Caucus and the Metropolitan Community Church, both organizations invested in promoting the respectability of gay people. Time would prove the MCA's...
Crossing Over: Sustainability, New Urbanism, and Gentrification in Austin, Texas
...stops and bike lanes and widen streets to promote public transportation. The most symbolic public spot in the corridor is Urdy Plaza, an open, art-decorated space that honors the African...
Katrina, One Year Later: Three Perspectives
...had gone off just a few days earlier. The only exception to this that I encountered was around the big casinos in Biloxi. Construction crews were feverishly working on the...
Shreveport, Louisiana images
Shreveport, Louisiana: Landscaping, El Dorado Casino Resort Today, the downtown and waterfront areas, bustle with tourist, most of whom gamble at one of several riverboat casinos. Artist's Rendering of RiverView...
Segregationists, Libertarians, and the Modern "School Choice" Movement
...in the South," South Today, October 1969, 1. By the 1970s, as many public schools in the South were being desegregated for the first time, promoters of private schools were...
Inside Poor Monkey's
...that is often referred to as a "tin." It is windowless, but has three doors. The front sports several faded, hand-painted signs. One describes the dress code by saying "not...
A Conversation with Digital Historians
...have two grindstones. One involves interfacing with a machine in ways that are sometimes difficult and tedious, much like archival work. Sometimes we are wrestling with code and how to...
The Battle of Atlanta: History and Remembrance
...Lieutenant General John Bell Hood, commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee. Photographic print. Hood's leadership at Chickamauga won him a promotion to lieutenant general on February 11, 1864, and...
Spectacles of American Nationalism: The Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama Painting and The Birth of a Nation
...of the Atlanta painting, and promoters moved each canvas from city to city for exhibition. At every stop, riggers installed the panorama in a massive rotunda building, a specially designed...