All Roads Led from Rome: Facing the History of Cherokee Expulsion
...River and marked the western boundary of Georgia. Eyeing the landscape, Hargrove exclaimed, "This would make a splendid site for a town!" An approaching stranger, Major Philip Walker Hemphill, overheard...
Memphis: Cotton Fields, Cargo Planes, and Biotechnology
...selected to at least four of the magazine's exclusive lists. FedEx appears on five in 2005: Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For, America's Most Admired Companies, World's Most Admired...
Cruising Grounds: Seeking Sex and Claiming Place in Houston, 1960–1980
...masculine—men who are not just "straight" acting and appearing, but who also might actually be more dangerous to approach, though that risk might itself be part of the thrill of...
The Place of Appalachia
...maintain family and community ties. County Economic Status in Appalachia, Fiscal Year 2013, Appalachian Regional Commission. Population Change in Appalachia, 2000–2010, Appalachian Regional Commission. Unemployment Rates in Appalachia, 2010 (County...
"Within Thy Circling Pow'r I Stand": Immersive Video from Sacred Harp's Hollow Square
...to capture 360-degree spatial audio via four interconnected microphone capsules. Using the video editing application Adobe Premiere, we connected the 360-degree video to the spatial audio. When the user shifts...
"The Emblem of North American Fraternity": Opossums and Jim Crow Politics
...National Convention also nominated Bryan, but with Democrat Arthur Sewall as his running mate, both of whom appeared on the Silver Party ticket. Conservative Democrats who disagreed with Bryan's stance...
Mountaintop Removal in Central Appalachia
...of acres of Central Appalachian forests and streams through MTR. Low-sulfur coal was needed to meet the more stringent emission requirements, and the Central Appalachian coalfields would find the extraction...
Before Tuskegee: Public Health and Venereal Disease in Hot Springs, Arkansas
...Deficiency Appropriation Bill, 1921; Hearings before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations, 66th Congress, 3rd Session (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1921), 588. Opening a clinic in Hot Springs devoted...
Dirty Decade: Rap Music and the US South, 1997–2007
..."Laffy Taffy"'s perceived lack of sophistication and overly popular appeal. While similar minimalist approaches to rap continue to enjoy popularity among artists, producers, and audiences, the particularities that defined snap...
The Tennessee Jamboree: Local Radio, the Barn Dance, and Cultural Life in Appalachian East Tennessee
...and constructed over the airwaves an idealized aural representation of a southern Appalachian small town's culture. Rural Radio The introduction of radio into the rural United States in the 1920s...