Conflict and the Senses: A Review of The Smell of Battle, the Taste of Siege
...mouth is silenced now and it is worth every damn year of this bloody war. How do you like it, hey?" (144–45). Sherman's men destroying railroad, Atlanta, Georgia, 1864. Photograph...
Before Tuskegee: Public Health and Venereal Disease in Hot Springs, Arkansas
...not only in testing and treatment, but also in socioeconomic measures—including financial aid for food and housing. A woman at the VD clinic in Union Point, Green County, Georgia, 1941....
The Bulletin—April 3, 2013
...& Views from a Few Spirited Georgia Democrats" declared that the poll is important because Atlanta elections are typically decided by Middle Atlanta, with its "multi-racial, multi-cultural, multi-ideology, and multi-partisan" makeup....
MARBL Presents Atlanta Intersections: Photographer Stephanie Dowda on Topophilia
...Dowda. Atlanta-based photographer Stephanie Dowda is a studio artist with the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center and also maintains a darkroom at the Goat Farm Arts Center. A Georgia State University...
The Bulletin—August 9, 2012
...in and intellectually engaging with the US South. In a July 31 primary election, Georgians voted down T-SPLOST (Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax), a penny sales-tax proposal which...
The Bulletin—November 29, 2012
...the two states immediately prior to the Civil War. The border between South Carolina and Georgia dipped farther south to the Savannah River than in 1818, and the western borders...
An Upcountry Legacy: Mary Black's Family Quilts
...New County Railroad and Distance Map of Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina" [c. 1875] Detail from South Carolina Map. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. [c. 1892] Detail from "South...
Petrochemical America, Petrochemical Addiction
...Alchemy: Citizens and Experts in Louisiana's Chemical Corridor Disputes (2003), who advised on Petrochemical America, gave a tour for Georgia Tech students of the Misrach exhibit at the High, calling...
Demon Rum and Politics in Middle Florida: A Review of Southern Prohibition
Review Few issues roiled the waters of America and the South more so than temperance reform. In "the Alcoholic Republic"—William Rorabaugh's felicitous phrase—the question of prohibition divided and defined individuals...
MARBL Presents Atlanta Intersections: Jesse Peel on the Geography of Atlanta's LGBT Community
...presents clips of the full interviews to spur conversations and encourage research on the featured topics. Jesse Peel, MARBL Woodruff Room, Atlanta, Georgia, October 2012. Photograph by Bryan Meltz of...