The Joneses: Home Made in Mississippi
...an Emory dissertation, submitted in 1997. I had these really superb advisers: Mary Odem, Catherine Nickerson, and, of course, Allen Tullos was chair of my committee. Martin Duberman was an...
Slavery's Traces: In Search of Ashley's Sack
...the South Carolina Historical Society, the Charleston County Public Library, and courthouses in Barnwell and Richland counties, South Carolina. I have also benefited from the many insights of Jessica Hope...
Hillside Refuge: Tornado Shelters in Northeast Mississippi
...number of reported tornadoes in the state each year is twenty-five, with sixty-two the highest number reported in a single year, and five the fewest. The average number of tornado-related...
Confederates in Mexico: Lost Cause or New South Vanguard?
...Fontaine Maury (scientist and naval officer from Virginia) and former Louisiana governor Henry Watkins Allen (12, 22). Wahlstrom revises earlier histories, engaging Andrew Rolle's The Lost Cause: The Confederate Exodus to...
Queer Memory: Loss, Martyrs, and Memorialization in Southern Florida
...or impose "artificial limitations" on who we can be. You arrive and park. You are told you will not be able to move your car until you leave the island;...
Spatial Humanities and Modes of Resistance: A Review of HyperCities
...their own critical readings of the history and culture of downtown Los Angeles, calling attention to the incongruities of that space. Screenshot of HyperCities Earth site with 1940 map of...
Toxic Knowledge: A Review of Baptized in PCBs
...is assistant professor of history at Emory University, a former award-winning health columnist for the Los Angeles Times, and the author of Vaccine Nation: America's Changing Relationship with Immunization (University...
Segregation's New Geography: The Atlanta Metro Region, Race, and the Declining Prospects for Upward Mobility
...Books, 2009), 219–248. as "the capital city of black America" thanks to its substantial black middle class and its role as a key hub for black commercial activity, political leadership,...
Vale of Amusements: Modernity, Technology, and Atlanta's Ponce de Leon Park, 1870–1920
...end helped ensure that cars traveled at near full capacity during their entire route, rather than departing and arriving at the end station with no passengers. Also, because many of...
"Closest to Everlastin'": Ozark Agricultural Biodiversity and Subsistence Traditions
...nor hybrid field corn varieties can be used to make hominy appropriately. In 1982, Anna McDowell, of Madison County, Missouri explained: I can tell you one thing, you can’t make...