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Academic Capitalism and Regional Planning: A Review of Shadows of a Sunbelt City
...of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, loc.gov/pictures/item/2014632507/. But Austin stands out in its approach to growth. The uniqueness of Tretter’s argument lies in the local circumstances that elites used to...
And the Prize Goes to...
...identify and explore various methodological approaches in preparation for this project.To achieve such an intense reading load, the class first brainstormed how to read before discussing what we read. I...
Category 3 Gentrification: On New Orleans's Population Trends and the Hostility of Internet Commenters
...and more stories of twenty- and thirty-somethings of my demographic—and by my demographic, I mean hipsters with MFAs in creative writing—moving there. Apparently, this is a trend, so says Richard...
Aunt Narcissa's Quilt [ca 1880]
...brown-and-yellow stripe, appears to have been reused from an earlier use. She sewed together three lengths of the twenty-five-inch-wide fabric, but that apparently proved insufficient. Along one long edge, a...
A Trumped-Up Dixie: White Southern Republicans and Immigration Reform
...to children born in the United States if their parents are not lawful residents. A crowd of at least twenty thousand, almost all-white, roared their approval of Trump's condemnation of...
Discursive Memorials: Queer Histories in Atlanta's Public Spaces
...and walked in step. According to Styles, the catcalling between neighborhood residents on their porches and the Jolly Twelve instilled in him a quick defensive wit. This might appear as...
Glimpsing Andalusia in the O'Connor-Hester Letters
...shed as the house appears in relative contrast — pleasant, somewhat imposing, and upright. It is larger than I had expected and inviting despite its desertion. A small sign indicates...
Voting Rights, the Supreme Court, and the Persistence of Southern History
...lawyers appeared before the US Supreme Court to argue that Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is no longer constitutional. By the end of June, the Court is...