The Civil War and Emancipation 150 Years On
...latest technology: Princess phones played recorded messages and elaborate electric maps traced troop movements. A Mercury space capsule proudly perched nearby, an incongruous and yet resonant symbol of the unified...
A Trumped-Up Dixie: White Southern Republicans and Immigration Reform
...undocumented immigrants—a sentiment many Alabamians apparently share. In the state's latest poll, Trump is leading all other candidates by almost 20 percentage points. Republican voters in the heart of Dixie...
"Closest to Everlastin'": Ozark Agricultural Biodiversity and Subsistence Traditions
...in Missouri, the percentages are much higher. Donald Harington characterizes such back-to-the-land Ozarkers as similar to earlier homesteaders: Elsewhere in Arkansas the latest blooming hippies have all cleaned up and...
MAP IT | Little Dots, Big Ideas: Transforming the Humanities with Geo-Spatial Analysis
...Dasgupta, "New Geospatial Bill Raises Questions on Private Industry Use, Academic Research, and Digital India." The Wired (May 10, 2016): http://thewire.in/35044/new-geospatial-bill-raises-a-hundred-questions-on-private-industry-use-academic-research-and-digital-india/. A New Map of Africa, the Latest Authorities, 1811....
Oak Ridgidness: Lindsey Freeman’s Longing for the Bomb
...the American frontier as a justificatory myth. The development of nuclear weapons represented the latest example of America fulfilling its historic destiny. The pioneering scientists of the nuclear laboratory had...
Discursive Memorials: Queer Histories in Atlanta's Public Spaces
...final John Q installation takes place north of Piedmont Park at Mixx in Ansley Square. In early August 1969, Andy Warhol's latest film, Lonesome Cowboys, was screening nightly at the...
Mountaintop Removal in Central Appalachia
...economic opportunities in this persistently poor and distressed region. To understand what the poor are up against in Appalachia, you must understand mountaintop removal (MTR), the latest and most extreme...
Selma Bridge: Always Under Construction
...the standard for courage and constancy, would first support Hillary, then switch to Barack Obama. For Hillary, observed an NPR commentator about this latest "battle of Selma," it's "almost like...
Rosa’s Log Cabin Quilt [ca 1880]
...the lowest prices and selected with unusual care. His LADIES' DRESS GOODS are of the latest and best styles, and purchased with a view to economy, beauty, and elegance." Although...
North Carolina Runaway Slave Advertisements Project
...who want to study the changing nature of the US slave economy. Screenshot from North Carolina Runaway Slave database. This database is one of the latest additions to digital resources...