Brushes with War
...setting—SAAM's home in the Old Patent Office—could not have been more appropriate. Walt Whitman called the stately edifice, designed by Charleston-born architect Robert Mills, "that noblest of Washington buildings." He...
The Supreme Court Is Overturning Brown v. Board of Education
...of voucher programs financed by state appropriations and state tax credits. Together these voucher programs are diverting more than $2.1 billion annually to private schools. That sum is larger than...
African Americans in Atlanta: Community Building in a New South City
...located east and west of downtown. Although most were common laborers, a small number, perhaps less than ten percent, stood above the masses by virtue of their occupation, education, or...
Born In Violent Conquest: A Review of Jacksonland
...Inskeep further suggests that removal was novel in the late 1820s, rather than an approach to Indian relations that dated to the beginning of the century. With his focus largely...
Academic Capitalism and Regional Planning: A Review of Shadows of a Sunbelt City
...economy, easily the best among the 102 largest US markets. The city’s success became a model others sought to emulate. Eliot Tretter, quoting Andrew Park, observes in the opening pages of Shadows...
Daily Life, State Power, and Theory in the Lonestar State: A Review of Robert Wuthnow's Rough Country
...as Rick Perry and Ann Richards. His "multilevel" approach allows readers to imagine how the vast expanse of Texan geography, with its disparate climates and regions, shapes residents' worldviews. Perry,...
Driving Through Time: The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
...GeoBrowse tool allows visitors to browse documents in the collection by geographical location. Beyond the political and legal challenges, the actual construction of the Parkway proved difficult at best and...
Article praising Ponce de Leon's appearance
"Glistening in the newest coat of paint from the platform of the street car terminal station to the big white fence at the back of the toboggan slide; enlarged, improved...
Eggleston's South: "Always in Color"
...truck—like train engines and turbines in industrial images—appear monumental. He uses the same effect to photograph a tricycle in Untitled (Memphis), 1970, the image that appears on the front cover...
Open Educational Resources at Southern Spaces
...practical guidance in locating and applying openly available resources."2"How to Use Open Educational Resources," Open Washington, last modified March 3, 2016, http://www.openwa.org/module-1/. The website features OER collections that include videos,...