…a modernization and urban renewal project. He classifies these fictions into two types: modeling and remodeling. Modeling fictions reflect an inaugural, festive, utopian nature and herald a better future that…

…horseracing track—before arriving in a state of self-awareness to confront the personal and political landscape of a harshly segregated Louisville. Out of a space that is at once southern and…

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…a comparative analysis relating natural resource extraction to democratic processes both regionally and internationally. | Moisés Arce| Pitt Latin American Series| History / Latin America / South America Political Science…

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