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Spatial Theories for the Americas

…Urban & Land Use Planning History / Latin America / Central America History / Latin America / South America Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development…

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Becoming Europe

…North African and Turkish immigrant communities—he compares national- and city-level developments to show how approaches toward immigrant settlement have diverged widely and evolved over time. Becoming Europe demonstrates how policymakers…

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The Keelboat Age on Western Waters

…life on the keelboats and flatboats that plied the Ohio, Mississippi, and other rivers from revolutionary days until about 1820. No one knows who put the first keel along the…

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Pittsburgh Rising

…confluence of three rivers grew into the linchpin for trade and migration between established eastern cities and the growing settlements of the Ohio Valley. Resources, geography, innovation, and personalities led…

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Seattle and the Roots of Urban Sustainability

…civic leaders alike. In Seattle and the Roots of Urban Sustainability, Jeffrey Craig Sanders examines the rise of environmental activism in Seattle amidst the “urban crisis” of the 1960s and…

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