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City of Lake and Prairie

…fill much of the North American interior, early residents in the land that Chicago now occupies enjoyed natural advantages, economic opportunities, and global connections over centuries, from the Native Americans…

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Race and Transnationalism in the Americas

…the authors examine the power and limits of the transnational flow of ideas, people, and capital. Spanning North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, the volume seeks to…

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Transforming New Orleans and Its Environs

…rural parishes and the effect urban pollution has had on the city’s water supply and aquatic life. | Craig Colten| History of the Urban Environment| History / General History /…

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Race and Renaissance

and significance of the second Great Migration, the persistence of Jim Crow into the postwar years, the second ghetto, the contemporary urban crisis, the civil rights and Black Power movements,…

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Literacy as Conversation

|9780822966982|Learning Networks in Urban and Rural Communities|In Literacy as Conversation, the authors tell stories of successful literacy learning outside of schools and inside communities, both within urban neighborhoods of Philadelphia…

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