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Atlanta’s Water Wars

…of adaptive governance in the face of a truly wicked urban problem.| Eric M. Hardy| History of the Urban Environment| History / United States / 20th Century History / United…

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The Lung Block

…East Side provided an urban environment where infectious disease and other public health concerns flourished. One city block in particular, known in muckraking circles as “The Lung Block,” housed four…

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Concrete and Countryside

|9780822965398|The Urban and the Rural in 1950s Puerto Rican Culture| From the late 1940s to the early 1960s, Puerto Rico was swept by a wave of modernization, transforming the island…

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Intersecting Tango

…Tango is as rich and captivating as the dance itself. | Adriana J. Bergero| Illuminations: Cultural Formations of the Americas| History / General History / Latin America / South America

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Fearful Vassals

…looked to Spain for help, ensuring their continuing loyalty to the Spanish crown in increasingly troubling times.| Peter Blanchard| Pitt Latin American Series| History / Latin America / South America

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