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Transplanting Modernity?

…more developed to places perceived as un- or underdeveloped. During its heyday, international development included not just dams, roads, health programs, and agricultural projects but also animal husbandry schemes, urban

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Pittsburgh in Stages

…was only later recognized and blended into Pittsburgh’s theatrical melting pot.Pittsburgh in Stages relates the significant influence and interpretation of urban socioeconomic trends in the theatrical arts and the role…

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Seeking the Greatest Good

…responses to urban and rural forestry, water quality, soil erosion, air pollution, endangered species, land management and planning, and hydraulic franking. Miller explores such innovative programs as Common Waters, which…

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Nickelodeon City

…its neighborhoods, Pittsburgh proved to be perfect for the movies. Its urban industrial environment was a melting pot of ethnic, economic, and cultural forces—a “wellspring” for the development of movie…

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A Town Without Steel

…| Judith Modell| Regional| History / General History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) Social Science / Sociology / Urban

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