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- Reading List of the Day: Sustainability (April 2010)
- Reading List: Natural Gas Drilling Edition
- Review of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Allegheny Riverfront Park
- Readings for 16 March 2010
- Fatima Cigarette Ad from Dragnet
- Reading of the Day 14 March 2010
- Photo of the Day: Honey Bee Visiting a Red Clover Flower
- Readings of the Day 12 March 2010
- Economic Inequality Matters
- Photo of the Day: Hillary Clinton During the 2008 St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Americas Archive
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Fatima Cigarette Ad from Dragnet
Posted on March 15, 2010 | No CommentsThis audo advertisement (click the Fatima picture for the audio) for Fatima cigarettes originally aired on April 15, 1954 during a Dragnet episode called “The Big Pug.” Fatima, a Liggett... -
Economic Inequality Matters
Posted on March 11, 2010 | 1 CommentAccording to the 1870 federal census, one percent of the people owned 72 percent of all the wealth in the great industrial city of Pittsburgh. What’s more, just half of... -
Photo of the Day: 2008 St. Patrick’s Day Trampled Obama Sign
Posted on March 8, 2010 | No CommentsOn March 15, 2008 I photographed the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Pittsburgh. This large annual parade in Pittsburgh is one of the largest in the country, and this year... -
Friends of Wilderness Battlefield Receives Historic Preservation Award
Posted on March 5, 2010 | No CommentsFor its advocacy in protecting and restoring historic Ellwood Manor, the Friends of Wilderness Battlefield, a civil war preservation, advocacy, and education non-profit received the Chairman’s Award for achievement in historic preservation... -
Review of Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 by Alfred Crosby
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsProfessor Alfred Crosby’s 1986 book Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 is an earlier example of environmental history. Crosby asserts that Europeans, with their command and control of...
