Site-Wide Activity

The Rosa F. Keller Library (Edward Abbey post)Standing on the corner of Cadiz and S. Tonti, you can’t tell that anything is nearby besides pothole-perforated streets and shotgun houses. The […]

Most of today’s developed economies have evolved from the familiar industrialization path. The advancement of manufacturing industries – such as textiles, steel, automobile manufacturing – has emerged from the […]

Whistling SwanThis was a particularly grim chapter from Refuge. The beginning of this chapter sets up the subject matter incredibly well. Williams sets up a […]

My family’s migration story partially fits well into the narrative of the 20th century and partially does not. For my father’s side, as pf 1492 the Totten family was living as farmers in the village of Wedmore in […]

The rapid expansion of an urban structure, suburb housing, and the movement of rural communities to larger towns has impacted the type of growth in many developed countries worldwide. This movement can be seen […]

This week’s lectures and readings have shown how the rapid growth and industrial development has acted as a double sword. Many different diseases have been cured while new cities have risen out of nowhere. This s […]

This week there were major themes of industrialization, utopian modernism and migration. During the 20th century, there were major changes in population growth, energy use, economic growth, cheap healthy food and […]

Bald EaglesI have chosen the Bald Eagle because its my Dad’s favorite animal.  I used to love hearing him call me to run outside and look through his […]

Great Blue HeronThis chapter is located towards the end of the book. Terry’s mother Diane has just passed away and she is spending a lot of time her g […]

I had already known most of what we had talked about in class with the likes or urbanization and population growth. I even had somewhat of an understanding about future problems that would occur. One solution that […]

Gray Jays The “Gray jay”, more officially known as the “Canada jay”, is used to to title a chapter in William’s book, Refuge. I chose this chapter because […]

Class began with the LA in the news by Joseph Z. The article was about a rejected bill by the Miami County Commission, that would have helped to reunite Cuban immigrant families. This article is an example of how […]

Ideally every city is one where people live in homes where everything is accessible and nature still feels natural. This is why the idea of Utopia exists for it is near impossible for something like this to exist. […]

RavensI chose Ravens because I’ve always been fascinated by their symbolism. Ravens are traditionally understood to represent prophesy or a bad omen. […]

With this lecture on the environment, the discussion surrounded the environmental history of the 20th century, the dangers of the anthropocene and changes in the environment in the 20th century.I learnt that for […]

Though in class this week we talked about two different topics, I found it interesting how much they came to be connected. Through the readings, as well as lectures, I can see how Urbanization has become […]

Speakers today are —
Chris M.: The UFO Conspiracy about the 1942 Battle of Los Angeles
Griffin: Big Pharma and What They’re Hiding
Riley: Bigfoot: The Elusive Great Ape of North American Folklore
Enjoy the T […]

Throughout this week we covered, read, and discussed different aspects of recent cities and urbanization within modern history. Beginning with the Bayly chapter reading for Monday, the first thing we examined was […]

The Miami-Dade commission rejected the Democratic bill to help reunite Cuban families. The bill would expedite travel applications from Cuban relatives of U.S. citizens. Even though the democrats hold a slim […]

Urbanization is a concept that is growing in relevance by the day. As our population grows the number of urban areas increases. The beginning of the 20th century marked a true explosion in the global population, […]