For the first time in history, more than half the people of the world live in cities.
Comprehending the impact of this widespread urbanization requires an awareness of the …

Although Main Streets line small towns from Florida to Alaska, Main Street is more than just
a street name; it is a place imbued with local pride, regional identity, and national virtues …

Residents of the Appalachian coalfields share a history and heritage, deep connections to
the land, and pride in their own resilience. These same residents are also profoundly …

From five thousand children marching in a parade, singing," Johnnie get your hoe.... Mary
dig your row," to communities banding together to observe Meatless Tuesdays and …

We'd like to acknowledge, but certainly not thank, the combination of low friction, gravity, and
height which all worked in unison to enable one of us to find time—lots of time—to lie down …

Linking New York City with San Francisco, the Lincoln Highway was one of the first
improved transcontinental highways in the United States. Although it is a historically …

The federal government built Sunflower Village, Kansas, to house employees of the
Sunflower Ordnance Plant and their families during World War II. The community existed in …

Through oral histories, this article reconstructs the history of a segregated school in the
eastern Kentucky coalfields during the 1950s–1960s. Student alumni (also referred to in this …

The shale gas rush, commonly called the fracking boom, began in Appalachian Ohio in
2010. The region was of interest to oil and gas companies that wanted to invest in the …

The to concentrate literature on on the the history well-publicized of coal mining episodes in
West of Virginia labor unrest has tended in the to concentrate on the well-publicized …