Archaeology’s Deep Time Perspective on Environment and Social Sustainability
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By Allen Dart What good is archaeology except to dig up and show off troves of trinkets? Is this “social science” relevant to modern society, to making our lives better? […]
Barnstormers, Daredevils, and Flying Waitresses
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Guest post by Steve Renzi Should women be allowed to fly? In the early days of aviation many people didn’t think so. Flying was too dangerous. The first aeroplanes were […]
Hopi Quilting
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In the late 1880s, missionaries and government school teachers introduced quilting to Hopi people. Quilting was a means to teach practical skills, as well as to promote Christianity. But to […]
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Review of Periods 1 and 2 of His Life
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was a multi-faceted, multi-dimensional and multi-talented man. Yet, many often find themselves victims of 30-second sound bites on the 6 […]
Preserving the Union, Ending Slavery, and Defining Freedom
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by Brooks D. Simpson For Americans the year 1865 was both end and beginning, transition and transformation. After four years of war the United States successfully subdued a separatist movement […]
Arizona’s Spanish and Mexican Land Grants
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by Jim Turner Beginning in the late 1600s, what is now Arizona was settled by New Spain (Mexico). The Spaniards used a “cross and sword” method, combining religious conversion with […]
My Humanities – The War Poets
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Guest post by Thomas H. Wilson, Director of the Arizona Museum of Natural History and past-Chair of Arizona Humanities My uncle Bill, my father’s brother, was a First Lieutenant in […]