Archaeology’s Deep Time Perspective on Environment and Social Sustainability
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
