Freeway Takeovers: The Reemergence of the Collective through Urban Disruption

[Editor’s Note: Last night citizens in Chicago shut down Lake Shore Drive in protest over the Staten Island […]

Noiring LA: Mildred Pierce, The Reckless Moment, and Reinforcing Postwar Suburban Gender Roles

“Often like a ghost in the shadows, the mother haunts film noir,” observed Kelly Oliver and Benigno Trigo […]

“The Plan Keeps Coming Up Again”: Conspiracy Theories, Policing 1970 D.C., and Creating Model Neighborhoods in Model Cities (Best of UHA, Part 4)

Today’s post wraps up our coverage of the Urban History Association’s Seventh Biennial Conference in Philadelphia. You can find […]

The Power of Public Shaming: Cartographies of Protest in Boston and PR Stunts for Public Housing in the ATL (Best of UHA 2014, Part 3)

In part three of ToM’s UHA coverage, the role of media in shaping advocacy and protest occupies center […]

The Magic of Crabgrass: Thirty Years Later, An Appraisal of Kenneth Jackson’s Crabgrass Frontier (Best of UHA 2014, Part 2)

“If I had added everything I’d still be writing it,” eminent historian of U.S suburbanization and Columbia Professor […]

Beyond the Bakesale: PTAs, Education Reform, & the Best of UHA 2014, Part 1

Several times a year, the intrepid reporters of Tropics of Meta follow the academic conference beat, checking out […]

Courting Division: How Three Southern California Court Cases Bolstered and Hindered Multiracial Civil Rights Movements

With Barack Obama’s second term inauguration in January and the multiracial coalition assembled for his 2012 victory, observers […]

A Community Erased: Japanese Americans in El Monte and the San Gabriel Valley

A visit to El Monte, California reveals many official signs and markers that harken back to the town’s […]

Tropics of Meta

Category Archive: cities

Freeway Takeovers: The Reemergence of the Collective through Urban Disruption

Like this:

Noiring LA: Mildred Pierce, The Reckless Moment, and Reinforcing Postwar Suburban Gender Roles

Like this:

“The Plan Keeps Coming Up Again”: Conspiracy Theories, Policing 1970 D.C., and Creating Model Neighborhoods in Model Cities (Best of UHA, Part 4)

Like this:

The Power of Public Shaming: Cartographies of Protest in Boston and PR Stunts for Public Housing in the ATL (Best of UHA 2014, Part 3)

Like this:

The Magic of Crabgrass: Thirty Years Later, An Appraisal of Kenneth Jackson’s Crabgrass Frontier (Best of UHA 2014, Part 2)

Like this:

Beyond the Bakesale: PTAs, Education Reform, & the Best of UHA 2014, Part 1

Like this:

Courting Division: How Three Southern California Court Cases Bolstered and Hindered Multiracial Civil Rights Movements

Like this:

A Community Erased: Japanese Americans in El Monte and the San Gabriel Valley

Like this:

Share:

Like this:

Share:

Like this:

Share:

Like this:

Share:

Like this:

Share:

Like this:

Share:

Like this:

Share:

Like this:

Share:

Like this: