The SACRPH Series: Janet Bednarek on the Invisible Politics of Airports

Our SACRPH series rolls on with the latest of our author interviews, this time with Professor Janet Bednarek […]

From South Gate to L.A. Live: Demographic Change, Homeowner Ethos and Redevelopment in Southeastern Los Angeles

When Becky Nicolaides chairs or comments on a panel, people show up. The author of the now seminal My […]

Housing, Homeless, and Freeways: Kicking Off SACRPH 2015 with a History of L.A. Social Justice

When you look up the word “plenary,” the dictionary provides the following definition: “(of a meeting) to be […]

SACRPH 2015: The Politics (and Non-Politics) of the Unplanned City in the US, UK, and Germany

Panels at conferences often feel like a hastily assembled mishmash of different things, like a fruit salad made […]

“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 […]

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