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These amplified off-campus alternatives seem to be getting richer by the day, taking a bit of the sting out of our canceled plans. Via Peter Mellow 
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"Americans' understanding of who counts as 'white' has changed dramatically throughout the country's history and even over the last century alone. This map — which covers a decade of immigration to the US, from 1892 to 1903 — is a dramatic illustration of what it looked like when 'white' wasn't the same thing as European. Mouse over any part of the map to magnify it."
Tags: race, historical, USA, map.
Caterin Victor's curator insight,
November 10, 2014 8:43 AM
Up to me, race and colour don`t matter. Most important is the personality. America have now a black President. Is it better??
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This interactive map, produced by University of Georgia historian Claudio Saunt to accompany his new book West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776, offers a time-lapse vision of the transfer of Indian land between 1776 and 1887. As blue “Indian homelands” disappear, small red areas appear, indicating the establishment of reservations (above is a static image of the map; visit the map's page to play with its features).
Tom Cockburn's curator insight,
June 24, 2014 5:51 AM
This will likely resonate with 'first peoples' everywhere |
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While the role of the library has evolved to provide services from internet access to journalism programmes, countless libraries still face closure, as civic leaders fail to recognise the critical social, intellectual, cultural, and economic roles they play Via Elizabeth E Charles
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