Interviews

By Kevin C. Brown | Environment
A History for the Future interview on the wilderness movement, public lands, and environmental politics since the passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964. Part 2 of a two-part interview. More
By Kevin C. Brown | Environment
A History for the Future interview on the wilderness movement, public lands, and environmental politics since the passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964. More
By Kevin C. Brown | Housing, Race
N.D.B. Connolly, a professor of history at Johns Hopkins University, is the author of the book, A World More Concrete: Real Estate and the Remaking of Jim Crow South Florida. Connolly’s work delves into the way that real estate strengthened segregation in greater Miami from the early 1900s into the post-Jim Crow era. As Miami’s population boomed, where residents came to live was limited by strict lines drawn through the region’s geography, lines that divided white and black, workers and elites. More
By Kevin C. Brown | Education
An interview with Robert Townsend on how the history profession narrowed over time, who became marginalized, and why it is important to value things other than the production of book-length manuscripts on narrowly defined subjects. More
By Kevin C. Brown | NYC, Politics
An interview with the editor of a new collection of essays on John Lindsay’s mayoralty. A very different time in New York City, and a very different vision of governing it. More
By Kevin C. Brown | Energy, Environment
An interview with Kate Brown, the author of "Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters." More

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