“There Will Be No Discrimination”

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Welky
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Labor Contracts ◽  
The North ◽  
Substandard Housing ◽  
The City ◽  
North And South

The 1937 flood of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers was one of the highest and most destructive on record. It affected millions of lives, devastated thousands of towns, and killed hundreds of people. The Bluff City, as its name suggests, escaped the worst of the deluge. Although waters did inundate the north and south ends of town, it became a massive refugee center that crammed tens of thousands of flood victims into space that should have accommodated hundreds. Black Memphis felt the flood in racially specific ways. Police trolled Beale Street looking for able-bodied men to put to work on levees. Area landlords driven from nearby farmlands jammed their sharecroppers into substandard housing, lest they escape their punitive labor contracts. As this essay shows, when the city broke down, the fate of local African Americans became a political tool in the hands of Mayor Watkins Overton and “Boss” E. H. Crump.

scholarly journals Urban Regeneration Projects Bound to Water, along and towards the Tagus Estuary (Portugal)

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (23) ◽  
pp. 6578
Author(s):  
Caterina Anastasia
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Tagus Estuary ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
The North ◽  
Surrounding Areas ◽  
The City ◽  
North And South ◽  
Hydrographic Network

Water is becoming a support for landscape and urban projects in a densely urbanised area settled along the Tagus Estuary, dubbed the City of the Tagus Estuary (CTE). Analysing two recent projects along and towards the Tagus Estuary hydrographic network, this article highlights how the most evident limit (the water) can function as the strongest binder, natural link, and shared public space of the CTE. Located, respectively, on the north and south banks of the estuary, the analysed projects become a way to think about urban strategies and promotions that use water as a way to build (re-build or reformulate) the image of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. Today, open spaces bound to waterlines support an appealing and winning urban regeneration formula. Our goal is to understand what kind of role water is called to play with regard to the CTE. We ask: is the water called to play merely the role of building a new image of the city as a ground for investors? Is water the way to build a green and habitable CTE? This article concludes that the analysed projects contribute (as expected) to the promotion of the surrounding areas and propose appropriate solutions while occasionally overcoming the current local urban planning.

scholarly journals Tourism

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Richard White ◽  
Justine Greenwood
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Urban Tourism ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Everyday Activity ◽  
Tourist Gaze ◽  
Blue Mountains ◽  
The North ◽  
International Visitors ◽  
The City ◽  
North And South

Sydney has been shaped by tourism but in a large metropolis, where tourist experiences so often overlap with everyday activity, its impact often escapes attention. Urban tourism involves not just international visitors, but people from interstate and regional NSW and even day trippers, who all see and use the city differently. Tourist Sydney has never been the same as workaday Sydney – the harbour, beaches, city centre, the Blue Mountains and national parks to the north and south loomed disproportionately large in the tourist gaze, while vast swathes of suburbia were invisible.

Structural Features of the Grey Granites of Aberdeenshire

1945 ◽  
Vol 82 (5) ◽  
pp. 189-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Cameron
Keyword(s):  
Structural Features ◽  
Igneous Rocks ◽  
The North ◽  
The City ◽  
North And South

INTRODUCTIONThe area containing the quarries discussed in this paper extends inland from the City of Aberdeen for a distance of about twenty miles and is bounded on the north and south by the rivers Don and Dee. This is the area of the Newer Granites of Aberdeenshire, which C. B. Bisset has described in “A Contribution to the Study of Some Granites near Aberdeen” and has divided the acid igneous rocks into:—1. The Skene Complex: consisting of diorite, adamellite, grey granites, transition types and minor intrusions.2. Later Group: consisting of coarse red granites.

scholarly journals The 2018 Mw 7.5 Palu Earthquake: A Supershear Rupture Event Constrained by InSAR and Broadband Regional Seismograms

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Fang ◽  
Caijun Xu ◽  
Yangmao Wen ◽  
Shuai Wang ◽  
Guangyu Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pulse Propagation ◽  
The South ◽  
The North ◽  
Strike Direction ◽  
Slip Pulse ◽  
Rupture Model ◽  
Dip Angle ◽  
Total Seismic Moment ◽  
The City ◽  
North And South

The 28 September 2018 Mw 7.5 Palu earthquake occurred at a triple junction zone where the Philippine Sea, Australian, and Sunda plates are convergent. Here, we utilized Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2) interferometry synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) data together with broadband regional seismograms to investigate the source geometry and rupture kinematics of this earthquake. Results showed that the 2018 Palu earthquake ruptured a fault plane with a relatively steep dip angle of ~85°. The preferred rupture model demonstrated that the earthquake was a supershear event from early on, with an average rupture speed of 4.1 km/s, which is different from the common supershear events that typically show an initial subshear rupture. The rupture expanded rapidly (~4.1 km/s) from the hypocenter and propagated bilaterally towards the north and south along the strike direction during the first 8 s, and then to the south. Four visible asperities were ruptured during the slip pulse propagation, which resulted in four significant deformation lobes in the coseismic interferogram. The maximum slip of 6.5 m was observed to the south of the city of Palu, and the total seismic moment released within 40 s was 2.64 × 1020 N·m, which was equivalent to Mw 7.55. Our results shed some light on the transtensional tectonism in Sulawesi, given that the 2018 Palu earthquake was dominated by left-lateral strike slip (slip maxima is 6.2 m) and that some significant normal faulting components (slip maxima is ~3 m) were resolved as well.

scholarly journals The Production of Urban Identities in the Memorial Complexes of Murmansk and Rostov-on-Don

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-87
Author(s):  
Софья Андреевна Гаврилова
Keyword(s):  
Urban Identity ◽  
Identity Creation ◽  
City Environment ◽  
The North ◽  
Central Russia ◽  
Southern Central ◽  
Soviet Ideology ◽  
Soviet Russia ◽  
The City ◽  
North And South

This paper discusses the construction of the urban identities in two Russian cities — Murmansk and Rostov-on-Don — located in Northern and Southern Central Russia respectively. This research investigates identity making, social memory and the redesign of the urban spaces of post-Soviet Russia. The paper examines the process of identity creation through the analysis of the memorial complexes in Murmansk and Rostov-on-Don and defines the predominate gender, historical and geographical narratives encoded in them. The memorial complexes chosen for the study are from Soviet and post-Soviet times, therefore the research examines to what extent the identities imposed during the Soviet era have been reproduced since. The paper deconstructs the monuments, approaching them from the perspective of human geography and revealing to what extent the identity of the Soviet North is connected with militarization and masculinity, how women are represented both in the North and South, and whether the Soviet past has been reconsidered in post-Soviet commemorative monuments. The paper compares this with the perception of the city and the chosen memorials by local citizens thorough surveys. It contributes to the ongoing debates on the Russian post-Soviet identity market, urban identity, power relations in the post- Soviet cities and the heritage of the Soviet ideology in the city environment.

4. The abolitionist crossroads

Abolitionism ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 67-86
Author(s):  
Richard S. Newman
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Political Party ◽  
Religious Institutions ◽  
Fugitive Slaves ◽  
The North ◽  
The World ◽  
North And South

After the turbulent 1830s, doubt and discord haunted the antislavery ranks. Facing opposition in the North and South, immediate abolitionists quarrelled not only with their opponents but also with each other. A series of questions loomed: Should abolitionists moderate their protest or become even more radical? Should they form a political party or separate from corrupt civil and religious institutions? Should they aid fugitive slaves or embrace nonviolence? Should women and African Americans take more or less prominent roles in the antislavery movement? “The abolitionist crossroads” explains how the 1840s were a time of dynamism and change for abolitionism not just in America but around the world.

Scale Differences: Akragas and Morgantina

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dora P. Crouch
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Water System ◽  
South Coast ◽  
The South ◽  
The North ◽  
Geological Situation ◽  
The Hill ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City ◽  
North And South

Can we discern differences in the way water was managed at larger and smaller Greek cities? Let us take two Greek cities in Sicily as case studies, examining them in some detail as to area, population, date, geological situation, and the water system elements known at each. The aim of this exercise is to begin to understand the impact of scale differences on the clusters of water system elements in ancient cities. Useful examples are Akragas—modern Agrigento—and Morgantina (Figs. 15.1, 15.2). Akragas is located on the south coast of Sicily, approximately in the center, and occupies a dramatic site on a hill between two rivers. The earliest settlement—and later the medieval town—were located on the highest peak of the 280-meter hill (Storia della Sicilia, 1979, map 1), but during classical and Hellenistic times the city spread down the hill to the wide and gentle valley to the south, which then rises again to form a ridge that separates that valley from the plain leading to the sea. In the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. a line of temples was built along the lower ridge, forming today the single largest, best preserved, and most impressive group of Greek temples anywhere. These architectural glories were possible because of the size and wealth of the city, the same factors that necessitated and made possible the extensive water system of the city. In contrast, Morgantina was built inland, on a ridge at the juncture of the Catania plain with the plateaus of the center of Sicily. This ridge stands 578 to 656 meters above sea level, higher by 300 to 350 meters than the valleys to the north and south, but lower than the site of the nearest modern town, Aidone (885 meters), about 3 kilometers away. Morgantina began as a prehistoric settlement of migrant tribes from Italy whose king, Merges, gave his name to the city. The earliest Sikel settlement was on Cittadella, the easternmost wedge of the ridge, during the archaic period, no later than the sixth century.

Passionate Allegories: Staging Romance in Civil War Melodrama

2014 ◽  
Vol 132 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Redling
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Silent Film ◽  
Perceived Threat ◽  
Uncle Tom's Cabin ◽  
The North ◽  
The Face ◽  
North And South ◽  
The Way

Abstract The essay traces the changing stages of allegorical melodrama, which heighten the respective Civil War goals of the North and South, from the beginning of the war to the silent film era. At the outset of the war both sides use portrayals of Civil War romance to create ‘passionate allegories’ that praise their own cause and disparage their opponents. Subsequently, spectacular allegorical enactments in postbellum Civil War romance plays serve to commemorate magnanimous, unifying encounters between North and South as well as the North’s victory. Finally, somewhat removed from the war, early silent movies of the new century draw on melodrama’s theater conventions (especially allegorical tableaux) to fire up the audience’s passion for the union of North and South: for instance, Edwin S. Porter’s film Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1903) shows that Tom’s death was not in vain because it paved the way for the reconciliation of North and South, while D. W. Griffith’s racist Civil War epic The Birth of a Nation (1915) ends with a double honeymoon to stress the need of a white union between North and South in the face of the perceived threat of African Americans.

scholarly journals Seúl y el Río Han: 1945-2014

2015 ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Eunmi Kim
Keyword(s):  
Urban Morphology ◽  
Historic Center ◽  
Han River ◽  
The North ◽  
Area Of Influence ◽  
Del Rio ◽  
Urban Strategy ◽  
The City ◽  
North And South

ResumenEste artículo contribuye al entendimiento de la evolución de la ciudad de Seúl en torno al Río Han a través del análisis cruzado de su morfología urbana en relación a la situación política y económica, la estrategia urbana y el papel de los planes urbanísticos, así como de las grandes operaciones urbanísticas, en torno al río Han, tanto en los crecimientos de su orilla sur (Gang-Nam), como la transformación del centro histórico en el norte. El río Han y sus alrededores reflejan el gran cambio de la morfología de Seúl a través de su historia, en la que la relación entre la ciudad de Seúl y el río ha tenido un papel muy importante en la evolución urbana, pasando de ser un área exterior a la zona de influencia de la antigua capital, a convertirse en su centro geográfico con la extensión de la ciudad moderna al sur del río, influenciada por la situación de conflicto existente entre las dos Coreas, y derivando en un gran desequilibrio entre el Norte y el Sur de la ciudad.Palabras claveSeúl, Río Han, evolución, morfología, extensión al sur del río, desequilibrio entre norte y sur del ríoAbstractThis article contributes to the understanding of the evolution of Seoul city around the Han River through cross analysis of their urban morphology in relation to the political and economic situation, the urban strategy and the role of urban planning, as well as the great urban operations around the Han River, in the growth of its southern shore (Gang-Nam) and the transformation of the historic center in the north. The Han River and its surroundings reflect the great change in the morphology of Seoul through its history, in which the relationship between the city of Seoul and the river has played an important role in urban development, from being an area outside the area of influence of the former capital, to a geographical center to the extension of the modern city south of the river, influenced by the situation of conflict between the two Koreas, and resulting in a disequilibrium between the North and south of the city. KeywordsSeoul, Han River, evolution, morphology, extension of the south of the river, disequilibrium between the North and south of the city

The archaeological survey and excavation of walls and passes of the Hailong Tun site in Zunyi City, Guizhou

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-102
Keyword(s):  
Ming Dynasty ◽  
Song Dynasty ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Southern Song ◽  
The North ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Iron Pillar ◽  
The City ◽  
North And South

AbstractIn 2013 and 2014, Guizhou Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and other institutions conducted comprehensive survey, mapping and trial excavation to the walls and passes of the Hailong Tun Site. These archaeological activities identified the walls and passes of two phases belonging to the Song and Ming Dynasties respectively and generally made clear the full layout and evolution of the relevant remains through these periods. The extant Bronze Pillar Pass, Iron Pillar Pass, Flying Dragon Pass, Flying Tiger Pass, Chaoqian Pass, Flying Phoenix Pass, Wan’an Pass, West Pass and Rear Pass and the walls built of marlstone are the remains of the Wanli Era of the Ming Dynasty and the north and south walls and the “Earthen wall” on the top of the tun (castle) and the gates associated with them are the remains of the Southern Song Dynasty. These discoveries provided important references for the chronology and periodization of the relevant remains, and also enriched the understandings to the city sites of the Song through the Ming Dynasties in the nearby areas.

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