In metropolitan America, our histories are connected by the very lines that separate us. Our cities and suburbs have been shaped by a past in which real estate agents maintained the color line, mortgage lenders mapped out redlining, and elected officials drew exclusionary zoning and attendance boundaries around private homes and public schools.
The projected book and companion website, Living and Learning on the Line, will feature interactive maps and historical simulations to illustrate how racial and social class inequalities have changed spatially over time, and how civil rights activists have been challenged to keep pace. This demonstration website offers sample digital map designs for deepening our understanding of historical change. Our team of collaborators includes historians, geographers, technology specialists, and editorial advisors from Trinity College, the University of Connecticut, and the University of North Carolina Press.
For more information, contact: Jack Dougherty, Associate Professor |
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last updated November 5, 2009