Automobiles fundamentally shifted the ways in which visitors to animal attractions experienced the creatures on display before their eyes.

“Nuclear Ghosts” explores the history of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s failed nuclear power project in rural Tennessee, the enviro-technological controversy the plant generated, and why nuclear power was seen as a threat not only to lives but also a way of life, one intimately connected to the American South’s culture and environment.

Epidemic yellow fever plagued New Orleans due to a series of environmental and demographic changes enabled by the rise of sugar production and urban development.

The water shop was a crucial part of the traditional water supply system in imperial and early modern China.