Robert Gioielli on "Hard Asphalt and Heavy Metals"
Historian Robert Gioielli, Carson fellow from September 2010 to June 2011, speaks about his research project, “Hard Asphalt and Heavy Metals: An Environmental History of the Urban Crisis.”
Historian Robert Gioielli, Carson fellow from September 2010 to June 2011, speaks about his research project, “Hard Asphalt and Heavy Metals: An Environmental History of the Urban Crisis.”
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