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Criminology of Place
The study of crime has focused primarily on why particular people commit crime or why specific communities have higher crime levels than others. In The Criminology of Place, David …
Place Matters
Over the last two decades, there has been increased interest in the distribution of crime and other antisocial behavior at lower levels of geography. The focus on micro geography …
What Is the Super Bowl?
With over 110 million viewers every year, the Super Bowl is one of the most watched television events in the United States. The final showdown between the two best football teams …
Who Was Clara Barton?
Clarissa “Clara” Barton was a shy girl who grew up to become a teacher, nurse, and humanitarian. At a time when few women worked outside the home, she became the first woman to …
Who Was Alexander Graham Bell?
Did you know that Bell's amazing invention--the telephone--stemmed from his work on teaching the deaf? Both his mother and wife were deaf. Or, did you know that in later years he …
Where Is Alcatraz?
Escape from the ordinary and break into Alcatraz, America's most famous prison!The island of Alcatraz has always been a place that's fascinated visitors, from the Native American …
What Was the Alamo?
"e;Remember the Alamo!"e; is still a rallying cry more than 175 years after the siege in Texas, where a small band of men held off about two thousand soldiers of the …
Place Matters
Over the last two decades, there has been increased interest in the distribution of crime and other antisocial behavior at lower levels of geography. The focus on micro geography …
What Was the Hindenburg?
At 800-feet long, the Hindenburg was the largest airship ever built--just slightly smaller than the Titanic! Also of a disastrous end, the zeppelin burst into flame as spectators …
What Was the Ice Age?
A mesmerizing overview of the world as it was when glaciers covered the earth and long-extinct creatures like the woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats battled to survive.Go back …
Who Was Mother Teresa?
Born a humble girl in what is now Albania, Agnes Bojaxhiu lived a charitable life. She pledged herself to a religious order at the age of 18 and chose the name Sister Teresa, after …
What Was Ellis Island?
From 1892 to 1954, Ellis Island was the gateway to a new life in the United States for millions of immigrants. In later years, the island was deserted, the buildings decaying. …