Tag: Transportation

Member of the Week: Troy Hallsell

.Reading time 7 minutes.

Troy Hallsell PhD Candidate, Department of History The University of Memphis Describe your current research. What about it drew your interest?  My research explores the grassroots politics of anti-freeway activism. In 1956, federal highway administrators proposed a freeway that would run directly though Overton Park in Midtown, Memphis. Their proposal became one of Tennessee’s and […]

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Member of the Week: Michael Pante

.Reading time 4 minutes.

Michael D. Pante Assistant Professor Department of History, Ateneo de Manila University Describe your current research. What about it drew your interest?  My current research deals with the history of Quezon City, especially in terms of its evolving social geography throughout the twentieth century. I was drawn to this topic primarily because of my affinity […]

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