My name is Cameron Blevins. Thank you for cosponsoring this event might particularly Jeffrey Engel england john phipps. Its my pleasure to introduce Cameron Blevins who braved last night whether to fly in from denver where he teaches u. S. History and humanities at the university of colorado campus in the mile high city. Before moving to the Current Ratio is assistant professor of history at Northeastern University in boston and the core faculty member at the school lab for networks. Cameron is in of the nutmeg state to does anybody know what the nutmeg state is . A number of you. I was hoping id be able to enlighten you. Although he posted palm streets and sunny skies of Southern California when he studied as an undergraduate he loved the west so much that he moved up interstate five to stand for where he his ph. D. In history in 2015. He argued boasts an impressive publication record and tonight he is here to to discuss with this his most significant accomplishment today, paper trail
Finish thanks so much for coming out. My name is andy gray bell, and im the director of the center for southwest stus here at smu. Studies here at smu. Let me start by thanking the many people, or at least a few of them, who have helped make this evening possible starting with our friends at the center for president ial history with whom we are cosponsoring this event tonight, particularly jeffreying brian and ron that. I also want to thank Vivian Elmore who coordinates things on our end for the Clement Center. It is my pleasure to introduce Cameron Blevins who braved last nights weather to fly in from denver where he teaches digital humanities at the university of colorado campus in the mile high city. He was assistant professor of history at Northeastern University in boston and a core faculty member at the schools lab for tech, maps and networks. I learned last night cameron is a native of the nutmeg state, for those of you anybody know what the nutmeg state is . A number of you. I
Here at smu. Let me start by thanking the many people. Well at least a few of them who at least a few video who have helped make this evening possible starting with our friends at the center for president ial history with whom we are cosponsoring this event tonight. Particularly jeffreyrt engel, Brian Franklin and rhonda spinster elected thank ruth ann elmore who coordinates things on our end for the clements center. So was my pleasure to introduce Cameron Blevins who braved last night whether to fly in from denver where he teaches u. S. History and digital humanity at the university of colorado campus in the mile high city. Before moving to the front right she was assistant professor of history at Northeastern University in boston and a core faculty member at the schools in the lab for text maps and networks. I learned last that cameron is a native of nutmeg state your for thoses of you who dont know but the nutmeg state, a number of you, so there is going to enable to invite you. Alt
Today we are talking the west mine wars. This is for for our class. This is really the beginning of a of a new section after your midterm. So this is a point were going to start today by looking at some some big picture concepts, concepts that weve talked about, maybe looking at some maps that weve already seen this semester. And are going to use those to kind of touch base throughout this lecture and, look at those concepts and get a better understanding of how these these two sections of the class connect with one another. So first, i know ive showed you these maps before, or at least some version of them might be a little a little more updated then the ones that i was showing at the beginning, the semester. But these are maps i use a lot, maps that i use plenty in in these classes. And i think that can tell us many stories. Right . Not just about the United States, but particularly for us, whats happening in in appalachia and the structural, systematic social issues as poverty rate,
Today we are talking the west mine wars. This is for for our class. This is really the beginning of a of a new section after your midterm. So this is a point were going to start today by looking at some some big picture concepts, concepts that weve talked about, maybe looking at some maps that weve already seen this semester. And are going to use those to kind of touch base throughout this lecture and, look at those concepts and get a better understanding of how these these two sections of the class connect with one another. So first, i know ive showed you these maps before, or at least some version of them might be a little a little more updated then the ones that i was showing at the beginning, the semester. But these are maps i use a lot, maps that i use plenty in in these classes. And i think that can tell us many stories. Right . Not just about the United States, but particularly for us, whats happening in in appalachia and the structural, systematic social issues as poverty rate,