Photography as a mechanism for poverty in new york city during the late 19th and early 20th century. Like of congress for the book hosted this event. Thank you everybody. Im here to introduce bonnie yochelson. Whom i was lucky enough to work on the book. Bonnie is originally from the d. C. Area. But shes made her long time home in new york city. She graduated from college. Pursued a masters and doctorate from new york university. Early in her career; he was back in d. C. Working in the print room. From 1987 she was a curattor of prints and photographs at the museum at the city of new york. Thats since leaving the museum, shes been an independent curator and photographic historians working with the New York Historical society and the south Sea Port Museum. Since 1988 she taught in the msa program in the department of photography, video at the school of visual arts in new york. In addition to the thesis show bonnie carried numerous exhibition at the ubs art gallery in new york in 2001. T
Appears to involve only the south. But many in the United States also have their eyes on the west. Todays speaker will explore the connections between reconstruction policies to the American South and the American West after the end of the civil war. Congressional republicans had an environmental view of citizenship, desiring to turn both freed africanamericans and indians into Small Farmers. Each group, many white americans believed, would be loyal to the government until the soil and till the soil based on a northern agricultural model. Adam dean is an assistant professor of history at lynchburg college, specializing in slavery, the american civil war, and reconstruction. He received a ba from the university of california los angeles, ma and phd in 19 century history from the university of virginia under the direction of gary gallagher. Gallagher, who will be here to speak. Adams scholarship focuses on using insights from environmental and social history to answer longstanding questi