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From Plantations to Petroleum

This article, from the Historical Society of St. Charles Parish in Louisiana, examines the transformation of the landscape in that region from plantations to industrial complexes. 

Whitney Plantation

A video from The Atlantic explaining the history and mission of the Whitney Plantation Museum

"Inland Sea"

View of southern end of the “Inland Sea,” a large pond in Kickapoo State Park, formed in a depression left by strip mining.

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Mississippi River Anthropocene Field Stations

A collection of material for all the field stations of the Mississippi  Anthropocene River project led by the Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin (HkW) and Max Planck Institute for the History o