On Time

"I look not just across the Atlantic Ocean, but also across the socioeconomic spectrum. The political newspapers and pamphlets of that decade differed from those of previous years in that an increasing number of them were written and priced for readers outside of the traditional leadership class."

This feels very reminiscent of the relatively recent subaltern turn within the social sciences: turning the scholar's gaze into places scantly observed prior.

citizenship and inheritance of property

• Official policy discourse
• Actual migration policies on paper
• Implementation of policies on the ground
• policy outcomes

Fourth consecutive win of Conservatives

offsetting an effect by countering it with something of equal force

The difference between "mega-cities" and "global cities"

Planning practices often starkly highlight the dominant socioeconomic ethnic group, ruling elite, or other people in positions of power.

Mass diaspora, global shift of powers, restructuring, colonialization and decolonialization

While Muscat street was originally drawn as a way to disempower native ethnic groups of Malaysia, it has been recontextualized to shy away from the eurocentric mindset that dominated much of recent history.

The existence of homogenous racial enclaves reminds me of elements of both the Ethnic City and the Divided City. The Raffles Plan's division of Singapore into segregated ethnic areas was a way to best benefit the European traders.

Kampong Glam used to house the Bendahara dynasty of the Malay Aristocracy. In 1819, the British East India company was given a right to establish a trading post. In 1822, under the Raffles Plan, Singapore was divided according to different ethnic groups.

Colonial cities arose in societies that fell under the domination of Europe and North America in the early expansion of the capitalist world system.

The granting of a title/right

Inevitable; not to be avoided/stopped

Like Ruth Suckow herself, many Iowan women's academic pursuits led them outside the state. Many college-age Iowans left the state in search of opportunities more relevant to their education.

Liberty bonds were a type of war bond that was sold in the United States to support the Allied cause in World War I. It introduced the idea of financial securities to many Americans for the first time.

Many Americans strongly felt that the Great War was a strictly “European” conflict. The sentiment for neutrality was particularly strong among Irish Americans, German Americans, and Scandinavian Americans.

Under the Selective Service Act of 1917, all males between the ages of 21-30 were required to register to be potentially drafted for military service.

An Implement store is a tool/retail store. Richland is the oldest town in Keokuk County. It’s likely that the implement and produce stores were frequented by many townspeople.

World War I lasted from 1914-1918. US involvement in the Great War, however, didn’t start until 1917 with the interception of the Zimmermann Telegram

The Zimmermann Telegram was a secret German communicae proposing a military alliance with Mexico if the United State entered WWI against Germany

Ruth Suckow herself was the descendant of German Immigrants. It was in 1917 when she reconnected with her grandparents and learned more about her German heritage. Sadly, this coincided with the cascade of virulent anti-German sentiment