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S-Town is an American investigative journalism podcast hosted by Brian Reed and created by the producers of Serial and This American Life. [1] All seven chapters were released on March 28, 2017. The podcast was downloaded a record-breaking 10 million times in four days [2] and had been downloaded over 80 million times by May 2020. [3]
Towns and cities have a long history, although opinions vary on which ancient settlements are truly cities. The benefits of dense settlement included reduced transport costs, exchange of ideas, sharing of natural resources, large local markets, wider selection of potential mates, and in some cases amenities such as running water and sewerage .
[104] [133] [134] The channel was launched in January 2012, with the first episode of its World History series hosted by John Green. [135] [5] The channel has since grown to 44 series covering topics including history, literature, and science. All of the content is available for free and many follow the curricula for the Advanced Placement program.
The Rest Is History is a history podcast hosted by historian and author Dominic Sandbrook and popular historian Tom Holland. [1] [2] The podcast was launched in November 2020 and is produced by Goalhanger Podcasts. It is the highest-ranked UK history podcast on Spotify and Apple, and in the top 10 in the US charts. [3]
John Coggeshall was the son of John and Ann (Butter) Coggeshall. He was born and raised in northeastern Essex, England, and baptised at Halstead. [1] After his marriage, he lived four miles (six km) away in Castle Hedingham where several of his children were baptised, and where he was a merchant prior to his emigration.
In 1817 model communities were proposed by social reformer Robert Owen to address overcrowded towns. Inspired by John Bellers's 1695 proposal for a College of Industry, a colony for the poor enabling disadvantaged people to work and their children to be educated, Owen proposed small, self-contained communities of about twelve hundred people reliant on agriculture but with some other industry.
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The City in Texas: A History (University of Texas Press, 2015) 342 pp. Pierce, Bessie Louise. A History of Chicago from Town to Ciry 1848-1871 Vol II (1940) Pierce, Bessie Louise. A History of Chicago, Volume III: The Rise of a Modern City, 1871-1893 (1957) excerpt; Reiff, Janice L., Ann Durkin Keating and James R. Grossman, eds.