KD
Kirke D.A. Elsass
@kelsass.bsky.social
Historian of technology, environment, and culture; PhDing at Montana State on cement and the cultures it co-created in 20th-century U.S.; love being outside, literally and figuratively; he/him/Dada
New Haven, CT
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Depressing not surprising: baselessly blaming immigrants for (supposedly) increasing criminal behavior isn't only a political tactic today but a time-honored historical analysis. Found "then in the 1700s all the undesirables came" stuff in both an 1828 book and a 1935 professional journal this week
These were to explain overcrowding in jails and the construction of new ones, ignoring plenty of other explanations (including some they articulated elsewhere!).
KD
Kirke D.A. Elsass
@kelsass.bsky.social
Historian of technology, environment, and culture; PhDing at Montana State on cement and the cultures it co-created in 20th-century U.S.; love being outside, literally and figuratively; he/him/Dada
New Haven, CT
469 followers400 following85 posts