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Article: At the crossroads
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- Natural History
- Article date:
- September 1, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright American Museum of Natural History Sep 1996. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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How do nature and culture relate to each other? Why is "Down to the Crossroads," the first of two articles on the Missisippi Delta blues, by Mark Jacobson, a subject for Natural History? Why is Stephen Jay Gould, known for his writings on Darwin and evolution, writing about history and religion? Why is Wallace Broecker, the research coordinator of Biosphere 2, concerned about how people use water in the Southwest? And why is Rosie Mestel (a scientist turned writer appearing for the first time in Natural History) writing not only about the evolution of the shark's immune system but also about the world market in shark cartilage?
To understand the deep mythos of the blues, Jacobson says, one ...