Michael Kucher, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, History of Technology and the
Environment. University of Washington, Tacoma 1900 Commerce Street Tacoma WA 98402 USA 253-692-5839 kucher at u dot washington dot edu
Current Research:
The medieval water supply of Siena, Italy.
The impact of the fur trade on aquatic ecosystems in the Pacific
Northwest.
Landscape history of the Mima mounds, Thurston County, Washington.
Postcard view of a "lector," reading the
newspaper to cigar workers in Havan For more information about el lector in Cuba and Tampa, see
Gary R. Mormino and George E. Pozzetta, The Immigrant World of Ybor
City: Italians and Their Latin Neighbors in Tampa, 1885-1985
(Urbana, 1987), 102-103. For a larger image, click on image.
