Dots on a canvas
June 13th, 2010 at 12:51 pm ETTa-Nehisi Coates excerpts this long comment from a reader (obviously an American history professor or comparably interesting person) about 19th-century American hunting practices, especially in the West. Interesting stuff, especially given all the reading I’ve been doing this year in early American history. Given the sweeping conclusions of historians, I forget sometimes — and anecdotes and snippets like these remind me — that history is at its foundation a pointillist affair; it’s a matter of millions and billions and trillions of collective experience that form themselves into shapes on a canvas only when seen from sufficiently far away,
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Rich Mintz blogs on online fundraising and social media, American history and culture, bicycling and urbanism, food, technology, and other topics. Professionally, he's an expert in fundraising, constituency development, and social media for nonprofits, cultural organizations, cause-related marketers, and corporations. He is based in New York, where he serves as Vice President, Strategy, for 
