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![The Kenmore Commander Vacuum as pictured at the Durham Museum in Omaha, Nebraska. The Kenmore Commander Vacuum as pictured at the Durham Museum in Omaha, Nebraska.](https://steppingintothemap.com/anthropocene/files/square_thumbnails/df03d5dd76776cc95174455233475fbc.jpg)
Consumer Revolutions
Globalization has brought the world to our doorstep. Expanding networks of trade bring goods from every corner of the world to our homes in Omaha.…
![“Swift Packing Company Crate.” Photograph. The Durham Museum, September 10, 2022. “Swift Packing Company Crate.” Photograph. The Durham Museum, September 10, 2022.](https://steppingintothemap.com/anthropocene/files/square_thumbnails/266f3c991f22f17e11014abc676607c4.jpg)
Conquering Time and Space
Industrial revolutions fundamentally transformed the world’s social and economic order. Beginning in Great Britain in the eighteenth century, European…
![Street Map and Guide (front) Street Map and Guide (front)](https://steppingintothemap.com/anthropocene/files/square_thumbnails/8f30f01d01f8fa1d9a426fd74a6a34f9.jpg)
Living in a World of Our Own Making
The Anthropocene means “The Age of Humans,” but what does it mean to live in a world of our own making? Humanity has flourished in past two centuries.…
![Ferndell Iced Tea Tin - Sprague, Warner, & Co Ferndell Iced Tea Tin - Sprague, Warner, & Co](https://steppingintothemap.com/anthropocene/files/square_thumbnails/d9cd6a72f1791abb1695b5ba3c804357.jpg)
Taming the Landscape
When did people begin to take control of the global environment? Humans have shaped their local environments for hundreds of thousands of years. As…