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21 produkter
Nineteenth-Century Cities
Essays in the New Urban History
Av Stephan Thernstrom, Richard Sennett
Häftad, 2001
695 kr
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Research on the frontiers of urban studies was the subject of a conference on nineteenth-century cities held in November 1968 at Yale University. These papers from the conference attempt to define what is coming to be known as the "new urban history." The cities studied range from small communities …
Out of Work
The First Century of Unemployment in Massachusetts
Av Alexander Keyssar, Robert Fogel m. fl.
Häftad, 1986
653 kr
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Out of Work chronicles the history of unemployment in the United States. It traces the evolution of the problem of joblessness from the early decades of the nineteenth-century to the Great Depression of the 1930s. Challenging the widely held notion that the United States was a labour-scarce society …
Eight Hours for What We Will
Workers and Leisure in an Industrial City, 1870-1920
Av Roy Rosenzweig, Robert Fogel m. fl.
Häftad, 1985
358 kr
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In the first comprehensive study of American working-class recreation, Professor Rosenzweig takes us to the saloons, the ethnic and church picnics, the parks and playgrounds, the amusement parks, and the movie houses where industrial workers spent their leisure hours. Focusing on the city of …
Those who Stayed Behind
Rural Society in Nineteenth-Century New England
Av Hal S. Barron, Robert Fogel m. fl.
Häftad, 1988
502 kr
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In a departure from the longstanding emphasis on the frontier in American historical writing, Hal Barron employs a range of sources to reconstruct the social and economic history of a nineteenth-century rural community - Chelsea, Vermont -which was profoundly affected by population loss and …
The Congressman's Civil War
Av Allan G. Bogue, Robert Fogel m. fl.
Häftad, 1989
569 kr
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In the historical literature of the American Civil War, the president, the generals, and the cabinet secretaries have won the war of words. Of the hundreds of men who served in the House of Representatives during this struggle, only a handful typically appear in general discussions of the period. …
The Emergence of the Middle Class
Social Experience in the American City, 1760-1900
Av Stuart Mack Blumin, Robert Fogel m. fl.
Häftad, 1989
653 kr
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Of all the terms that Americans define themselves as members of society, few are as elusive as 'middle class'. This book traces the emergence of a recognizable and self-aware 'middle class' between the era of the American Revolution and the end of the nineteenth century. The author focuses on the …
Yankee Merchants and the Making of the Urban West
The Rise and Fall of Antebellum St Louis
Av Jeffrey S. Adler, Robert Fogel m. fl.
Inbunden, 1991
1811 kr
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By the early 1850s, St Louis was one of the fastest-growing cities in America. In this book, Jeffrey Adler analyzes the forces that determined the role of western cities in the national economy. He devotes particular attention to the ways in which Yankee merchants forged ties that linked St Louis …
The National Integration of Italian Return Migration, 1870-1929
Av Dino Cinel, Robert Fogel m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
569 kr
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This book examines return migration to Italy from the United States from 1870 to 1929. Many imigrants did not intend to settle permanently in the United States, but to make money in order to buy land in Italy. The book documents the flow from America back to Italy of individuals and remittances and …
Yankee Merchants and the Making of the Urban West
The Rise and Fall of Antebellum St Louis
Av Jeffrey S. Adler, Robert Fogel m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
569 kr
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By the early 1850s, St Louis was one of the fastest-growing cities in America. In this book, Jeffrey Adler analyzes the forces that determined the role of western cities in the national economy. He devotes particular attention to the ways in which Yankee merchants forged ties that linked St Louis …
The Politics of Community
Migration and Politics in Antebellum Ohio
Av Kenneth J. Winkle, Robert Fogel m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
468 kr
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Before the Civil War, millions of migrants streamed westward into and through the Midwest, challenging the stability of the fledgling communities throughout that region. The Politics of Community examines the impact of westward migration on political development and behaviour in Ohio, the most …
A Once Charitable Enterprise
Hospitals and Health Care in Brooklyn and New York 1885-1915
Av David Rosner, Robert Fogel m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
569 kr
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This 1982 book examines the changes in hospital care in New York that occurred around the turn of the twentieth century. It represents a fundamental departure from traditional medical history, which has usually emphasised 'progress' through science and technology. Professor Rosner identifies the …
For Bread with Butter
The Life-Worlds of East Central Europeans in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1890-1940
Av Ewa Morawska, Robert Fogel m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
653 kr
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Fifty years ago, enactment of the Wagner National Labor Relations Act gave American organized labour what it has regarded ever since as one of its greatest assets: a legislative guarantee of the right of workers to organize and bargain collectively. Yet although the Wagner Act's guarantees remain …
Police in Urban America, 1860-1920
Av Eric H. Monkkonen, Robert Fogel m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
377 kr
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Recent years have witnessed a growing interest in the social history of crime an-long a variety of disciplines. This book examines the rapid spread of uniformed police forces throughout late nineteenth-century urban America. It suggests that, initially, the new kind of police in industrial cities …
Three Frontiers
Family, Land, and Society in the American West, 1850-1900
Av Dean L. May, Robert Fogel m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
569 kr
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This book explores the values and aspirations of early settlers in the American Far West. It compares those who settled in the Willamette Valley in the 1840s, the Utah Valley in the 1850s, and the Boise Valley in the 1860s. The Oregon and Utah settlers tried with differing degrees of success to …
Glimpses of the Harvard Past
Av Bernard Bailyn, Donald Fleming m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
372 kr
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This happy combination of literary essay and exceptionally well-written history, providing insights into a past still important in the twentieth century, will quickly take an honored place on the shelves of Harvardiana.Bernard Bailyn writes on the origins of Harvard and the foundations of Harvard’s …
Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups
Av Stephan Thernstrom, Ann Orlov m. fl.
Inbunden, 1980
2045 kr
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From Acadians to Zoroastrians-Asians, American Indians, East Indians, West Indians, Europeans, Latin Americans, Afro-Americans, and Mexican Americans—the Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups provides the first comprehensive and systematic review of the many peoples of this country. It …
Poverty and Progress
Social Mobility in a Nineteenth Century City
Häftad, 1980
383 kr
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Embedded in the consciousness of Americans throughout much of the country’s history has been the American Dream: that every citizen, no matter how humble his beginnings, is free to climb to the top of the social and economic ladder. Poverty and Progress assesses the claims of the American Dream …
America in Black and White
One Nation, Indivisible
Av Stephan Thernstrom, Abigail M Thernstrom
Häftad, 1999
473 kr
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No Excuses
Closing the Racial Gap in Learning
Av Abigail Thernstrom, Stephan Thernstrom
Häftad, 2004
288 kr
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Black and Hispanic students are not learning enough in our public schools, and their typically poor performance is the most important source of ongoing racial inequality in America today—thus, say Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom, the racial gap in school achievement is the nation's most critical …
Beyond the Color Line
New Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in America
Av Abigail Thernstrom, Stephan Thernstrom
Häftad, 2002
224 kr
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No Excuses
Closing the Racial Gap in Learning
Av Abigail Thernstrom, Stephan Thernstrom
E-bok, 2009
213 kr
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Black and Hispanic students are not learning enough in our public schools. Their typically poor performance is the most important source of ongoing racial inequality in America today. Thus, say Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom, the racial gap in school achievement is the nation''s most critical civil …
