Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History – serie
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26 produkter
Servants in Husbandry in Early Modern England
Av Ann Kussmaul
Häftad, 2008
586 kr
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Servants in husbandry were unmarried farm workers hired on annual contracts. The institution of service distinguished them in many ways from their chief competitors, day-labourers. Servants were employed on an annual basis; they formed part of their employers' households; they were generally young …
Avenues to Adulthood
The Origins of the High School and Social Mobility in an American Suburb
Häftad, 2009
521 kr
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American educators have hailed the public high school as the ultimate guarantor of equal opportunity in a modern educational system. Avenues to Adulthood assesses how the high school played this role. Professor Ueda's book discusses the reasons for the modernisation of the high school at the turn …
Mammon and the Pursuit of Empire
The Political Economy of British Imperialism, 1860-1912
Av Lance E. Davis, Robert A. Huttenback
Häftad, 2009
737 kr
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Historians have so far made few attempts to assess directly the costs and benefits of Britain's investment in empire. This book presents answers to some of the key questions about the economics of imperialism: how large was the flow of finance to the empire? How great were the profits on empire …
Mammon and the Pursuit of Empire
The Political Economy of British Imperialism, 1860-1912
Av Lance E. Davis, Robert A. Huttenback m. fl.
Inbunden, 1987
2068 kr
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Historians have so far made few attempts to assess directly the costs and benefits of Britain's investment in empire. This book presents answers to some of the key questions about the economics of imperialism: how large was the flow of finance to the empire? How great were the profits on empire …
A Once Charitable Enterprise
Hospitals and Health Care in Brooklyn and New York 1885-1915
Av David Rosner
Inbunden, 1982
1710 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 …
Cradle of the Middle Class
The Family in Oneida County, New York, 1790-1865
Häftad, 1983
448 kr
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Focusing primarily on the middle class, this study delineates the social, intellectual and psychological transformation of the American family from 1780-1865. Examines the emergence of the privatized middle-class family with its sharp division of male and female roles.
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 …
For Bread with Butter
The Life-Worlds of East Central Europeans in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1890-1940
Av Ewa Morawska
Inbunden, 1986
2113 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 …
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
Inbunden, 1989
1073 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 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. …
Mammon and the Pursuit of Empire Abridged Edition
The Economics of British Imperialism
Av Lance Edwin Davis, Robert A. Huttenback
Häftad, 1988
804 kr
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Historians have so far made few attempts to assess directly the costs and benefits of Britain's investment in empire. This book presents answers to some of the key questions about the economics of imperialism: how large was the flow of finance to the empire? How great were the profits on empire …
From Peasants to Farmers
The Migration from Balestrand, Norway, to the Upper Middle West
Häftad, 1989
569 kr
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This book examines a trans-Atlantic chain migration from a Norwegian fjord district to settlements in the nineteenth-century rural Upper Middle West and considers the social and economic conditions experienced in Europe as well as the immigrants' cultural adaptations to America.
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 …
Ethnic Differences
Schooling and Social Structure among the Irish, Italians, Jews, and Blacks in an American City, 1880-1935
Av Joel Perlmann, Robert Fogel
Häftad, 1989
569 kr
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Ethnic Differences, first published in 1989, explores how and why the Irish, Italians, Jews, and blacks of Providence, Rhode Island differed in their schooling and economic success. Drawing on evidence from thousands of students records of public, Catholic, and private schools, as well as on census …
The National Integration of Italian Return Migration, 1870-1929
Av Dino Cinel
Inbunden, 1991
1526 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.
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 …
Three Frontiers
Family, Land, and Society in the American West, 1850-1900
Av Dean L. May
Inbunden, 1994
1610 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 …
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 …
