Urban bosses, machines, and progressive reformers (Problems in American civilization)

Stave, Bruce M.

Heath

Making Urban History: Historiography Oral History

History

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Sage Publications, Inc.

For nearly a century, the symbol of the American "melting pot" - namely that all cultures are transformed into a single American identity - has enjoyed considerable popularity. Bruce M. Stave and John F. Sutherland offer the reader an opportunity to explore and question this and other concepts in From the Old Country, an oral history comprising the voices of the early European immigrants - the Irish, Scandinavians, Italians, Jews, Poles, Slavs, and others - who came to America by the millions between the late nineteenth to early twentieth century. The authors, both practicing oral historians, have compiled their interviews and others conducted by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s. This resulting blend is a new and enlightening, sometimes disturbing, perspective on the forefathers and foremothers who gave so much to the country that they have adopted as their own. Their interviews, combined with those of the WPA, enable the authors to offer the reader a perspective of at least three generations of immigrant experience. From the Old Country presents the concept that while there were, and are, many common experiences encountered by the American immigrant, there are also experiences that are not shared by all ethnic groups and individuals. For example, the myth of the uprooted, sequestered immigrant is dispelled, and revealed are the support networks of friends and families that helped to find jobs, homes, and in general, helped to relieve the sense of alienation that was often felt by the newcomers. Especially intriguing is the candidness with which many of the WPA interviewees express the prejudices and bigotries felt towards other ethnic groups, and at times even of the internal suspicions that served to divide rather than strengthen. Stave and Sutherland, in this clearly narrated collection of oral testimonies, follow the entire immigrant experience including the role that the family unit played, both economically and socially. Of special interest to women's studies is the place that the immigrant women held in the new world - the changing of traditional relationships between men and women, and within families, and ultimately the growing involvement with the political movement for women's autonomy. Ending with a nontraditional roundtable discussion, the authors are joined by Aldo Salerno, a research assistant for this book. Together the three summarize and discuss the implication of the oral histories they have recorded, and their meaning for the study of immigration today. More important they bring to life the theme that the immigrant experience is not something of the past, but a reality of the present. From the Old Country is an invaluable tool for any scholar, student, or individual who has the need to know, and to learn, more of what it means to be American today.

From the Old Country: An Oral History of European Migration to America (Twayne's Oral History Series)

Sutherland, John F.

Salerno, Aldo

Americas

Twayne Pub

The New Deal and the last hurrah; Pittsburgh machine politics

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

University of Pittsburgh Press

In studying the effect of New Deal on urban political machines, Bruce M. Stave challenges the traditional view of declining bossism in America from the 1930s through the 1950s. Using Pittsburgh as his case study, he demonstrates how political power was transferred from a once-invincible Republican machine to the Democratic Party led by David L. Lawrence. Stave traces the consolidation of patronage control and grassroots voting support with a special emphasis on the interplay between politics and federal work relief during the depression decade.

The New Deal and the Last Hurrah: Pittsburgh Machine Politics

Combines contemporary interviews and interviews conducted by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s to give a three-generation perspective on the experiences of Irish, Italian, Jewish, and other immigrants to the United States.

From the Old Country: An Oral History of European Migration to America

Univ Pr of New England

Urban Bosses, Machines and Progressive Reformers

Krieger Pub. Co

Connecticut has long been called "The Land of Steady Habits," a nickname resulting from the strict morals of its inhabitants, who in the colony's earliest days were governed by rigid Blue Laws regulating public morality. Although Blue Laws no longer exist, this term is still recognized across the state. "Red Bricks," a British term, refers to six universities in England's industrial cities during the late nineteenth century. Unlike the elite Oxford and Cambridge, "Red Bricks" admitted students without regard to class or religion and concentrated on practical skills. University of Connecticut, rooted in the Storrs Agricultural School (founded in 1881) to teach the farming trade, was more Red Brick than Oxbridge in its origins. In contrast to established private institutions such as Yale, Wesleyan, and Trinity, state-supported UConn was accessible at comparatively low cost to a wide variety of students.  Written in celebration of UConn's 125th anniversary, this volume traces how the university emerged from its foundation as a tiny agricultural college to become the leading public university in New England. Organized chronologically by the administrations of the University of Connecticut's thirteen presidents, Red Brick in the Land of Steady Habits discusses internal developments such as the creation of a major research library, the founding of professional schools, student life, athletics, and national research funding, within the broad historical context of particular presidential eras. The author traces the impact of the Great Depression, World War II and the postwar G.I. Bill, the McCarthy and cold war eras, Vietnam and other protests, diversity and curriculum reform, NCAA athletics, and the economic boom of the 1990s. Throughout, Stave shows how the national and international scene shaped events as Connecticut leaders transformed a serene, rural campus -- a provincial"safety school" -- into a competitive national research university.

Red Brick in the Land of Steady Habits: Creating the University of Connecticut 1881-2006

Education & Teaching

Burmeister, Laura

Higher & Continuing Education

Connecticut has long been called "The Land of Steady Habits," a nickname resulting from the strict morals of its inhabitants, who in the colony's earliest days were governed by rigid Blue Laws regulating public morality. Although Blue Laws no longer exist, this term is still recognized across the state. "Red Bricks," a British term, refers to six universities in England's industrial cities during the late nineteenth century. Unlike the elite Oxford and Cambridge, "Red Bricks" admitted students without regard to class or religion and concentrated on practical skills. University of Connecticut, rooted in the Storrs Agricultural School (founded in 1881) to teach the farming trade, was more Red Brick than Oxbridge in its origins. In contrast to established private institutions such as Yale, Wesleyan, and Trinity, state-supported UConn was accessible at comparatively low cost to a wide variety of students. Written in celebration of UConn's 125th anniversary, this volume traces how the university emerged from its foundation as a tiny agricultural college to become the leading public university in New England. Organized chronologically by the administrations of the University of Connecticut's thirteen presidents, Red Brick in the Land of Steady Habits discusses internal developments such as the creation of a major research library, the founding of professional schools, student life, athletics, and national research funding, within the broad historical context of particular presidential eras. The author traces the impact of the Great Depression, World War II and the postwar G.I. Bill, the McCarthy and cold war eras, Vietnam and other protests, diversity and curriculum reform, NCAA athletics, and the economic boom of the 1990s. Throughout, Stave shows how the national and international scene shaped events as Connecticut leaders transformed a serene, rural campus -- a provincial "safety school" -- into a competitive national research university.

Red Brick in the Land of Steady Habits: Creating the University of Connecticut, 1881-2006

Neagle, Michael

Papandrea, Leslie Horner

Stave, Sondra Astor

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