Recent Scholarship
Social Welfare and Public Health
Brinkmann, Tobias, “Ethnic Difference and Civic Unity: A German-American Comparison of Jewish Communal Philanthropy in the Nineteenth Century City,” in Philanthropy, Patronage, and Civil Society: Experiences from Germany, Great Britain, and North America, ed. Thomas Adam, 179–97. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004. $37.95, isbn 0253343135.)
Cohen, Miriam, “Reconsidering Schools and the American Welfare State,” History of Education Quarterly, 45 (Winter 2005), 511–37.
Dinan, John, and Jac C. Heckelman, “The Anti-tobacco Movement in the Progressive Era: A Case Study of Direct Democracy in Oregon,” Explorations in Economic History, 42 (Oct. 2005), 529–46.
Gabriel, Joseph M., “Mass-Producing the Individual: Mary C. Jarrett, Elmer E. Southard, and the Industrial Origins of Psychiatric Social Work,” Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 79 (Fall 2005), 430–58.
Gastrow, Claudia, “Struggling for Freedom: The Divestment Movement at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1977–1987,” Safundi (no. 20, Oct. 2005) http://www.safundi.com.
McDonald, Archie P., “Louisiana Orgins of Freemasonry in East Texas,” Louisiana History, 46 (Fall 2005), 435–48.
Patton, Thomas, W., “When the Veterans Came to Vermont: The Civilian Conservation Corps and the Winooski River Flood Control Project,” Vermont History, 73 (Summer–Fall 2005), 160–89.
Poethig, Richard P., “Marshal Logan Scott and the Presbyterian Institute of Industrial Relations,” Journal of Presbyterian History, 83 (Spring–Summer 2005), 5–22. Heavily illustrated.
Raney, Vanessa, “Child Labor and Lewis Hine: His Life and Work,” 49th Parallel (Birmingham) (no. 16, Autumn 2005) http://www.49thparallel.bham.ac.uk.
Reiss, Benjamin, “Bardolatry in Bedlam: Shakespeare, Psychiatry, and Cultural Authority in Nineteenth-Century America,” English Literary History, 72 (Winter 2005), 769–97.
Robbins, Louise S., “Changing the Geography of Reading in a Southern Border State: The Rosenwald Fund and the wpa in Oklahoma,” Libraries & Culture, 40 (Summer 2005), 353–67.
Russell, Sarah, “Intermarriage and Intermingling: Constructing the Planter Class in Louisiana’s Sugar Parishes, 1803–1850,” Louisiana History, 46 (Fall 2005), 407–34.
Shepherd, Samuel C., Jr., “In Pursuit of Louisiana Progressives,” Louisiana History, 46 (Fall 2005), 389–406.
Tomek, Beverley, “‘From motives of generosity, as well as self-preservation’: Thomas Branagan, Colonization, and the Gradual Emancipation Movement,” American Nineteenth Century History (London), 6 (June 2005), 121–47.
Xiaoyu, Peng, “The Conversion of a Radical: Dorothy Day and The Catholic Social Thought,” in The Harmony and Prosperity of Civilizations: Selected Papers of Beijing Forum, 220–34. (Beijing: Peking University Press, 2005. Paper, Y 55.00, isbn 730109762X.)
Byrd, Michael Dane, “White Poor and Poor Relief in Charles Town, 1725–1775: A Prosopography” (University of South Carolina, 2005). Order No. DA3173146.
Cagle, Paul Christopher, “Historical Foundations of Hollywood’s Social Problem Film, 1945–1967” (Brown University, 2005). Order No. DA3174579.
Fleegler, Robert L., “A Nation of Immigrants: The Rise of ‘Contributionism’ in the United States, 1924–1965” (Brown University, 2005). Order No. DA3174601.
Fronc, Jennifer, “‘I led him on’: Undercover Investigation and the Politics of Social Reform in New York City, 1900–1919” (Columbia University, 2005). Order No. DA3174790.
Gilmore, Kimberly E., “States of Incarceration: Prisoners’ Rights and U.S. Prison Expansion after World War II” (New York University, 2005). Order No. DA3170832.
Goldstein, Alyosha, “Civic Property: An Empire for Liberty through Community Action” (New York University, 2005). Order No. DA3170833.
Kerr, Daniel R., “Open Penitentiaries: Institutionalizing Homelessness in Cleveland, Ohio” (Case Western Reserve University, 2005). Order No. DA3177657.
Laugen, Robert Todd, “The Promise and Defeat of the Progressive Public: Reform Politics in Colorado, 1902–1929” (University of Colorado, Boulder, 2005). Order No. DA3168282.
Scouras, Susan, “The Impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Quality of Life Issues Experienced by Disabled Professionals in the State of Washington” (Gonzaga University, 2005). Order No. DA3170690.
Thorndike, Joseph Jacobs, III, “The Price of Civilization: Taxation for Depression and War, 1932–1945” (University of Virginia, 2005). Order No. DA3177460.
Unsel, Julianne, “Woman’s Hour: Suffrage and American Citizenship in War and Reconstruction, 1914–1924” (University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2005). Order No. DA3175589.
Larson, George A., ed., “A ccc Recruit Looks Back: Claire Patterson’s Black Hills Experience,” South Dakota History, 35 (Winter 2005), 335–46.
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