Colors Tenements To Tammany An Irish Immigrants Tale
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Colors Tenements To Tammany An Irish Immigrants Tale
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Author : Samuel J. Murray
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-08-26
Colors Tenements To Tammany An Irish Immigrants Tale written by Samuel J. Murray and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-26 with Family & Relationships categories.
The true saga of an immigrant Irish family living in the Brooklyn tenements. Each member tells their separate story growing up after the disappearance of their father during a tumultuous period. A mother and her five children carry on with the support of a son who goes to work at the age of ten.
An Unlikely Union
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Author : Paul Moses
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2015-07-03
An Unlikely Union written by Paul Moses and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-03 with History categories.
They came from the poorest parts of Ireland and Italy, and met as rivals on the sidewalks of New York. In the nineteenth century and for long after, the Irish and Italians fought in the Catholic Church, on the waterfront, at construction sites, and in the streets. Then they made peace through romance, marrying each other on a large scale in the years after World War II.An Unlikely Union unfolds the dramatic story of how two of America's largest ethnic groups learned to love and laugh with each other in the wake of decades of animosity.The vibrant cast of characters features saints such as Mother Frances X. Cabrini, who stood up to the Irish American archbishop of New York when he tried to send her back to Italy, and sinners like Al Capone, who left his Irish wife home the night he shot it out with Brooklyn's Irish mob. Also highlighted are the love affair between radical labor organizers Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Carlo Tresca; Italian American gangster Paul Kelly's alliance with Tammany's “Big Tim” Sullivan; hero detective Joseph Petrosino's struggle to be accepted in the Irish-run NYPD; and Frank Sinatra's competition with Bing Crosby to be the country's top male vocalist.In this engaging history of the Irish and Italians, veteran New York City journalist and professor Paul Moses offers an archetypal American story. At a time of renewed fear of immigrants, it demonstrates that Americans are able to absorb tremendous social change and conflict—and come out the better for it.
Machine Made Tammany Hall And The Creation Of Modern American Politics
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Author : Terry Golway
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2014-03-03
Machine Made Tammany Hall And The Creation Of Modern American Politics written by Terry Golway and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-03 with History categories.
“Golway’s revisionist take is a useful reminder of the unmatched ingenuity of American politics.”—Wall Street Journal History casts Tammany Hall as shorthand for the worst of urban politics: graft and patronage personified by notoriously crooked characters. In his groundbreaking work Machine Made, journalist and historian Terry Golway dismantles these stereotypes, focusing on the many benefits of machine politics for marginalized immigrants. As thousands sought refuge from Ireland’s potato famine, the very question of who would be included under the protection of American democracy was at stake. Tammany’s transactional politics were at the heart of crucial social reforms—such as child labor laws, workers’ compensation, and minimum wages— and Golway demonstrates that American political history cannot be understood without Tammany’s profound contribution. Culminating in FDR’s New Deal, Machine Made reveals how Tammany Hall “changed the role of government—for the better to millions of disenfranchised recent American arrivals” (New York Observer).
Plunkitt Of Tammany Hall
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Author : William L. Riordon
language : en
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Release Date : 2020-08-12
Plunkitt Of Tammany Hall written by William L. Riordon and has been published by Courier Dover Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-12 with Political Science categories.
This volume presents the candid wit and wisdom of George Washington Plunkitt (1842-1924), a longtime New York City ward boss and Tammany Hall player. Plunkitt, a cynically honest practitioner of machine politics, reveals the secrets to the political success of Tammany Hall operatives, freely discussing his patronage-based appointments and exercise of power for personal gain.
Before They Were The Bombers
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Author : Jim Reisler
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-09-17
Before They Were The Bombers written by Jim Reisler and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-17 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Many histories of the New York Yankees only skim the early years in their rush to pick up with the 1919 season when Babe Ruth joined the team and go on to celebrate the careers of Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and Whitey Ford, and the team's World Series titles. But what about the Yankees before these big names? The early Yankees, who spent their first 12 years known as the Highlanders and were occasionally known as the Americans and the Invaders, get the attention they deserve in this work. It tells the story up until the sale of the Yankees in December 1914, beginning with 1903 when the team was formed from the remnants of the Baltimore Orioles. Led by future Hall of Famers "Wee" Willie Keeler, Jack Chesbro, and Clark Griffith, they were the most expensive major league team ever assembled--but they are remembered primarily for their terrible failures, which included losing a club-low 103 games in 1908 and finishing 55 games out of first place in 1912. Yes, the Yankees.
Unto A Good Land
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Author : David Edwin Harrell
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2005-08-23
Unto A Good Land written by David Edwin Harrell and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-23 with History categories.
Introducing a New U.S. History Text That Takes Religion Seriously Unto a Good Land offers a distinctive narrative history of the American people -- from the first contacts between Europeans and North America's native inhabitants, through the creation of a modern nation, to the 2004 presidential election. Written by a team of highly regarded historians, this textbook shows how grasping the uniqueness of the "American experiment" depends on understanding not only social, cultural, political, and economic factors but also the role that religion has played in shaping U. S. history. While most United States history textbooks in recent decades have expanded their coverage of social and cultural history, they still tend to shortchange the role of religious ideas, practices, and movements in the American past. Unto a Good Land restores the balance by giving religion its appropriate place in the story. This readable and teachable text also features a full complement of maps, historical illustrations, and "In Their Own Words" sidebars with excerpts from primary source documents.
When Canadian Literature Moved To New York
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Author : Nicholas James Mount
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2005-01-01
When Canadian Literature Moved To New York written by Nicholas James Mount and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Canadian literature was born in New York City. It began not in the backwoods of Ontario or the salt flats of New Brunswick, but in the cafés, publishing offices, and boarding houses of late nineteenth-century New York, where writing developed as a profession and where the groundwork for the Canadian canon was laid. So argues Nick Mount in When Canadian Literature Moved to New York. The last decades of the nineteenth century saw an extraordinary exodus from English Canada, draining the country of half its writers and all but a few of its contemporary and future literary celebrities. Motivated by powerful obstacles to a domestic literature, most of these migrants landed in New York - by the 1890s the centre of the continental literary market - and found for the first time a large, receptive literary market and recognition from non-Canadian publishers and reviewers. While the expatriates of the 1880s and 1890s - including Bliss Carman, Ernest Thompson Seton, and Palmer Cox - were recognized for their achievements in Canada, the domestic literature they themselves spurred into existence rekindled a nationalist imperative to distinguish Canadian writing from other literatures, especially American, and this slowly eliminated most of their work from the emerging English Canadian canon. When Canadian Literature Moved to New York is the story of these expatriate writers: who they were, why they left, what they achieved, and how they changed Canadian literary history.
Five Points
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Author : Tyler Anbinder
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2001
Five Points written by Tyler Anbinder and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with City and town life categories.
The fascinating history of Five Points, a New York City neighborhood infamous for being utterly depraved and yet amazingly culturally rich, illuminates all the best and worst of the American immigrant experience. 40 photos.
Far From The Shamrock Shore
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Author : Mick Moloney
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2002
Far From The Shamrock Shore written by Mick Moloney and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
From the lush green hills of their homeland to the cramped ghettoes of industrialized cities an ocean away, from the famine-ravaged fields of Ireland to the community dance halls in America, the Irish documented their history through song. "Far from the Shamrock Shore tells the story of Irish immigration to America in words and lyrics, with an accompanying CD further illustrating the journey through song. The Irish-American folk and popular songs featured complement the text, highlighting issues immigrants faced and the social conditions they experienced from the 1700s to the early twentieth century. They tell of the backbreaking task of survival in the New World; the battles waged for fair treatment and fair pay for the work done by these immigrants on railroads, on canals, and in mines, construction, and factories; the success that they ultimately attained in politics, business, and society; and their continuing influence on American life and culture.
The Jewish Unions In America
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Author : Bernard Weinstein
language : en
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Release Date : 2018-02-06
The Jewish Unions In America written by Bernard Weinstein and has been published by Open Book Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-06 with History categories.
Newly arrived in New York in 1882 from Tsarist Russia, the sixteen-year-old Bernard Weinstein discovered an America in which unionism, socialism, and anarchism were very much in the air. He found a home in the tenements of New York and for the next fifty years he devoted his life to the struggles of fellow Jewish workers. The Jewish Unions in America blends memoir and history to chronicle this time. It describes how Weinstein led countless strikes, held the unions together in the face of retaliation from the bosses, investigated sweatshops and factories with the aid of reformers, and faced down schisms by various factions, including Anarchists and Communists. He co-founded the United Hebrew Trades and wrote speeches, articles and books advancing the cause of the labor movement. From the pages of this book emerges a vivid picture of workers’ organizations at the beginning of the twentieth century and a capitalist system that bred exploitation, poverty, and inequality. Although workers’ rights have made great progress in the decades since, Weinstein’s descriptions of workers with jobs pitted against those without, and American workers against workers abroad, still carry echoes today. The Jewish Unions in America is a testament to the struggles of working people a hundred years ago. But it is also a reminder that workers must still battle to live decent lives in the free market. For the first time, Maurice Wolfthal’s readable translation makes Weinstein’s Yiddish text available to English readers. It is essential reading for students and scholars of labor history, Jewish history, and the history of American immigration.