The Last Days of Papal Rome, 1850–1870. By R. De Cesare. Abridged with the assistance of the author and translated by Helen Zimmern, with an introductory chapter by G. M. Trevelyan. (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1909. Pp. xxiii, 488.)

1910 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New York

Local Disasters, Government Actors, and National Policy

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Timothy W. Kneeland
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
National Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Local Leadership ◽  
Disaster Policy ◽  
National Trends ◽  
Disaster Aid

This introductory chapter provides an overview of Hurricane Agnes, which swept through New York and Pennsylvania in late June of 1972. National trends influenced the federal and local response to the disaster. Hurricane Agnes struck the United States less than five months before the 1972 presidential election, and Richard Nixon's response to Hurricane Agnes was one variable in that election, which charted the course of American politics for the next three decades. In order to win reelection in 1972, President Nixon enacted the most substantial disaster aid package in history to that time, termed the Agnes Recovery Act, which he was convinced was the key to winning New York and Pennsylvania. The chapter then explains that local leaders played a crucial role in responding to the crisis in their communities and in flood recovery operations and rebuilding. Often neglected in studies of natural disaster policy is the way in which local leadership from government and the private sector interacted with representatives of the federal government to restore order and implement change. The chapter also introduces the Federal Office of Emergency Management (FEMA).

Introduction

Yeshiva Days ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Jonathan Boyarin
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Human Freedom ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Adult Study ◽  
Study Hall

This introductory chapter studies the rabbinic texts among other adult male Jews who are members of the kollel (full-time adult study corps) at Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem (MTJ). It introduces the author's first, and very brief, personal encounter with the Rosh Yeshiva — the man who for decades has been the moral, administrative, legal, and scholarly address of last resort at MTJ. The chapter also takes a look at the introduction of Rabbi Simcha Goldman, a regular at MTJ who spends much of his time giving noncredit Talmud classes at various colleges and universities in the New York area. Goldman mission seems to be introducing bright young men with less background to the beauties of Torah — a profound mix of human freedom, discipline, and responsibility. The chapter mentions one of the authors' study partners, Nasanel, which plays a huge role in the book especially in the entire beis medresh (the “house of study,” or study hall). Ultimately, it explores the author's journey in crafting the book and explains the yeshiva's Mashgiach.

Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Brad A. Jones
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Nova Scotia ◽  
French Revolution ◽  
American Revolution ◽  
York City ◽  
Port Cities ◽  
The North ◽  
The Face ◽  
The North Atlantic

This introductory chapter provides an overview of how the American Revolution shaped a popular transatlantic understanding of British loyalism, focusing on the four port cities spanning the North Atlantic: New York City; Kingston, Jamaica; Halifax, Nova Scotia; and Glasgow, Scotland. During the early stages of the revolution, a shared transatlantic understanding of what it meant to be British in these four communities initially crumbled in the face of the Patriots' assertion that their cause was rooted in a defense of Protestant British liberty. Patriot arguments led loyal Britons in these places to question what defined their attachment to the empire. Out of these crises there emerged a new understanding of loyalism rooted in a strengthened defense of monarchy and duly constituted government. After the Franco-American alliance of 1778, loyal Britons were also able to reclaim their belief in the supremacy of Protestant British liberty, which they contrasted with the alleged tyranny of American Patriots and their French Catholic allies. Ultimately, the British loyalism as it developed in the wake of the American war was more conservative and authoritarian, reaching its apogee in the reaction against the radicalism of the French Revolution and the despotism of Napoleon.

Introduction

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary L. Dudziak
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Colonial Rule ◽  
Bill Of Rights ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
American Law ◽  
Working Together ◽  
British Colonial

This introductory chapter sets out the book's purpose, which namely is to follow Thurgood Marshall from his civil rights practice in New York to Kenya under colonial rule. This story cannot be found in traditional sources for an American biography. The Bill of Rights that Marshall wrote for Kenya, for example, is not in any American archive, but in British colonial records in England. Marshall's African journey is not a triumphalist story of American law solving all problems. The legal ideas Marshall offered often were not American ones. And legal solutions did not create a legal edifice that would last for all time. Instead law could serve as a way station, giving political actors a way to talk to each other, a way to keep working together when things were hard.

Introduction: The Many Crises of Middle East Studies

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seteney Shami ◽  
Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
University Restructuring ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Middle East Studies

This introductory chapter sets out the book's purpose, which is to draw a portrait of the issues animating and challenging the field of Middle East studies (MES) in their academic and national contexts. The book presents some of the findings of a decade-long (2000–2010) research project organized by the Social Science Research Council in New York, which began with examining Middle East studies and expanded to investigate other area studies fields as well as the thrust toward the global in US universities. It is concerned with three main themes: the relationship between MES and various disciplines (political science, sociology, economics, and geography), current reformulations and new emphases in MES (in terms of university restructuring, language training, and scholarly trends), the politics of knowledge, and the impact on the field of MES of the many crises in the region.

Introduction

Undelivered ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Philip F. Rubio
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Women Veterans ◽  
Postal Service ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Union Leadership ◽  
Postal Workers ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The U.S

This introductory chapter argues that this strike was a ground-breaking, successful rebellion against the federal government and postal union leadership. Both organized and spontaneous, it was a strike that also helps reveal rank-and-file militancy during that time as something rising, not falling--especially in the growing public sector. Postal labor was vital to the movement of mail, and postal workers were well positioned to wildcat by virtue of being so thoroughly unionized yet forbidden by law to strike. The stage had already been set for upsurge with the 1960s spike in the hiring of African Americans, women, veterans, and young people, and with a leading role played by New York City postal workers. This chapter draws connections between the strike and the resulting Postal Reorganization Act, which subsequently left the U.S. Postal Service vulnerable to subsequent laws and policy measures that harmed the agency’s financial viability.

A Long Wait for a Train

Last Subway ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Philip Mark Plotch
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Rapid Transit ◽  
Transit System ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Subway Stations ◽  
Comprehensive Plans

This introductory chapter provides an overview of New York's near-mythical subway under Second Avenue. Since the 1930s, the line has symbolized New York's inability to modernize its infrastructure and accommodate its residents. While the number of people living and working in New York City has grown, its rapid transit system of underground and elevated rail lines has shrunk. Moreover, while politicians have repeatedly promised a Second Avenue subway to help advance their own careers, they have failed to acknowledge the enormous challenges involved in paying for it. Nevertheless, the first three of sixteen planned Second Avenue subway stations opened to the public on New Year's Day in 2017. On a per-mile basis, the completed section of the Second Avenue subway was the most expensive subway extension ever built anywhere in the world. Given its limited resources, New York has to make tough decisions about prioritizing subway improvements. Ultimately, the Second Avenue subway story reveals how rebuilding and expanding the subway requires visionary leaders. Transportation officials must develop comprehensive plans, civic and business leaders need to generate public support, and elected officials must champion improvements and secure resources.

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