scholarly journals Learning Local Immigration History In and Out of the Museum

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Stoddard ◽  
Alan Marcus ◽  
Kurt Squire ◽  
John Martin
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
York City ◽  
Middle Grades ◽  
Historical Inquiry ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Immigration History ◽  
Archival Material ◽  
The Us

In this article we utilize three case studies from the US as models for structuring historical inquiry in museum education programs focused on local immigration history. We focus on how models of practice from museums can be utilized as part of authentic history education pedagogy – in particular conducting historical inquiry with archival material and creating engaging exhibits. The three cases we draw from are the Tenement Museum (New York City), the Open House exhibit at the Minnesota History Center (St Paul, Minnesota), and a middle grades project in the Greenbush neighborhood (Madison, Wisconsin).

Case Studies in British Immigration

1969 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-77
Author(s):  
Madeline H. Engel
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
York City ◽  
Joint Session ◽  
Historical Society ◽  
Immigration History ◽  
Hilton Hotel

A Report on the Proceedings of the 83rd Annual Meeting of the. American Historical Society in Joint Session with the Immigration History Group, December 30, 1968 at the Statler Hilton Hotel, New York City, New York.

scholarly journals 'A Storm on the Horizon': Discomforting Democracy and the Feeling of Fairness

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Pellegrini
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
York City ◽  
American Muslims ◽  
Social Difference ◽  
Ground Zero ◽  
The Us ◽  
Liberal Tolerance

This essay examines an ‘anti-Shariah’ law passed by voters in the US state of Oklahoma in 2010, alongside contemporaneous controversies over the so-called ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ in New York City. In both these cases, the terms of debate framed American Muslims as outsiders and, even, threats to the nation. Together, these two case studies reveal the religious traces that mark even ostensibly secular debates over democratic belonging. They also reveal the failures of liberal ‘tolerance’ and ideals of ‘reasonableness’ to make room for wider forms of social difference.

COVID-19 as an Extreme Event in the New York Metropolitan Region

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Marcotullio ◽  
William D. Solecki
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Extreme Event ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
Deadly Disease

During early 2020, the world encountered an extreme event in the form of a new and deadly disease, COVID-19. Over the next two years, the pandemic brought sickness and death to countries and their cities around the globe. One of the first and initially the hardest hit location was New York City, USA. This article is an introduction to the Special Issue in this journal that highlights the impacts from and responses to COVID-19 as an extreme event in the New York City metropolitan region. We overview the aspects of COVID-19 that make it an important global extreme event, provide brief background to the conditions in the world, and the US before describing the 10 articles in the issue that focus on conditions, events and dynamics in New York City during the initial phases of the pandemic.

Case Studies

2019 ◽  
pp. 38-68
Author(s):  
Rebecca Yamin ◽  
Donna J. Seifert
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
York City ◽  
High Class ◽  
Lower Manhattan ◽  
The City

This chapter focuses on two case studies, reviewing in detail the findings of large urban projects that encountered brothel sites. The New York City project addresses the history and archaeology of a brothel in the Five Points neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. The discussion contrasts the reputation of the residents with the evidence revealed by the artifact assemblages. The discussion of Washington, D.C. parlor houses addresses the remarkable assemblage of high-class furnishings and possessions and expensive foods enjoyed in the houses in the heart of the city—houses that served the men of government and business in the nation’s capital.

The Rise of Managerialism in the US: Whither Worker Control?

2020 ◽  
pp. 193-216
Author(s):  
Mimi Abramovitz ◽  
Jennifer Zelnick
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Human Service ◽  
Service Workers ◽  
Human Service Workers ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Us ◽  
Democratic Control ◽  
The Impact

This chapter investigates the impact of managerialism on the work of non-profit human-service workers in New York City, drawing on survey data to paint a portrait of a sector that has been deeply restructured to emulate private-market relations and processes. It uses the Social Structure of Accumulation (SSA) theory to explain the rise of neoliberal austerity and identify five neoliberal strategies designed to dismantle the US welfare state. The chapter also focuses on the impact of privatization, a key neoliberal strategy; shows how privatization has transformed the organization of work in public and non-profit human-service agencies; and details the experience of nearly 3,000 front-line, mostly female, human-service workers in New York City. It argues that austerity and managerialism generate the perfect storm in which austerity cuts resources and managerialism promotes 'doing more with less' through performance and outcome metrics and close management control of the labour-process. Closely analysing practices for resistance, the chapter concludes that in lower-managerial workplaces, workers had fewer problems with autonomy, a greater say in decision making, less work stress, and more sustainable employment, suggesting that democratic control of the workplace is an alternative route to quality, worker engagement, and successful outcomes.

Letter to the Hon. Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the US Treasury

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel F. B. Morse
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Us

New York City University, September 27, 1837. Dear Sir: In reply to the inquiries which you have done me the honor to make, in asking my opinion ‘of the propriety of establishing a system of telegraphs for the United States,’ I would say, in regard...

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