Donald Maurice
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- May 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780195156904
- eISBN:
- 9780199868339
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195156904.001.0001
- Subject:
- Music, History, Western
When Béla Bartók died in September of 1945, he left a partially completed viola concerto commissioned by the violist William Primrose. While no definitive version of the work exists, this concerto ...
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When Béla Bartók died in September of 1945, he left a partially completed viola concerto commissioned by the violist William Primrose. While no definitive version of the work exists, this concerto has become arguably the most-performed viola concerto in the world. After Bartók's death, his family asked the composer's friend, Tibor Serly, to look over the sketches of the concerto and to prepare it for publication. While a draft was ready, it took Serly years to assemble the sketches into a complete piece. In 1949, Primrose finally unveiled it at a premiere performance with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. For almost half a century, the Serly version enjoyed great popularity among the viola community, even while it faced charges of inauthenticity. In the 1990s, several revisions appeared and, in 1995, the composer's son, Peter Bartók, released a revision and a facsimile of the original manuscript, opening the way for an intensified debate on the authenticity of the multiple versions. This debate continues as violists and Bartók scholars seek the definitive version of this final work of Hungary's greatest composer. This book tells the story of the genesis and completion of the work (including detailed analysis of its musical elements), from its commissioning by Primrose to its first performance, its reception over the second half of the 20th century, its revisions, and future possibilities.Less
When Béla Bartók died in September of 1945, he left a partially completed viola concerto commissioned by the violist William Primrose. While no definitive version of the work exists, this concerto has become arguably the most-performed viola concerto in the world. After Bartók's death, his family asked the composer's friend, Tibor Serly, to look over the sketches of the concerto and to prepare it for publication. While a draft was ready, it took Serly years to assemble the sketches into a complete piece. In 1949, Primrose finally unveiled it at a premiere performance with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. For almost half a century, the Serly version enjoyed great popularity among the viola community, even while it faced charges of inauthenticity. In the 1990s, several revisions appeared and, in 1995, the composer's son, Peter Bartók, released a revision and a facsimile of the original manuscript, opening the way for an intensified debate on the authenticity of the multiple versions. This debate continues as violists and Bartók scholars seek the definitive version of this final work of Hungary's greatest composer. This book tells the story of the genesis and completion of the work (including detailed analysis of its musical elements), from its commissioning by Primrose to its first performance, its reception over the second half of the 20th century, its revisions, and future possibilities.
Richard Kieckhefer
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- July 2005
- ISBN:
- 9780195154665
- eISBN:
- 9780199835676
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195154665.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology
There is broad consensus that churches should be places of beauty, but for different reasons. The aesthetic design of a church may be viewed as a way of signaling holiness--the presence of the holy ...
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There is broad consensus that churches should be places of beauty, but for different reasons. The aesthetic design of a church may be viewed as a way of signaling holiness--the presence of the holy (i.e., the divine) within the sacred (i.e., a cultural complex drawing upon sacred tradition and fostering a sacred community). The emphasis in the classic sacramental tradition on an interplay of transcendence and immanence—with creation of height, light, and volume that call attention to themselves and serve as sacred symbols—is illustrated by early descriptions (ekphraseis) of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (Istanbul) An alternative conception of church aesthetics is found at Christ Church Lutheran in Minneapolis, where architectural forms are simple and subtle reminders of grace. A church by Julia Morgan serves as an example of architectural articulation. And the Thorncrown Chapel at Eureka Springs, Arkansas, illustrates the integration of church design with natural setting.Less
There is broad consensus that churches should be places of beauty, but for different reasons. The aesthetic design of a church may be viewed as a way of signaling holiness--the presence of the holy (i.e., the divine) within the sacred (i.e., a cultural complex drawing upon sacred tradition and fostering a sacred community). The emphasis in the classic sacramental tradition on an interplay of transcendence and immanence—with creation of height, light, and volume that call attention to themselves and serve as sacred symbols—is illustrated by early descriptions (ekphraseis) of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (Istanbul) An alternative conception of church aesthetics is found at Christ Church Lutheran in Minneapolis, where architectural forms are simple and subtle reminders of grace. A church by Julia Morgan serves as an example of architectural articulation. And the Thorncrown Chapel at Eureka Springs, Arkansas, illustrates the integration of church design with natural setting.
Karla A. Erickson
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- March 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781604732061
- eISBN:
- 9781604733464
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781604732061.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Occupations, Professions, and Work
At a Tex-Mex restaurant in a Minneapolis suburb, customers send Christmas and Hanukkah cards to the restaurant, bring in home-baked treats for the staff, and attend the annual employee party. One ...
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At a Tex-Mex restaurant in a Minneapolis suburb, customers send Christmas and Hanukkah cards to the restaurant, bring in home-baked treats for the staff, and attend the annual employee party. One customer even posts in the entryway a sign commemorating the life of his dog. Diners and servers alike use the Hungry Cowboy as a place to gather, celebrate, relax, and even mourn. Moments such as these fascinate the author of this book, who worked for the restaurant. Weaving together narratives from servers, customers, and managers, the book explores a type of service work that is deeply embedded in personal relationships and community. Feelings, play, and emotions are inseparable from the market transactions within the restaurant. Based on extensive interviews and two years of working as a waitress, the book provides insights into the ways that people make contact in our society and how they build on the fleeting connections in the service exchange to form more intimate relationships.Less
At a Tex-Mex restaurant in a Minneapolis suburb, customers send Christmas and Hanukkah cards to the restaurant, bring in home-baked treats for the staff, and attend the annual employee party. One customer even posts in the entryway a sign commemorating the life of his dog. Diners and servers alike use the Hungry Cowboy as a place to gather, celebrate, relax, and even mourn. Moments such as these fascinate the author of this book, who worked for the restaurant. Weaving together narratives from servers, customers, and managers, the book explores a type of service work that is deeply embedded in personal relationships and community. Feelings, play, and emotions are inseparable from the market transactions within the restaurant. Based on extensive interviews and two years of working as a waitress, the book provides insights into the ways that people make contact in our society and how they build on the fleeting connections in the service exchange to form more intimate relationships.
Donna T. Haverty-Stacke
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781479851942
- eISBN:
- 9781479891627
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9781479851942.001.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Legal History
In July 1941, a federal grand jury in Minneapolis indicted twenty-nine Socialist Workers Party members, fifteen of whom belonged to the militant Teamsters Local 544, for violating the 1940 Smith Act, ...
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In July 1941, a federal grand jury in Minneapolis indicted twenty-nine Socialist Workers Party members, fifteen of whom belonged to the militant Teamsters Local 544, for violating the 1940 Smith Act, a peacetime anti-sedition law. Examining the social, political, and legal history of the first Smith Act case, this book focuses on the tension between free speech and national security on the eve of America’s entry into World War II. It explores the implications of the case for the labor movement and the protection of civil liberties in wartime and postwar America. Because the origins of the case lie partly in the actions of an opposition group within the union, its history fits within the story of early expressions of anticommunism within organized labor. What sets this case apart is the cooperation between those anticommunist workers and the FBI. This study thus deepens our understanding of the extensive reach of the emerging domestic security state during the World War II era. The central issue of how Americans have tolerated or suppressed dissent during moments of national crisis that this book examines is not only important to our understanding of the past, but also remains a pressing concern in the post-9/11 world as the country finds itself in a state of perpetual war on terror. This study traces some of the implications of this compromise between rights and security that was made in the mid-twentieth century, offering historical context for some of the consequences of similar bargains struck today.Less
In July 1941, a federal grand jury in Minneapolis indicted twenty-nine Socialist Workers Party members, fifteen of whom belonged to the militant Teamsters Local 544, for violating the 1940 Smith Act, a peacetime anti-sedition law. Examining the social, political, and legal history of the first Smith Act case, this book focuses on the tension between free speech and national security on the eve of America’s entry into World War II. It explores the implications of the case for the labor movement and the protection of civil liberties in wartime and postwar America. Because the origins of the case lie partly in the actions of an opposition group within the union, its history fits within the story of early expressions of anticommunism within organized labor. What sets this case apart is the cooperation between those anticommunist workers and the FBI. This study thus deepens our understanding of the extensive reach of the emerging domestic security state during the World War II era. The central issue of how Americans have tolerated or suppressed dissent during moments of national crisis that this book examines is not only important to our understanding of the past, but also remains a pressing concern in the post-9/11 world as the country finds itself in a state of perpetual war on terror. This study traces some of the implications of this compromise between rights and security that was made in the mid-twentieth century, offering historical context for some of the consequences of similar bargains struck today.
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226653631
- eISBN:
- 9780226653662
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226653662.003.0024
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This chapter discusses the challenges faced by the social workers of the Family Welfare Association (FWA) of Minneapolis in the 1930s. It explains that the caseloads of the FWA during this period ...
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This chapter discusses the challenges faced by the social workers of the Family Welfare Association (FWA) of Minneapolis in the 1930s. It explains that the caseloads of the FWA during this period increased significantly, reaching more than nine thousand cases in 1933. There was also a greater degree of conflict and confusion in social work because clients were no longer afraid of angering the FWA because they had more secure guarantees of public relief. Older and newer social workers also often disagreed over diagnoses and treatments, and clients were sometimes given very different responses to the same issues.Less
This chapter discusses the challenges faced by the social workers of the Family Welfare Association (FWA) of Minneapolis in the 1930s. It explains that the caseloads of the FWA during this period increased significantly, reaching more than nine thousand cases in 1933. There was also a greater degree of conflict and confusion in social work because clients were no longer afraid of angering the FWA because they had more secure guarantees of public relief. Older and newer social workers also often disagreed over diagnoses and treatments, and clients were sometimes given very different responses to the same issues.
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226653631
- eISBN:
- 9780226653662
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226653662.003.0031
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This chapter discusses the failure of male social workers in Boston and Minneapolis to maximize their contributions to child care and protection. It explains that the men's stories about their ...
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This chapter discusses the failure of male social workers in Boston and Minneapolis to maximize their contributions to child care and protection. It explains that the men's stories about their welfare work in the 1920s and 1930s reflected wider frustration with female power which might have stemmed from immature masculinity born of their youth and relative inexperience. This chapter highlights the fact the American caseworkers were young and inexperienced men and this made them subject to the control and direction of older women.Less
This chapter discusses the failure of male social workers in Boston and Minneapolis to maximize their contributions to child care and protection. It explains that the men's stories about their welfare work in the 1920s and 1930s reflected wider frustration with female power which might have stemmed from immature masculinity born of their youth and relative inexperience. This chapter highlights the fact the American caseworkers were young and inexperienced men and this made them subject to the control and direction of older women.
J. Myles Shaver
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- November 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780198828914
- eISBN:
- 9780191867378
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198828914.001.0001
- Subject:
- Business and Management, International Business
Regional economies characterized by concentrations of headquarters from diverse industries stand out as influential dynamic economies. However, there is little discussion about these “headquarters ...
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Regional economies characterized by concentrations of headquarters from diverse industries stand out as influential dynamic economies. However, there is little discussion about these “headquarters economies.” Why do some metropolitan areas develop vibrant headquarters economies whereas others do not? The answer lies in understanding the essence of headquarters—the managerial talent pool that guides and governs these companies. By investigating an exemplar headquarters economy—Minneapolis-St. Paul—this book demonstrates that this talent pool (Managers), its movement among companies and industries in a region (Mobility), and the nature of its inflow and outflow from a region (Migration) can create a virtuous cycle that strengthens regional companies and draws in additional talent. Comparing the migration pattern of educated, high-earning individuals across metropolitan areas in the United States, and drawing upon a proprietary survey of thousands of headquarters employees in Minneapolis-St. Paul, the book provides supportive evidence for this dynamic. A central insight of the research is that professional managerial talent is a determinant of regional vitality that has largely been overlooked. The underlying factors of managers, mobility, and migration, although here identified in the context of the Minneapolis-St. Paul headquarters economy, exist in metropolitan areas around the world. This demonstrates the scope of the research findings’ applicability, and highlights the benefit of focusing on these underlying factors.Less
Regional economies characterized by concentrations of headquarters from diverse industries stand out as influential dynamic economies. However, there is little discussion about these “headquarters economies.” Why do some metropolitan areas develop vibrant headquarters economies whereas others do not? The answer lies in understanding the essence of headquarters—the managerial talent pool that guides and governs these companies. By investigating an exemplar headquarters economy—Minneapolis-St. Paul—this book demonstrates that this talent pool (Managers), its movement among companies and industries in a region (Mobility), and the nature of its inflow and outflow from a region (Migration) can create a virtuous cycle that strengthens regional companies and draws in additional talent. Comparing the migration pattern of educated, high-earning individuals across metropolitan areas in the United States, and drawing upon a proprietary survey of thousands of headquarters employees in Minneapolis-St. Paul, the book provides supportive evidence for this dynamic. A central insight of the research is that professional managerial talent is a determinant of regional vitality that has largely been overlooked. The underlying factors of managers, mobility, and migration, although here identified in the context of the Minneapolis-St. Paul headquarters economy, exist in metropolitan areas around the world. This demonstrates the scope of the research findings’ applicability, and highlights the benefit of focusing on these underlying factors.
JOY G. DRYFOOS
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195137859
- eISBN:
- 9780199846948
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195137859.003.0012
- Subject:
- Psychology, Developmental Psychology
This chapter presents examples of two specific communities, Minneapolis and Kansas City, several other multicommunity initiatives, and discusses what seem to be the most promising approaches to ...
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This chapter presents examples of two specific communities, Minneapolis and Kansas City, several other multicommunity initiatives, and discusses what seem to be the most promising approaches to organizing neighborhoods. Here, the concept of community is an area defined by tradition as a neighborhood, with enough students to fill one high school but small enough so people feel a sense of identity with the area. A great deal of positive energy is directed toward putting together the pieces of effective programming at the community level. Diverse ways of governing reflect the strengths and attributes of local governing bodies and community agencies.Less
This chapter presents examples of two specific communities, Minneapolis and Kansas City, several other multicommunity initiatives, and discusses what seem to be the most promising approaches to organizing neighborhoods. Here, the concept of community is an area defined by tradition as a neighborhood, with enough students to fill one high school but small enough so people feel a sense of identity with the area. A great deal of positive energy is directed toward putting together the pieces of effective programming at the community level. Diverse ways of governing reflect the strengths and attributes of local governing bodies and community agencies.
Tinsley Yarbrough
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195141238
- eISBN:
- 9780199851577
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195141238.001.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Legal History
Justice Harry A. Blackmun, author of the majority opinion in Roe vs. Wade, was the pivotal figure in one of the most contentious decisions in Supreme Court history and indeed the most divisive issue ...
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Justice Harry A. Blackmun, author of the majority opinion in Roe vs. Wade, was the pivotal figure in one of the most contentious decisions in Supreme Court history and indeed the most divisive issue facing the Court today. This book is a penetrating account of the life and career of one of the most outspoken and complicated figures of the modern Supreme Court. As a justice, Blackmun stood at the pinnacle of the American judiciary. Yet when he took his seat on the Court, Justice Blackmun felt “almost desperate,” overwhelmed with feelings of self-doubt and inadequacy over the immense responsibilities before him. Blackmun had overcome humble roots to achieve a Harvard education, success as a Minneapolis lawyer and resident counsel to the prestigious Mayo Clinic. But growing up in a financially unstable home with a frequently unemployed father and an emotionally fragile mother left a permanent mark on the future justice. All his life, Harry Blackmun considered himself one of society's outsiders, someone who did not “belong.” Remarkably, though, that very self-image instilled in the justice, throughout his career, a deep empathy for society's most vulnerable outsiders — women faced with unwanted pregnancies, homosexuals subjected to archaic laws, and death-row inmates. To those who saw his career as the constitutional “odyssey” of a conservative jurist gradually transformed into a champion of the underdog, Blackmun had a ready answer: he had not changed; the Court and the issues before them changed.Less
Justice Harry A. Blackmun, author of the majority opinion in Roe vs. Wade, was the pivotal figure in one of the most contentious decisions in Supreme Court history and indeed the most divisive issue facing the Court today. This book is a penetrating account of the life and career of one of the most outspoken and complicated figures of the modern Supreme Court. As a justice, Blackmun stood at the pinnacle of the American judiciary. Yet when he took his seat on the Court, Justice Blackmun felt “almost desperate,” overwhelmed with feelings of self-doubt and inadequacy over the immense responsibilities before him. Blackmun had overcome humble roots to achieve a Harvard education, success as a Minneapolis lawyer and resident counsel to the prestigious Mayo Clinic. But growing up in a financially unstable home with a frequently unemployed father and an emotionally fragile mother left a permanent mark on the future justice. All his life, Harry Blackmun considered himself one of society's outsiders, someone who did not “belong.” Remarkably, though, that very self-image instilled in the justice, throughout his career, a deep empathy for society's most vulnerable outsiders — women faced with unwanted pregnancies, homosexuals subjected to archaic laws, and death-row inmates. To those who saw his career as the constitutional “odyssey” of a conservative jurist gradually transformed into a champion of the underdog, Blackmun had a ready answer: he had not changed; the Court and the issues before them changed.
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226653631
- eISBN:
- 9780226653662
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226653662.003.0021
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This chapter discusses the social work of the Associated Charities (AC) of Minneapolis which was renamed the Family Welfare Association (FWA) in 1922. It highlights the success of the AC-FWA in ...
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This chapter discusses the social work of the Associated Charities (AC) of Minneapolis which was renamed the Family Welfare Association (FWA) in 1922. It highlights the success of the AC-FWA in gaining national reputation and influence under the leadership of Frank Bruno and Joanna Colcord. This chapter explains how the association adjusted to the growth of public welfare by reducing its long-term relief and illness cases in order to focus on investigative, preventive, and “elastic” casework. Most of the stories that came from Minneapolis caseworkers focus on the poor being drawn to and pulled away from pauperization.Less
This chapter discusses the social work of the Associated Charities (AC) of Minneapolis which was renamed the Family Welfare Association (FWA) in 1922. It highlights the success of the AC-FWA in gaining national reputation and influence under the leadership of Frank Bruno and Joanna Colcord. This chapter explains how the association adjusted to the growth of public welfare by reducing its long-term relief and illness cases in order to focus on investigative, preventive, and “elastic” casework. Most of the stories that came from Minneapolis caseworkers focus on the poor being drawn to and pulled away from pauperization.
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226653631
- eISBN:
- 9780226653662
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226653662.003.0022
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This chapter discusses the criteria of the Family Welfare Association (FWA) in providing welfare assistance to the poor in Minneapolis. It explains that the most significant welfare work of the FWA ...
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This chapter discusses the criteria of the Family Welfare Association (FWA) in providing welfare assistance to the poor in Minneapolis. It explains that the most significant welfare work of the FWA did not lie in changing material circumstances but in changing, adjusting, and guiding clients' directions. The most common grounds for rejection of clients tended to focus on a lack of planning and an unwillingness to change, rather than fraud as was the case in FWA counterparts in London and Melbourne.Less
This chapter discusses the criteria of the Family Welfare Association (FWA) in providing welfare assistance to the poor in Minneapolis. It explains that the most significant welfare work of the FWA did not lie in changing material circumstances but in changing, adjusting, and guiding clients' directions. The most common grounds for rejection of clients tended to focus on a lack of planning and an unwillingness to change, rather than fraud as was the case in FWA counterparts in London and Melbourne.
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226653631
- eISBN:
- 9780226653662
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226653662.003.0023
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This chapter examines how the Family Welfare Association (FWA) of Minneapolis helped clients out of poverty. It explains that while the FWA social workers never really accepted that straightforward ...
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This chapter examines how the Family Welfare Association (FWA) of Minneapolis helped clients out of poverty. It explains that while the FWA social workers never really accepted that straightforward relief and practical assistance was the best predictor of longer-term success, several cases provided evidence of the need for supplemental assistance than organized “cures” and confirmed that the compounded problems of the poor were best addressed through long-term material support. To help their clients, the FWA workers sought outside advice and intervention in situations where they had little power to actually do anything about the problems they identified.Less
This chapter examines how the Family Welfare Association (FWA) of Minneapolis helped clients out of poverty. It explains that while the FWA social workers never really accepted that straightforward relief and practical assistance was the best predictor of longer-term success, several cases provided evidence of the need for supplemental assistance than organized “cures” and confirmed that the compounded problems of the poor were best addressed through long-term material support. To help their clients, the FWA workers sought outside advice and intervention in situations where they had little power to actually do anything about the problems they identified.
David Nasaw
- Published in print:
- 1979
- Published Online:
- November 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780195025293
- eISBN:
- 9780197559956
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780195025293.003.0014
- Subject:
- Education, History of Education
The reformed boards, their superintendents, and their professional staffs had their work cut out for them. As we have seen, the city and some rural school ...
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The reformed boards, their superintendents, and their professional staffs had their work cut out for them. As we have seen, the city and some rural school systems had never been able to catch up with the expanding school-age population. Overcrowding was particularly a problem in the urban areas of the Northeast and the Midwest. In New York City alone, “at the turn of the century 1,100 willing children were refused admission to any school for lack of space.” The situation was as bad in other city school systems. The overcrowding was no doubt contributory to the high rate of failure and growing percentage of overage students in the city schools—over 40 percent of the total in the Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, New York, and Minneapolis systems, according to Colin Greer. One might have expected that the major thrust of reform at the turn of the century would be these urban schools. But this was not the case. As the nineteenth century gave way to the twentieth, the major concern of the public school reformers was not the overcrowded elementary schools, but the relatively underattended high schools. Though the elementary schools were not doing their job as well as might be hoped, they were at least keeping upwards of 70 percent of the school-age population off the streets and under proper supervision through their most tender years. The same could not be said of the secondary schools. As late as 1890, more than 90 percent of the fourteen-to-seventeen-year-olds (those potentially dangerous adolescents) were free of any institutional supervision. Here was a potential “social problem” much more dangerous than overcrowding and failure in the elementary grades. The progressive reformers and their colleagues had succeeded through the closing decades of the nineteenth century in drawing attention to the “youth” and “class” problems. The problems, as they themselves had pointed out, were interconnected. Problem adolescents were not going to become model wageworkers; they were much more likely to become problem workers. The solution proposed to the youth and class problems was an institutional one.
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The reformed boards, their superintendents, and their professional staffs had their work cut out for them. As we have seen, the city and some rural school systems had never been able to catch up with the expanding school-age population. Overcrowding was particularly a problem in the urban areas of the Northeast and the Midwest. In New York City alone, “at the turn of the century 1,100 willing children were refused admission to any school for lack of space.” The situation was as bad in other city school systems. The overcrowding was no doubt contributory to the high rate of failure and growing percentage of overage students in the city schools—over 40 percent of the total in the Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, New York, and Minneapolis systems, according to Colin Greer. One might have expected that the major thrust of reform at the turn of the century would be these urban schools. But this was not the case. As the nineteenth century gave way to the twentieth, the major concern of the public school reformers was not the overcrowded elementary schools, but the relatively underattended high schools. Though the elementary schools were not doing their job as well as might be hoped, they were at least keeping upwards of 70 percent of the school-age population off the streets and under proper supervision through their most tender years. The same could not be said of the secondary schools. As late as 1890, more than 90 percent of the fourteen-to-seventeen-year-olds (those potentially dangerous adolescents) were free of any institutional supervision. Here was a potential “social problem” much more dangerous than overcrowding and failure in the elementary grades. The progressive reformers and their colleagues had succeeded through the closing decades of the nineteenth century in drawing attention to the “youth” and “class” problems. The problems, as they themselves had pointed out, were interconnected. Problem adolescents were not going to become model wageworkers; they were much more likely to become problem workers. The solution proposed to the youth and class problems was an institutional one.
SuEllen Hamkins
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- November 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780199982042
- eISBN:
- 9780197563366
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780199982042.003.0016
- Subject:
- Clinical Medicine and Allied Health, Psychiatry
Narrative psychiatry is the North Star that guides me in my work. Whether I am conducting fifteen-minute appointments at a community mental health center, ...
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Narrative psychiatry is the North Star that guides me in my work. Whether I am conducting fifteen-minute appointments at a community mental health center, weekly psychotherapy in my private practice, or a college student’s first psychiatric consultation, the principles and practices of narrative psychiatry offer me direction and support. In every psychiatric context in which I practice, I seek to enhance my patients’ awareness of their strengths and values and assist them in taking steps toward their vision of well-being in the context of a collaborative and compassionate therapeutic relationship. It’s time to bring greater humanity back into the day-to-day practice of psychiatry. Just as primary care practitioners are seeking to attend more fully to their patients’ stories and lives, so, too, can we in psychiatry, especially in contexts such as med checks and hospital rounds. Narrative psychiatry offers the person-centered, recovery-oriented care and “positive psychiatry” that the leaders in our field are calling for. What narrative psychiatry needs to move forward is to train more narrative practitioners and to conduct more research to establish a stronger empirical foundation. Case-based, qualitative evidence of the efficacy of narrative approaches to mental health treatment is rich, such as that presented in this book and in two decades of articles and books published by White, Epston, Madsen, Freedman, Combs, Russell, Gaddis, Kronbichter, Maisel, Ncube, Speedy, and many others. Quantitative studies that have been completed to date, such as Lynette Vromans and Robert Schweitzer’s study of narrative treatment of major depression, and Mim Weber, Kierrynn Davis, and Lisa McPhie’s study of narrative treatment of eating disorders, while supporting efficacy, are limited by small sample sizes. Exciting research studies are currently underway. John Stillman has developed a narrative trauma treatment manual expressly for the purpose of defining core narrative therapy principles and practices so that their efficacy can be researched. He and Christopher Erbe have completed a pilot study demonstrating the reliability of scales used by observers rating whether therapy sessions were consistent with the practices described by the manual; that is, whether the treatment was actually narrative.
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Narrative psychiatry is the North Star that guides me in my work. Whether I am conducting fifteen-minute appointments at a community mental health center, weekly psychotherapy in my private practice, or a college student’s first psychiatric consultation, the principles and practices of narrative psychiatry offer me direction and support. In every psychiatric context in which I practice, I seek to enhance my patients’ awareness of their strengths and values and assist them in taking steps toward their vision of well-being in the context of a collaborative and compassionate therapeutic relationship. It’s time to bring greater humanity back into the day-to-day practice of psychiatry. Just as primary care practitioners are seeking to attend more fully to their patients’ stories and lives, so, too, can we in psychiatry, especially in contexts such as med checks and hospital rounds. Narrative psychiatry offers the person-centered, recovery-oriented care and “positive psychiatry” that the leaders in our field are calling for. What narrative psychiatry needs to move forward is to train more narrative practitioners and to conduct more research to establish a stronger empirical foundation. Case-based, qualitative evidence of the efficacy of narrative approaches to mental health treatment is rich, such as that presented in this book and in two decades of articles and books published by White, Epston, Madsen, Freedman, Combs, Russell, Gaddis, Kronbichter, Maisel, Ncube, Speedy, and many others. Quantitative studies that have been completed to date, such as Lynette Vromans and Robert Schweitzer’s study of narrative treatment of major depression, and Mim Weber, Kierrynn Davis, and Lisa McPhie’s study of narrative treatment of eating disorders, while supporting efficacy, are limited by small sample sizes. Exciting research studies are currently underway. John Stillman has developed a narrative trauma treatment manual expressly for the purpose of defining core narrative therapy principles and practices so that their efficacy can be researched. He and Christopher Erbe have completed a pilot study demonstrating the reliability of scales used by observers rating whether therapy sessions were consistent with the practices described by the manual; that is, whether the treatment was actually narrative.
Beth Knobel
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780823279333
- eISBN:
- 9780823281404
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823279333.003.0003
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
This chapter presents the results of a content analysis of four metropolitan dailies. These medium-sized dailies, the workhorses of the watchdogs in this study, give concrete evidence that ...
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This chapter presents the results of a content analysis of four metropolitan dailies. These medium-sized dailies, the workhorses of the watchdogs in this study, give concrete evidence that accountability reporting is not only alive and well, but also that it continues to be valued by its audience. The four members of this sample group of papers—the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC), Minneapolis Star Tribune (StarTrib or Strib), The Denver Post, and the Albany Times Union (ATU)—have over time evolved considerably in terms of content, and their paths illustrate the challenges that metropolitan newspapers face today in trying to keep the watchdog tradition alive. The stories behind their contrasting trajectories provide telling contrasts between the larger and smaller newspapers in this diverse group and suggest larger lessons for how mid-sized newspapers can grapple with issues tied to producing meaningful accountability journalism.Less
This chapter presents the results of a content analysis of four metropolitan dailies. These medium-sized dailies, the workhorses of the watchdogs in this study, give concrete evidence that accountability reporting is not only alive and well, but also that it continues to be valued by its audience. The four members of this sample group of papers—the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC), Minneapolis Star Tribune (StarTrib or Strib), The Denver Post, and the Albany Times Union (ATU)—have over time evolved considerably in terms of content, and their paths illustrate the challenges that metropolitan newspapers face today in trying to keep the watchdog tradition alive. The stories behind their contrasting trajectories provide telling contrasts between the larger and smaller newspapers in this diverse group and suggest larger lessons for how mid-sized newspapers can grapple with issues tied to producing meaningful accountability journalism.
Denise Mitten, Lewis Ting On Cheung, Wanglin Yan, and Robert Withrow-Clark
Alex Russ and Marianne E. Krasny (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781501705823
- eISBN:
- 9781501712791
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501705823.003.0025
- Subject:
- Environmental Science, Environmental Studies
This chapter examines the benefits of adventure education and of pairing adventure and environmental education in urban environments. By participating in outdoor activities, people learn about their ...
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This chapter examines the benefits of adventure education and of pairing adventure and environmental education in urban environments. By participating in outdoor activities, people learn about their surroundings and places they might not otherwise visit. These group experiences enhance social ties and may promote pro-environmental behaviors, which contribute to ecosystem health and human well-being as well as urban sustainability. Benefits of adventure education include positive relationships with self, other people, places, and the natural world. After explaining what adventure education is, the chapter considers adventure education in urban areas such as metropolitan Hong Kong, Minneapolis (Minnesota), and Japan. It shows that adventure education can be used by educators as a catalyst for urban environmental education.Less
This chapter examines the benefits of adventure education and of pairing adventure and environmental education in urban environments. By participating in outdoor activities, people learn about their surroundings and places they might not otherwise visit. These group experiences enhance social ties and may promote pro-environmental behaviors, which contribute to ecosystem health and human well-being as well as urban sustainability. Benefits of adventure education include positive relationships with self, other people, places, and the natural world. After explaining what adventure education is, the chapter considers adventure education in urban areas such as metropolitan Hong Kong, Minneapolis (Minnesota), and Japan. It shows that adventure education can be used by educators as a catalyst for urban environmental education.
Laura Clawson
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226109589
- eISBN:
- 9780226109633
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226109633.001.0001
- Subject:
- Music, History, American
The Sacred Harp choral singing tradition originated in the American South in the mid-nineteenth century, spread widely across the country, and continues to thrive today. Sacred Harp is not performed ...
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The Sacred Harp choral singing tradition originated in the American South in the mid-nineteenth century, spread widely across the country, and continues to thrive today. Sacred Harp is not performed but participated in, ideally in large gatherings where, as the a cappella singers face each other around a hollow square, the massed voices take on a moving and almost physical power. This book portrays several Sacred Harp groups and looks at how they manage to maintain a sense of community despite their members' often profound differences. The author's research took her to Alabama and Georgia, to Chicago and Minneapolis, and to Hollywood for a Sacred Harp performance at the Academy Awards, a potent symbol of the conflicting forces at play in the twenty-first-century incarnation of this old genre. She finds that in order for Sacred Harp singers to maintain the bond forged by their love of music, they must grapple with a host of difficult issues, including how to maintain the authenticity of their tradition and how to carefully negotiate the tensions created by their disparate cultural, religious, and political beliefs.Less
The Sacred Harp choral singing tradition originated in the American South in the mid-nineteenth century, spread widely across the country, and continues to thrive today. Sacred Harp is not performed but participated in, ideally in large gatherings where, as the a cappella singers face each other around a hollow square, the massed voices take on a moving and almost physical power. This book portrays several Sacred Harp groups and looks at how they manage to maintain a sense of community despite their members' often profound differences. The author's research took her to Alabama and Georgia, to Chicago and Minneapolis, and to Hollywood for a Sacred Harp performance at the Academy Awards, a potent symbol of the conflicting forces at play in the twenty-first-century incarnation of this old genre. She finds that in order for Sacred Harp singers to maintain the bond forged by their love of music, they must grapple with a host of difficult issues, including how to maintain the authenticity of their tradition and how to carefully negotiate the tensions created by their disparate cultural, religious, and political beliefs.
Anne Meis Knupfer
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780801451140
- eISBN:
- 9780801467714
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9780801451140.003.0011
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter discusses the Twin Cities' (Minneapolis–Saint Paul) food co-operatives. Many of these co-ops practiced participatory democracy through discussions, making decisions collectively, relying ...
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This chapter discusses the Twin Cities' (Minneapolis–Saint Paul) food co-operatives. Many of these co-ops practiced participatory democracy through discussions, making decisions collectively, relying on workers' collectives, and refusing to incorporate. The Twin Cities food co-ops of the 1970s were inspired by the New Left, and since the New Left has meant many things, it is difficult to assess its impact. The co-op wars in the Twin Cities had reflected ideological differences among Marxist-Leninists, so-called hippies, and other groups. One of the most divisive issues the co-ops faced was regarding food selection: whether to sell canned goods, which they claimed was requested by the working-class; or natural and organic foods, disparagingly considered the food choice of hippies. These issues of control, albeit ideological, have resulted in physical violence, arson, insults, and co-op takeovers.Less
This chapter discusses the Twin Cities' (Minneapolis–Saint Paul) food co-operatives. Many of these co-ops practiced participatory democracy through discussions, making decisions collectively, relying on workers' collectives, and refusing to incorporate. The Twin Cities food co-ops of the 1970s were inspired by the New Left, and since the New Left has meant many things, it is difficult to assess its impact. The co-op wars in the Twin Cities had reflected ideological differences among Marxist-Leninists, so-called hippies, and other groups. One of the most divisive issues the co-ops faced was regarding food selection: whether to sell canned goods, which they claimed was requested by the working-class; or natural and organic foods, disparagingly considered the food choice of hippies. These issues of control, albeit ideological, have resulted in physical violence, arson, insults, and co-op takeovers.
Mark Peel
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226653631
- eISBN:
- 9780226653662
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226653662.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
Social workers produced thousands of case files about the poor during the interwar years. Analyzing almost two thousand such case files and traveling from Boston, Minneapolis, and Portland to London ...
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Social workers produced thousands of case files about the poor during the interwar years. Analyzing almost two thousand such case files and traveling from Boston, Minneapolis, and Portland to London and Melbourne, this book examines how these stories of poverty were narrated and reshaped by ethnic diversity, economic crisis, and war. Probing the similarities and differences in the ways Americans, Australians, and Britons understood and responded to poverty, the book draws a picture of social work that is based in the sometimes fraught encounters between the poor and their interpreters. It uses dramatization to bring these encounters to life—joining Miss Cutler and that resurrected horse are Miss Lindstrom and the fried potatoes and Mr. O'Neil and the seductive client—and to give these people a voice. The book is a study of charity, social work, and poverty.Less
Social workers produced thousands of case files about the poor during the interwar years. Analyzing almost two thousand such case files and traveling from Boston, Minneapolis, and Portland to London and Melbourne, this book examines how these stories of poverty were narrated and reshaped by ethnic diversity, economic crisis, and war. Probing the similarities and differences in the ways Americans, Australians, and Britons understood and responded to poverty, the book draws a picture of social work that is based in the sometimes fraught encounters between the poor and their interpreters. It uses dramatization to bring these encounters to life—joining Miss Cutler and that resurrected horse are Miss Lindstrom and the fried potatoes and Mr. O'Neil and the seductive client—and to give these people a voice. The book is a study of charity, social work, and poverty.
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226653631
- eISBN:
- 9780226653662
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226653662.003.0029
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This chapter discusses the tendency of male child protectors in the U.S., particularly in Boston and Minneapolis, to ensure that the boys they dealt with became manly. Their consistent recommendation ...
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This chapter discusses the tendency of male child protectors in the U.S., particularly in Boston and Minneapolis, to ensure that the boys they dealt with became manly. Their consistent recommendation for addressing unmanliness included strict control and sometimes harsh punishments. They also enforced a concept of manhood in which the ideas of eventual self-reliance and independence conflicted with unquestioning acceptance of older men's authority.Less
This chapter discusses the tendency of male child protectors in the U.S., particularly in Boston and Minneapolis, to ensure that the boys they dealt with became manly. Their consistent recommendation for addressing unmanliness included strict control and sometimes harsh punishments. They also enforced a concept of manhood in which the ideas of eventual self-reliance and independence conflicted with unquestioning acceptance of older men's authority.
