Ruth Abbey
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- February 2006
- ISBN:
- 9780195134087
- eISBN:
- 9780199785766
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195134087.001.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, History of Philosophy
This book offers a close study of the works that have come to be known as constituting Friedrich Nietzsche’s middle period: Human, All Too Human, Daybreak, and the first four books of The Gay ...
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This book offers a close study of the works that have come to be known as constituting Friedrich Nietzsche’s middle period: Human, All Too Human, Daybreak, and the first four books of The Gay Science. Some of the value in reading these works is genealogical — they show how the later Nietzsche became the thinker he did. A related benefit of reading them is the help they give in avoiding generalizations about Nietzsche — views and attitudes associated with Nietzsche come to be seen as peculiar to one of his periods or some of his texts. However, it is also argued that these are rich and fruitful works, deserving attention in their own right. The Nietzsche delivered by a reading of these works is a more careful, moderate, and modest thinker than he is usually interpreted to be. In these works, Nietzsche offers many subtle psychological insights, and has a powerful sense of the dialogical nature of identity. He values relationships like marriage and friendship, and eschews some of the misogyny, individualism, and elitism of the later works.Less
This book offers a close study of the works that have come to be known as constituting Friedrich Nietzsche’s middle period: Human, All Too Human, Daybreak, and the first four books of The Gay Science. Some of the value in reading these works is genealogical — they show how the later Nietzsche became the thinker he did. A related benefit of reading them is the help they give in avoiding generalizations about Nietzsche — views and attitudes associated with Nietzsche come to be seen as peculiar to one of his periods or some of his texts. However, it is also argued that these are rich and fruitful works, deserving attention in their own right. The Nietzsche delivered by a reading of these works is a more careful, moderate, and modest thinker than he is usually interpreted to be. In these works, Nietzsche offers many subtle psychological insights, and has a powerful sense of the dialogical nature of identity. He values relationships like marriage and friendship, and eschews some of the misogyny, individualism, and elitism of the later works.
Dan P. McAdams
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780195176933
- eISBN:
- 9780199786787
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195176933.003.0011
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter places research and theory on the redemptive self into a larger conceptual context that links personality and culture. The redemptive self is a particular kind of life story, and life ...
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This chapter places research and theory on the redemptive self into a larger conceptual context that links personality and culture. The redemptive self is a particular kind of life story, and life stories exist as one of three different levels of human personality. At Level 1, dispositional traits (e.g., extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness) sketch out a broad outline of psychological individuality. At Level 2, characteristic adaptations (e.g., motives, goals, strategies, roles, and other socially and temporally contextualized features of personality) fill in the details of psychological individuality. At Level 3, internalized and evolving life stories (e.g., the redemptive self) spell out what a person thinks his or her life means in the overall, providing an understanding of how the person makes meaning and finds coherence in life. Culture has minimal impact on traits, substantially more impact on people's characteristic adaptations, and maximal impact on life stories, in that culture provides individuals with a menu of images, themes, plots, characters, and metaphors for constructing a narrative of the self.Less
This chapter places research and theory on the redemptive self into a larger conceptual context that links personality and culture. The redemptive self is a particular kind of life story, and life stories exist as one of three different levels of human personality. At Level 1, dispositional traits (e.g., extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness) sketch out a broad outline of psychological individuality. At Level 2, characteristic adaptations (e.g., motives, goals, strategies, roles, and other socially and temporally contextualized features of personality) fill in the details of psychological individuality. At Level 3, internalized and evolving life stories (e.g., the redemptive self) spell out what a person thinks his or her life means in the overall, providing an understanding of how the person makes meaning and finds coherence in life. Culture has minimal impact on traits, substantially more impact on people's characteristic adaptations, and maximal impact on life stories, in that culture provides individuals with a menu of images, themes, plots, characters, and metaphors for constructing a narrative of the self.
Sophie Ratcliffe
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780199239870
- eISBN:
- 9780191716799
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199239870.003.0006
- Subject:
- Literature, Poetry
The epilogue examines some of the current ideas about sympathy and reading, and its relation to empathy and altruism, in contemporary discourse, looking at arguments by Hilary Mantel, Ian McEwan, ...
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The epilogue examines some of the current ideas about sympathy and reading, and its relation to empathy and altruism, in contemporary discourse, looking at arguments by Hilary Mantel, Ian McEwan, Ruth Padel, Jane Smiley, and Geoffrey Hill. The epilogue concludes by arguing against the implied association between empathy, sympathy, reading and moral virtue.Less
The epilogue examines some of the current ideas about sympathy and reading, and its relation to empathy and altruism, in contemporary discourse, looking at arguments by Hilary Mantel, Ian McEwan, Ruth Padel, Jane Smiley, and Geoffrey Hill. The epilogue concludes by arguing against the implied association between empathy, sympathy, reading and moral virtue.
Williams Martin
- Published in print:
- 1993
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195083491
- eISBN:
- 9780199853205
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195083491.003.0029
- Subject:
- Music, Popular
Dinah Washington (real name: Ruth Jones) was raised on praise music and was a member of church choir as a pianist before she was fifteen years old. She became a jazz performer by winning an amateur ...
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Dinah Washington (real name: Ruth Jones) was raised on praise music and was a member of church choir as a pianist before she was fifteen years old. She became a jazz performer by winning an amateur contest. She also worked with Lionel Hampton. In an interview, Washington stated the she objected to her nickname as the “Queen of the Blues,” because she sings more pop music than blues. Though her first record entitled “Evil Gal Blues” had four blues singles.Less
Dinah Washington (real name: Ruth Jones) was raised on praise music and was a member of church choir as a pianist before she was fifteen years old. She became a jazz performer by winning an amateur contest. She also worked with Lionel Hampton. In an interview, Washington stated the she objected to her nickname as the “Queen of the Blues,” because she sings more pop music than blues. Though her first record entitled “Evil Gal Blues” had four blues singles.
Cheryl B. Anderson
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195305500
- eISBN:
- 9780199867028
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195305500.003.0003
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies, Theology
The books of Ruth and Esther feature protagonists who are outsiders in their contexts: female, foreign, and a widow and orphan respectively. Traditional readings offer these characters as models for ...
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The books of Ruth and Esther feature protagonists who are outsiders in their contexts: female, foreign, and a widow and orphan respectively. Traditional readings offer these characters as models for behavior in adversity; and women, homosexuals, and racial/ethnic minorities have often found comfort and empowerment in these narratives. However, according to liberationist critiques (feminist, womanist, postcolonial, queer), readers in socially marginalized groups and their realities are excluded by the dominant interpretations. Members of those groups can sometimes identify with Orpah or Vashti instead of Ruth or Esther. Attending to “redemption” as a theme in both biblical texts, and in the readers' social contexts, the chapter argues that readers must reclaim their own historical memories, thereby creating the possibility of communities that foster mutuality rather than dominance and provide a liberating opportunity even to the dominant interpreters of these texts.Less
The books of Ruth and Esther feature protagonists who are outsiders in their contexts: female, foreign, and a widow and orphan respectively. Traditional readings offer these characters as models for behavior in adversity; and women, homosexuals, and racial/ethnic minorities have often found comfort and empowerment in these narratives. However, according to liberationist critiques (feminist, womanist, postcolonial, queer), readers in socially marginalized groups and their realities are excluded by the dominant interpretations. Members of those groups can sometimes identify with Orpah or Vashti instead of Ruth or Esther. Attending to “redemption” as a theme in both biblical texts, and in the readers' social contexts, the chapter argues that readers must reclaim their own historical memories, thereby creating the possibility of communities that foster mutuality rather than dominance and provide a liberating opportunity even to the dominant interpreters of these texts.
Roza Yakubovitsh
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- March 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780823225712
- eISBN:
- 9780823237067
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fso/9780823225712.003.0009
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies
These poems present the story of Ruth in the form of a dialogue between Ruth and Boaz on the threshing floor of a barn that could as easily stand in the Polish countryside as on the ...
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These poems present the story of Ruth in the form of a dialogue between Ruth and Boaz on the threshing floor of a barn that could as easily stand in the Polish countryside as on the outskirts of ancient Bethlehem. The first poem allows Boaz indirect authority through Ruth's account of her response to him, but diminishes the authority of Naomi. The second poem is set in an Eastern European landscape, where, along with the biblical characters, the trees, the river, and the wind speak Yiddish. The poem's themes of restlessness, insomnia, indecision, and leave-taking show how the author avoids the certainty of the biblical Ruth, who successfully crosses over from her home in Moab to Naomi's in Bethlehem and from her Gentile origins to her adoptive religion and people. Instead, he focuses on Naomi, the displaced Jew, and Orpah, who returns to her Gentile home.Less
These poems present the story of Ruth in the form of a dialogue between Ruth and Boaz on the threshing floor of a barn that could as easily stand in the Polish countryside as on the outskirts of ancient Bethlehem. The first poem allows Boaz indirect authority through Ruth's account of her response to him, but diminishes the authority of Naomi. The second poem is set in an Eastern European landscape, where, along with the biblical characters, the trees, the river, and the wind speak Yiddish. The poem's themes of restlessness, insomnia, indecision, and leave-taking show how the author avoids the certainty of the biblical Ruth, who successfully crosses over from her home in Moab to Naomi's in Bethlehem and from her Gentile origins to her adoptive religion and people. Instead, he focuses on Naomi, the displaced Jew, and Orpah, who returns to her Gentile home.
E. W. Heaton
- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- April 2004
- ISBN:
- 9780198263623
- eISBN:
- 9780191601156
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0198263627.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, Judaism
An examination is made of the narrative skills of the Jerusalem school tradition in the stories of the Old Testament. The illustrations include the stories of Joseph, Daniel, Ruth, Rebecca, Adam and ...
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An examination is made of the narrative skills of the Jerusalem school tradition in the stories of the Old Testament. The illustrations include the stories of Joseph, Daniel, Ruth, Rebecca, Adam and Eve, David, and numerous other examples are also given. Comparisons are drawn with various earlier stories from Egyptian school-books. The last part of the chapter looks at the style of Solomon’s Song of Songs, which uses the literary genre to which the Arabic term wasf (meaning extravagant metaphorical language) has been ascribed.Less
An examination is made of the narrative skills of the Jerusalem school tradition in the stories of the Old Testament. The illustrations include the stories of Joseph, Daniel, Ruth, Rebecca, Adam and Eve, David, and numerous other examples are also given. Comparisons are drawn with various earlier stories from Egyptian school-books. The last part of the chapter looks at the style of Solomon’s Song of Songs, which uses the literary genre to which the Arabic term wasf (meaning extravagant metaphorical language) has been ascribed.
Diana G. Tumminia
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- July 2005
- ISBN:
- 9780195176759
- eISBN:
- 9780199835720
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195176758.003.0003
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
The discussion takes issue with Leon Festinger’s When Prophecy Fails and cognitive dissonance theory by providing alternative explanations of disconfirmed prophecy. Ernest Norman lays the groundwork ...
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The discussion takes issue with Leon Festinger’s When Prophecy Fails and cognitive dissonance theory by providing alternative explanations of disconfirmed prophecy. Ernest Norman lays the groundwork for Ruth Norman with visions and channeled messages from outer space. The evolution of Unarian prophecies and their failures shows how members come to view the phenomenon as a reliving of past lives and a healing process. Melvin Pollner’s theory of mundane reason indicates that believers find errors in the interpretations of others rather than seeing the flaws in their own logic.Less
The discussion takes issue with Leon Festinger’s When Prophecy Fails and cognitive dissonance theory by providing alternative explanations of disconfirmed prophecy. Ernest Norman lays the groundwork for Ruth Norman with visions and channeled messages from outer space. The evolution of Unarian prophecies and their failures shows how members come to view the phenomenon as a reliving of past lives and a healing process. Melvin Pollner’s theory of mundane reason indicates that believers find errors in the interpretations of others rather than seeing the flaws in their own logic.
Diana G. Tumminia
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- July 2005
- ISBN:
- 9780195176759
- eISBN:
- 9780199835720
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195176758.003.0009
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
Ruth Norman, who played the role of Uriel the Archangel, illustrates the power of charisma in a spiritual group. The death of a leader can affect the transition of authority as illustrated by several ...
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Ruth Norman, who played the role of Uriel the Archangel, illustrates the power of charisma in a spiritual group. The death of a leader can affect the transition of authority as illustrated by several examples (e.g., Theosophy, ISKCON, Spirit Fruit Company, among others). Max Weber’s theory of routinization of charisma indicates several possibilities for transition. The group coped with the death of Uriel and Antares through past-life therapy and channeling.Less
Ruth Norman, who played the role of Uriel the Archangel, illustrates the power of charisma in a spiritual group. The death of a leader can affect the transition of authority as illustrated by several examples (e.g., Theosophy, ISKCON, Spirit Fruit Company, among others). Max Weber’s theory of routinization of charisma indicates several possibilities for transition. The group coped with the death of Uriel and Antares through past-life therapy and channeling.
Joseph Shatzmiller
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691156996
- eISBN:
- 9781400846092
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691156996.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This chapter explores the fact that the marketplace brought Jews in touch with Christian artists and craftsmen, where they learned to value their skill and expertise. That this helped to shape their ...
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This chapter explores the fact that the marketplace brought Jews in touch with Christian artists and craftsmen, where they learned to value their skill and expertise. That this helped to shape their sensitivity to what was considered then as beautiful is shown plainly by their preparedness to hire Christian artists and craftsmen to decorate Hebrew prayer books and to create for them objects with which Jews performed their liturgical obligations. These Christian professionals were not necessarily familiar with the intricacies of the Jewish religion, and when not consulting a Jew, at times committed mistakes. The late Ruth Mellinkoff went a step further and claimed that the deformed way Jews are presented in these Hebrew manuscripts was due to the hostility of these Christian painters toward the rival religion.Less
This chapter explores the fact that the marketplace brought Jews in touch with Christian artists and craftsmen, where they learned to value their skill and expertise. That this helped to shape their sensitivity to what was considered then as beautiful is shown plainly by their preparedness to hire Christian artists and craftsmen to decorate Hebrew prayer books and to create for them objects with which Jews performed their liturgical obligations. These Christian professionals were not necessarily familiar with the intricacies of the Jewish religion, and when not consulting a Jew, at times committed mistakes. The late Ruth Mellinkoff went a step further and claimed that the deformed way Jews are presented in these Hebrew manuscripts was due to the hostility of these Christian painters toward the rival religion.
Linda Sargent Wood
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195377743
- eISBN:
- 9780199869404
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195377743.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter concentrates on the life and work of psychologist Abraham Maslow. In his influential book Motivation and Personality, he embraced holistic ideas explicitly: “Holism is obviously ...
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This chapter concentrates on the life and work of psychologist Abraham Maslow. In his influential book Motivation and Personality, he embraced holistic ideas explicitly: “Holism is obviously true—after all, the cosmos is one and interrelated; any society is one and interrelated; any person is one and interrelated.” Inspired by Gestalt psychologist Max Wertheimer and anthropologist Ruth Benedict, Maslow crafted a humanistic psychology that focused on the healthy, whole, and “self‐actualized” person. His holism bestowed personal meaning, gave him a means for discussing social change, and countered reductionistic, mechanistic approaches inherent in behavioral and Freudian psychology. As he concentrated on the development of the healthy individual, he also imagined a future world of self‐actualized individuals knit together in a “eupsychian” (psychologically whole) paradise. He hoped for the establishment of just, democratic, peaceful societies. His holism was thus about the community as well as the individual. His work influenced psychology, education, countercultural philosophies and practices, the Esalen Institute and other personal growth centers, business management, and the holistic health movement.Less
This chapter concentrates on the life and work of psychologist Abraham Maslow. In his influential book Motivation and Personality, he embraced holistic ideas explicitly: “Holism is obviously true—after all, the cosmos is one and interrelated; any society is one and interrelated; any person is one and interrelated.” Inspired by Gestalt psychologist Max Wertheimer and anthropologist Ruth Benedict, Maslow crafted a humanistic psychology that focused on the healthy, whole, and “self‐actualized” person. His holism bestowed personal meaning, gave him a means for discussing social change, and countered reductionistic, mechanistic approaches inherent in behavioral and Freudian psychology. As he concentrated on the development of the healthy individual, he also imagined a future world of self‐actualized individuals knit together in a “eupsychian” (psychologically whole) paradise. He hoped for the establishment of just, democratic, peaceful societies. His holism was thus about the community as well as the individual. His work influenced psychology, education, countercultural philosophies and practices, the Esalen Institute and other personal growth centers, business management, and the holistic health movement.
Veronica Makowsky
- Published in print:
- 1993
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195078664
- eISBN:
- 9780199855117
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195078664.003.0005
- Subject:
- Literature, Drama
Susan Glaspell is well known for the widely anthologized Trifles (1916), and many critics treat the plays as her greatest works because they are an exciting and innovative contribution to American ...
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Susan Glaspell is well known for the widely anthologized Trifles (1916), and many critics treat the plays as her greatest works because they are an exciting and innovative contribution to American drama. In terms of her fiction, the plays are not a startling flowering or reversal, but can be seen as the thematic and symbolic bridge between Glaspell’s early and late novels. In keeping with this thematic continuum, this chapter discusses the plays that emphasize women, and especially the maternity theme. In these plays, motherhood becomes less connected with sweetness and light, and increasingly related to entrapment and oppression. In contrast to the self-sacrificial struggles of Ernestine Hubers in The Glory of the Conquered (1909) or the long self-immolation of Ruth Holland in Fidelity, Glaspell produces dramatic heroines who begin to realize that in living for others they are destroying themselves.Less
Susan Glaspell is well known for the widely anthologized Trifles (1916), and many critics treat the plays as her greatest works because they are an exciting and innovative contribution to American drama. In terms of her fiction, the plays are not a startling flowering or reversal, but can be seen as the thematic and symbolic bridge between Glaspell’s early and late novels. In keeping with this thematic continuum, this chapter discusses the plays that emphasize women, and especially the maternity theme. In these plays, motherhood becomes less connected with sweetness and light, and increasingly related to entrapment and oppression. In contrast to the self-sacrificial struggles of Ernestine Hubers in The Glory of the Conquered (1909) or the long self-immolation of Ruth Holland in Fidelity, Glaspell produces dramatic heroines who begin to realize that in living for others they are destroying themselves.
Joe B. Hall, Marianne Walker, and Rick Bozich
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- May 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780813178561
- eISBN:
- 9780813178578
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813178561.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
Joe B. discusses his parents’ struggle during the Depression and the family’s move from Kentucky to Miami, where his father and mother both find jobs.
Joe B. discusses his parents’ struggle during the Depression and the family’s move from Kentucky to Miami, where his father and mother both find jobs.
Neil J. Sullivan
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195331837
- eISBN:
- 9780199851607
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195331837.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter examines the history of the opening of the Yankee Stadium in New York City on April 18, 1923. The opening game featured the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, where Babe Ruth ...
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This chapter examines the history of the opening of the Yankee Stadium in New York City on April 18, 1923. The opening game featured the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, where Babe Ruth scored a home run in the third inning. The pre-game festivities included a grand military display. Most commentators during this period considered the stadium as the first true baseball stadium, with its structure intended to accommodate massive crowds and make a progressive and confident statement about baseball's future.Less
This chapter examines the history of the opening of the Yankee Stadium in New York City on April 18, 1923. The opening game featured the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, where Babe Ruth scored a home run in the third inning. The pre-game festivities included a grand military display. Most commentators during this period considered the stadium as the first true baseball stadium, with its structure intended to accommodate massive crowds and make a progressive and confident statement about baseball's future.
Neil J. Sullivan
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195331837
- eISBN:
- 9780199851607
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195331837.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter examines the history of the New York Yankees baseball team and their Yankee Stadium in New York City. The Yankees started their history as the bankrupt remnants of an old National League ...
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This chapter examines the history of the New York Yankees baseball team and their Yankee Stadium in New York City. The Yankees started their history as the bankrupt remnants of an old National League powerhouse, the Baltimore Orioles. When the team moved to New York in 1930 it was renamed the New York Highlanders with the Hilltop Park as its home stadium. In January 1915, the team was sold to Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston. The team's dynasty started with the inaugural season of Babe Ruth in 1920, winning its first pennant in the 1921 season. The planning, design and acquisition of a property for the construction of the stadium started in January 1921.Less
This chapter examines the history of the New York Yankees baseball team and their Yankee Stadium in New York City. The Yankees started their history as the bankrupt remnants of an old National League powerhouse, the Baltimore Orioles. When the team moved to New York in 1930 it was renamed the New York Highlanders with the Hilltop Park as its home stadium. In January 1915, the team was sold to Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston. The team's dynasty started with the inaugural season of Babe Ruth in 1920, winning its first pennant in the 1921 season. The planning, design and acquisition of a property for the construction of the stadium started in January 1921.
Neil J. Sullivan
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195331837
- eISBN:
- 9780199851607
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195331837.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter examines the crowd cheering for the New York Yankees baseball team at the Yankee Stadium in New York City during the 1920s. It suggests that the commercial success of the stadium and the ...
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This chapter examines the crowd cheering for the New York Yankees baseball team at the Yankee Stadium in New York City during the 1920s. It suggests that the commercial success of the stadium and the team can be attributed to the transformation of the Bronx itself from a bucolic region north of New York City to a middle-class borough that defined modern urban living. Its population increased more than three-fold from 1900 to 1920 and it experienced revolutions in mass transportation, housing, and public works. Both the team's star Babe Ruth and the fans that cheered for him beat long odds to climb out of poverty.Less
This chapter examines the crowd cheering for the New York Yankees baseball team at the Yankee Stadium in New York City during the 1920s. It suggests that the commercial success of the stadium and the team can be attributed to the transformation of the Bronx itself from a bucolic region north of New York City to a middle-class borough that defined modern urban living. Its population increased more than three-fold from 1900 to 1920 and it experienced revolutions in mass transportation, housing, and public works. Both the team's star Babe Ruth and the fans that cheered for him beat long odds to climb out of poverty.
Neil J. Sullivan
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195331837
- eISBN:
- 9780199851607
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195331837.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter examines the history of the New York Yankees under the leadership of Jacob Ruppert. Under Ruppert's tenure, the Yankees became an important part of New York life, something that is more ...
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This chapter examines the history of the New York Yankees under the leadership of Jacob Ruppert. Under Ruppert's tenure, the Yankees became an important part of New York life, something that is more than an engaging amusement. The team developed its mystique, part of which centered on the baseball, politics, and entertainment that assumed new importance in the 1920s. Its star player Babe Ruth rose to national prominence and became the first star of the newsreel era.Less
This chapter examines the history of the New York Yankees under the leadership of Jacob Ruppert. Under Ruppert's tenure, the Yankees became an important part of New York life, something that is more than an engaging amusement. The team developed its mystique, part of which centered on the baseball, politics, and entertainment that assumed new importance in the 1920s. Its star player Babe Ruth rose to national prominence and became the first star of the newsreel era.
Robert Peterson
- Published in print:
- 1992
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195076370
- eISBN:
- 9780199853786
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195076370.003.0043
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
The chapter discusses the legendary Satchel Paige and his life before and during his baseball heydays. Paige was considered a Babe Ruth of Negro baseball. He did not win every game he was in though ...
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The chapter discusses the legendary Satchel Paige and his life before and during his baseball heydays. Paige was considered a Babe Ruth of Negro baseball. He did not win every game he was in though he probably had the most wins compared to any other pitcher in history. His appeal was interracial and universal though he never forgot that he was a black man. Tributes were heaped over him by some of the best names in the industry—Dizzy Dean, Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Gehringer, and other major-league stars. The chapter discusses his early years and his numerous conflicts with the law. When he started with the Birmingham Black Barons, he had no other throw but his fastball but it was a fastball like no other. That was the start of his legendary career.Less
The chapter discusses the legendary Satchel Paige and his life before and during his baseball heydays. Paige was considered a Babe Ruth of Negro baseball. He did not win every game he was in though he probably had the most wins compared to any other pitcher in history. His appeal was interracial and universal though he never forgot that he was a black man. Tributes were heaped over him by some of the best names in the industry—Dizzy Dean, Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Gehringer, and other major-league stars. The chapter discusses his early years and his numerous conflicts with the law. When he started with the Birmingham Black Barons, he had no other throw but his fastball but it was a fastball like no other. That was the start of his legendary career.
Robert Peterson
- Published in print:
- 1992
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195076370
- eISBN:
- 9780199853786
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195076370.003.0048
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
This chapter discusses the story of Josh Gibson's legendary home-run hits. He was credited not just a home-run hitter but as the home-run hitter. He was considered a black Babe Ruth. The chapter ...
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This chapter discusses the story of Josh Gibson's legendary home-run hits. He was credited not just a home-run hitter but as the home-run hitter. He was considered a black Babe Ruth. The chapter discusses his family life at Georgia where he was born. He started off his baseball career catching for the Crawford Colored Giants of Pittsburgh. The Homestead Grays set the scene for his start with the big leagues as catcher. Some disputed his catching abilities but some swear he was a great catcher as well. However, Gibson was introduced to the bottle and he was repeatedly suspended for “failing to observe training rules”. He was eventually diagnosed with having a brain tumor after lapsing into coma. He died from a stroke. He was well-revered by his colleagues.Less
This chapter discusses the story of Josh Gibson's legendary home-run hits. He was credited not just a home-run hitter but as the home-run hitter. He was considered a black Babe Ruth. The chapter discusses his family life at Georgia where he was born. He started off his baseball career catching for the Crawford Colored Giants of Pittsburgh. The Homestead Grays set the scene for his start with the big leagues as catcher. Some disputed his catching abilities but some swear he was a great catcher as well. However, Gibson was introduced to the bottle and he was repeatedly suspended for “failing to observe training rules”. He was eventually diagnosed with having a brain tumor after lapsing into coma. He died from a stroke. He was well-revered by his colleagues.
Megan Perigoe Stitt
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198184423
- eISBN:
- 9780191674242
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198184423.003.0006
- Subject:
- Literature, 19th-century and Victorian Literature
This chapter summarizes the analysis and observations derived from the careful studies of the three primary novels and fictions of Scott, Gaskell, and Kingsley. Included in the final chapter are ...
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This chapter summarizes the analysis and observations derived from the careful studies of the three primary novels and fictions of Scott, Gaskell, and Kingsley. Included in the final chapter are final explanations and comments surrounding the different nuances and implications of the novels Ruth, Two Years Ago, and Rob Roy on language and dialect.Less
This chapter summarizes the analysis and observations derived from the careful studies of the three primary novels and fictions of Scott, Gaskell, and Kingsley. Included in the final chapter are final explanations and comments surrounding the different nuances and implications of the novels Ruth, Two Years Ago, and Rob Roy on language and dialect.
