Robert G Barrows

Biographic Data

ID1109003
NAMERobert G Barrows
GIVEN NAMESRobert G
FAMILY NAMEBarrows
SIGNATUREBARROWS R G
AFFILIATIONSIndiana Historical Society
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS26
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1979
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
H-INDEX3

  • Lake Effects: A History of Urban Policy Making in Cleveland, 1825-1929

    Robert G BarrowsARTICLEJournal of American History2006

    Lake Effects is the most recent addition to the well-regarded Urban Life and Urban Landscape series edited by Zane L. Miller and the late Henry Shapiro. The book is a detailed examination of urban policy in Cleveland from 1825 to the eve of the Great Depression. “Policy,” author Ronald R. Weiner states, “is what happens after elections are decided” (p. 1). His discussion focuses on four coalitions or “regimes” that oversaw the city's maturation: …

  • Albion Fellows Bacon: Indiana's Municipal Housekeeper

    Mina Carson, Robert G BarrowsARTICLEJournal of American History2002

    Journal Article Albion Fellows Bacon: Indiana's Municipal Housekeeper Get access Barrows Robert G.Albion Fellows Bacon: Indiana's Municipal Housekeeper 2000Bloom-ington Indiana University Pressxxii229$24.95, ISBN 0-253-33774-7 Mina Carson Mina Carson Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue 4, March 2002, Pages 1558–1559, https:/…

  • The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis

    Charles N Glaab, David J Bodenhamer et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1997Cited by: 3

    Journal Article The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Ed. by David J. Bodenhamer and Robert G. Barrows. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994. xvii, 1,600 pp. $49.95, ISBN 0-253-31222-1.) Get access Charles N. Glaab Charles N. Glaab University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 3, December 1997, Pages 1086–1087, https://doi.org/10.2307/2…

  • Views and Viewmakers of Urban America: Lithographs of Towns and Cities in the United States and Canada, Notes on the Artists and Publishers, and a Union Catalog of Their Work, 1825-1925

    Robert G Barrows, John W RepsARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1985

    Journal Article Views and Viewmakers of Urban America: Lithographs of Towns and Cities in the United States and Canada, Notes on the Artists and Publishers, and a Union Catalog of Their Work, 1825–1925 Get access Views and Viewmakers of Urban America: Lithographs of Towns and Cities in the United States and Canada, Notes on the Artists and Publishers, and a Union Catalog of Their Work, 1825–1925. By Reps John W.. (Columbia: University of Missouri…

  • Their Infinite Variety: Essays on Indiana Politicians

    Clifton J Phillips, Robert G BarrowsARTICLEJournal of American History1983

    Journal Article Their Infinite Variety: Essays on Indiana Politicians. Ed. by Robert G. Barrows. (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau, 1981). viii + 488 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, bibliographic essays, and index. Cloth, $24.00; paper, $15.00.) Get access Clifton J. Phillips Clifton J. Phillips DePAuw University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 70, Issue 1, June…

  • Beyond the Tenement: Patterns of American Urban Housing, 1870-1930

    Open AccessRobert G BarrowsARTICLEJournal of Urban History1983Cited by: 16

  • The Forgotten Frontier: Urban Planning in the American West before 1890

    Robert G Barrows, John W RepsARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1983

    Journal Article The Forgotten Frontier: Urban Planning in the American West before 1890 Get access The Forgotten Frontier: Urban Planning in the American West before 1890. By Reps John W.. (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1981. viii + 169 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliographical note, index. $25.00, cloth; $12.95, paper.) Robert G. Barrows Robert G. Barrows Indiana Historical Bureau Search for other works by this author on: Oxford …

  • Hurryin’ Hoosiers and the American “Pattern”: Geographic Mobility in Indianapolis and Urban North America

    Open AccessRobert G BarrowsARTICLESocial Science History1981References: 8

    In The Other Bostonians , Stephan Thernstrom argues that there has been “a fairly constant migration factor operating throughout American society since the opening of the nineteenth century.” Patterns of geographic mobility, according to Thernstrom (1973: 228, 220), “were products of forces that operated in much the same way throughout American society in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.” Finding considerable mobility everywhere—both in hi…

  • "Hurryin' Hoosiers and the American "Pattern: Geographic Mobility in Indianapolis and Urban North America

    Robert G BarrowsARTICLESocial Science History1981Cited by: 4

  • Imperial San Francisco: Politics and Planning in an American City, 1897-1906

    Robert G Barrows, Judd KahnARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1981

    Journal Article Imperial San Francisco: Politics and Planning in an American City, 1897–1906 Get access Imperial San Francisco: Politics and Planning in an American City, 1897–1906. By Kahn Judd. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1979. 263 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, appendixes, notes, index. $17.95.) Robert G. Barrows Robert G. Barrows Indiana Historical Bureau Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar W…

  • The Promise of American Life: Social Mobility in a Nineteenth-Century Immigrant Community, Holland, Michigan, 1847-1894

    Robert G Barrows, Gordon W KirkARTICLEJournal of American History1979Cited by: 3

    Journal Article The Promise of American Life: Social Mobility in a Nineteenth-Century Immigrant Community, Holland, Michigan, 1847–1894. By Gordon W. Kirk, Jr. (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1978. 164 pp. Tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index. Paper, $8.00.) Get access Robert G. Barrows Robert G. Barrows Indiana Historical Bureau Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Ameri…