John W Briggs
Biographic Data
| ID | 1165888 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John W Briggs |
| GIVEN NAMES | John W |
| FAMILY NAME | Briggs |
| SIGNATURE | BRIGGS J W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Syracuse University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Barnard’s Mysterious Star Near Venus
Edward Emerson Barnard is regarded as one of the greatest astronomical observers of all time, who discovered numerous comets, the fifth satellite of Jupiter, and pioneered the wide-angle photography of the Milky Way. Given his well-earned reputation as the most judicious and reliable observer of his time, an observation of a seventh-magnitude star near Venus with the 36-inch refractor of Lick Observatory on 13 August 1892, which has never been ex…
Italy's Many Diasporas
Donna R. Gabaccia has achieved a masterly synthesis of the extensive literature on migration from and to the Italian peninsula over the last eig ht hundred years. Exploiting scholarship from five continents and many countries, she successfully gives an account of the italiani nel mondo. “Italians Everywhere,” the title of a project that laid the foundation for this book, well describes its scope. In addition to her thorough mining of secondary li…
Round-Trip to America
Monte Carmelo
The Americanization Syndrome
Carlson examines the historical role of education in the process of 'Americanization' and argues that, historically, the pattern of American education has been not the promotion of a blend of different cultures but a discouragement of variety
Family Connections
La Merica
Journal Article La Merica: Images of Italian Greenhorn Experience. By Michael La Sorte. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1985. xiv + 234 pp. Illustration, notes, sources and further reading, and index. $24.95.) Get access John W. Briggs John W. Briggs Syracuse University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 72, Issue 4, March 1986, Pages 977–978, https://doi.org/10.230…
An Italian Passage
The Immigrant Experience
An Italian Passage
An Italian Passage
Journal Article An Italian Passage: Immigrants to Three American Cities, 1890–1930. By John W. Briggs. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1978. xxii + 348 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, bibliographical note, and index. $20.00.) Get access Paula Benkart Paula Benkart St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 66, Issue 2, September 1979, Page…
An Italian Passage
Family and Community
The Americanization Syndrome
Carlson examines the historical role of education in the process of 'Americanization' and argues that, historically, the pattern of American education has been not the promotion of a blend of different cultures but a discouragement of variety
Family and Community
The Immigrant Experience
An Italian Passage
An Italian Passage
Journal Article An Italian Passage: Immigrants to Three American Cities, 1890–1930. By John W. Briggs. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1978. xxii + 348 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, bibliographical note, and index. $20.00.) Get access Paula Benkart Paula Benkart St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 66, Issue 2, September 1979, Page…
An Italian Passage
An Italian Passage
La Merica
Journal Article La Merica: Images of Italian Greenhorn Experience. By Michael La Sorte. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1985. xiv + 234 pp. Illustration, notes, sources and further reading, and index. $24.95.) Get access John W. Briggs John W. Briggs Syracuse University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 72, Issue 4, March 1986, Pages 977–978, https://doi.org/10.230…
Family Connections
The Americanization Syndrome
Carlson examines the historical role of education in the process of 'Americanization' and argues that, historically, the pattern of American education has been not the promotion of a blend of different cultures but a discouragement of variety
Monte Carmelo
Round-Trip to America
Italy's Many Diasporas
Donna R. Gabaccia has achieved a masterly synthesis of the extensive literature on migration from and to the Italian peninsula over the last eig ht hundred years. Exploiting scholarship from five continents and many countries, she successfully gives an account of the italiani nel mondo. “Italians Everywhere,” the title of a project that laid the foundation for this book, well describes its scope. In addition to her thorough mining of secondary li…
Barnard’s Mysterious Star Near Venus
Edward Emerson Barnard is regarded as one of the greatest astronomical observers of all time, who discovered numerous comets, the fifth satellite of Jupiter, and pioneered the wide-angle photography of the Milky Way. Given his well-earned reputation as the most judicious and reliable observer of his time, an observation of a seventh-magnitude star near Venus with the 36-inch refractor of Lick Observatory on 13 August 1892, which has never been ex…
Immigration (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · History (7 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (7 works) · Race, History, and American Society (7 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Demographic economics (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · History (6 works)