Steven J Diner
Biographic Data
| ID | 280814 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven J Diner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven J |
| FAMILY NAME | Diner |
| SIGNATURE | DINER S J |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Mason University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
City of Dreams
Book Review| July 01 2018 City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York. By Tyler Anbinder. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016. xxiv + 738 pp. List of maps, appendix, notes, select bibliography, illustration credits, and index. $35 (cloth); $17.99 (paper). Steven J. Diner Steven J. Diner Rutgers University Newark Steven J. Diner is University Professor at Rutge…
A Very Different Age
Linking Politics and People
Journal Article Linking Politics and People: The Historiography of the Progressive Era Get access Steven J. Diner Steven J. Diner Steven J. Diner is a professor of history and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University at Newark. His writings include A Very Different Age: Americans of the Progressive Era (1998) and A City and Its Universities: Public Policy in Chicago, 1892–1919 (1980). Search for other works by this author on…
And Still They Come
The Nation's City
A Very Different Age
Journal Article A Very Different Age: Americans of the Progressive Era. By Steven J. Diner. (New York: Hill and Wang, 1998. xii, 320 pp. $25.00, ISBN 0-8090-2553-1.) Get access Robert M. Crunden Robert M. Crunden University of Texas, Austin, Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 2, September 1998, Pages 701–702, https://doi.org/10.2307/2567839 Published: 01 Sep…
Banding Together
Statehood and the Governance of the District of Columbia
In November 1990 voters in the District of Columbia elected two “shadow” United States senators (one of whom is former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson) and one “shadow” representative to lobby for statehood. Statehood bills have been introduced in Congress regularly since 1982 and committee hearings on statehood were held in the fall of 1991 and the spring of 1992. Although only recently has there been serious discussion about District state…
Crisis of Confidence
Loss of confidence in Washington, DC schools now has a half-century of history
Black Women in White
Origins of the Black Hospital and Nurse Training School Movement: An Overview 2. Northern Black Hospitals and Nurse Training Schools 3. Training Nurses in Southern Black Hospitals 4. Black Collegiate Nursing Education: A Case Study Part Two More Than Angels of Mercy 5. Racism, Status, and the Professionalization of Black Nursing 6. The Politics of Agency and the Revitalization of the NACGN 7. Black Women in White 8. OWe Shall Not Be Left OutO: Wo…
Two Sisters for Social Justice
Professors and Public Policy
The Culture of Professionalism
Journal Article The Culture of Professionalism: The Middle Class and the Development of Higher Education in America. By Burton J. Bledstein. New York: Norton and A City and Its Universities: Public Policy in Chicago, 1892–1919. By Steven J. Diner. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press Get access Henrika Kuklick Henrika Kuklick University of Pennsylvania Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of …
A City and Its Universities
By focusing on Chicago's first generation of activist professors, Diner shows how modern public policy evolved. Chicago's early academic professionals, believing that they alone could solve the problems of a complex urban society, united to press for reforms in education, criminal justice, social welfare, and municipal administration. By claiming professional autonomy, they established the university firmly in American society and were able to af…
Historic Themes and Landmarks in Social Welfare Research . Sidney E. Zimbalist
George Herbert Mead's Ideas on Women and Careers
Scholarship in the Quest for Social Welfare
This essay examines the changing purposes of social work and social welfare scholarship through the fifty years of the Social Service Review. The author suggests that, although the personalities and ideologies of the editors were important in determining the content of the Review, national and international developments and trends within the social work profession and the academic world generally have been the most important determinants
Department and discipline
Invisible Immigrants
Children in Urban Society
From the Small Town to the Great Community
Journal Article From the Small Town to the Great Community: The Social Thought of Progressive Intellectuals. By Jean B. Quandt. (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1970. vii + 260 pp. Notes, bibliography, and index. $9.00.) Get access Steven J. Diner Steven J. Diner University of Chicago, Downtown Center Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 58, Issue 2, September 1971, …
Chicago Social Workers and Blacks in the Progressive Era
This essay explores the relationship between social workers and blacks in Chicago between 1900 and 1920. In a city peopled by some thirty different nationalities, leading social workers discovered many similarities between poor blacks and poor immigrants, but they were impressed as well by the unique problems faced by black people because of racial discrimination. Both the charity and settlement wings of social work sought to discover in these ye…
Department and discipline
A City and Its Universities
By focusing on Chicago's first generation of activist professors, Diner shows how modern public policy evolved. Chicago's early academic professionals, believing that they alone could solve the problems of a complex urban society, united to press for reforms in education, criminal justice, social welfare, and municipal administration. By claiming professional autonomy, they established the university firmly in American society and were able to af…
Black Women in White
Origins of the Black Hospital and Nurse Training School Movement: An Overview 2. Northern Black Hospitals and Nurse Training Schools 3. Training Nurses in Southern Black Hospitals 4. Black Collegiate Nursing Education: A Case Study Part Two More Than Angels of Mercy 5. Racism, Status, and the Professionalization of Black Nursing 6. The Politics of Agency and the Revitalization of the NACGN 7. Black Women in White 8. OWe Shall Not Be Left OutO: Wo…
Scholarship in the Quest for Social Welfare
This essay examines the changing purposes of social work and social welfare scholarship through the fifty years of the Social Service Review. The author suggests that, although the personalities and ideologies of the editors were important in determining the content of the Review, national and international developments and trends within the social work profession and the academic world generally have been the most important determinants
Chicago Social Workers and Blacks in the Progressive Era
This essay explores the relationship between social workers and blacks in Chicago between 1900 and 1920. In a city peopled by some thirty different nationalities, leading social workers discovered many similarities between poor blacks and poor immigrants, but they were impressed as well by the unique problems faced by black people because of racial discrimination. Both the charity and settlement wings of social work sought to discover in these ye…
Crisis of Confidence
Loss of confidence in Washington, DC schools now has a half-century of history
Chicago Social Workers and Blacks in the Progressive Era
This essay explores the relationship between social workers and blacks in Chicago between 1900 and 1920. In a city peopled by some thirty different nationalities, leading social workers discovered many similarities between poor blacks and poor immigrants, but they were impressed as well by the unique problems faced by black people because of racial discrimination. Both the charity and settlement wings of social work sought to discover in these ye…
From the Small Town to the Great Community
Journal Article From the Small Town to the Great Community: The Social Thought of Progressive Intellectuals. By Jean B. Quandt. (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1970. vii + 260 pp. Notes, bibliography, and index. $9.00.) Get access Steven J. Diner Steven J. Diner University of Chicago, Downtown Center Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 58, Issue 2, September 1971, …
Children in Urban Society
Invisible Immigrants
Department and discipline
Scholarship in the Quest for Social Welfare
This essay examines the changing purposes of social work and social welfare scholarship through the fifty years of the Social Service Review. The author suggests that, although the personalities and ideologies of the editors were important in determining the content of the Review, national and international developments and trends within the social work profession and the academic world generally have been the most important determinants
Historic Themes and Landmarks in Social Welfare Research . Sidney E. Zimbalist
George Herbert Mead's Ideas on Women and Careers
The Culture of Professionalism
Journal Article The Culture of Professionalism: The Middle Class and the Development of Higher Education in America. By Burton J. Bledstein. New York: Norton and A City and Its Universities: Public Policy in Chicago, 1892–1919. By Steven J. Diner. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press Get access Henrika Kuklick Henrika Kuklick University of Pennsylvania Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of …
A City and Its Universities
By focusing on Chicago's first generation of activist professors, Diner shows how modern public policy evolved. Chicago's early academic professionals, believing that they alone could solve the problems of a complex urban society, united to press for reforms in education, criminal justice, social welfare, and municipal administration. By claiming professional autonomy, they established the university firmly in American society and were able to af…
Professors and Public Policy
Two Sisters for Social Justice
Crisis of Confidence
Loss of confidence in Washington, DC schools now has a half-century of history
Black Women in White
Origins of the Black Hospital and Nurse Training School Movement: An Overview 2. Northern Black Hospitals and Nurse Training Schools 3. Training Nurses in Southern Black Hospitals 4. Black Collegiate Nursing Education: A Case Study Part Two More Than Angels of Mercy 5. Racism, Status, and the Professionalization of Black Nursing 6. The Politics of Agency and the Revitalization of the NACGN 7. Black Women in White 8. OWe Shall Not Be Left OutO: Wo…
Statehood and the Governance of the District of Columbia
In November 1990 voters in the District of Columbia elected two “shadow” United States senators (one of whom is former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson) and one “shadow” representative to lobby for statehood. Statehood bills have been introduced in Congress regularly since 1982 and committee hearings on statehood were held in the fall of 1991 and the spring of 1992. Although only recently has there been serious discussion about District state…
Banding Together
And Still They Come
The Nation's City
A Very Different Age
Journal Article A Very Different Age: Americans of the Progressive Era. By Steven J. Diner. (New York: Hill and Wang, 1998. xii, 320 pp. $25.00, ISBN 0-8090-2553-1.) Get access Robert M. Crunden Robert M. Crunden University of Texas, Austin, Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 2, September 1998, Pages 701–702, https://doi.org/10.2307/2567839 Published: 01 Sep…
Linking Politics and People
Journal Article Linking Politics and People: The Historiography of the Progressive Era Get access Steven J. Diner Steven J. Diner Steven J. Diner is a professor of history and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University at Newark. His writings include A Very Different Age: Americans of the Progressive Era (1998) and A City and Its Universities: Public Policy in Chicago, 1892–1919 (1980). Search for other works by this author on…
A Very Different Age
City of Dreams
Book Review| July 01 2018 City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York. By Tyler Anbinder. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016. xxiv + 738 pp. List of maps, appendix, notes, select bibliography, illustration credits, and index. $35 (cloth); $17.99 (paper). Steven J. Diner Steven J. Diner Rutgers University Newark Steven J. Diner is University Professor at Rutge…
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