Bruce J Dierenfield
Biographic Data
| ID | 4194081 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bruce J Dierenfield |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bruce J |
| FAMILY NAME | Dierenfield |
| SIGNATURE | DIERENFIELD B J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Canisius College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
American Catholic
The Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights movement was arguably the most important reform in American history. This book recounts the extraordinary and often bloody story of how tens of thousands of ordinary African-Americans overcame long odds to dethrone segregation, to exercise the right to vote and to improve their economic standing.Organized in a clear chronological fashion, the book shows how concerted pressure in a variety of forms ultimately carried the day in re…
A History of African-American Leadership
The story of black emancipation is one of the most dramatic themes of American history, covering racism, murder, poverty and extreme heroism. Figures such as Malcolm X and Martin Luther King are the demigods of the freedom movements, both film and household figures. This major text explores the African-American experience of the twentieth century with particular reference to six outstanding race leaders. Their philosophies and strategies for raci…
Joe T. Robinson
Somebody is Tampering With America's Soul
This paper examines the legislative history of school prayer since the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed the practice in 1962. It disputes conventional wisdom about school prayer in three ways. First, almost from the outset, Republicans, not southern Democrats, were the mainstay of school prayer. Second, congressional advocates of school prayer often skillfully used an array of political tools to advance their cause. Third, school prayer was not necess…
Calculating Visions
Secular Schools? Religious Practices in New York and Viginia Public Schools Since World War II
Scholars examining the controversy over church-state relations in the modern era have concentrated almost exclusively on its constitutional aspects. This is to be expected since the U.S. Supreme Court has handed down epic decisions that have drawn an increasingly sharper picture of the First Amendment's guideline concerning the government's involvement in religion. The Court did, in fact, lead the way in establishing or reestablishing the doctrin…
Miss You
Jimmy Carter as President
Courthouse over White House
Journal Article Courthouse over White House: Chicago and the Presidential Election of 1960. By Edmund F. Kallina, Jr. (Orlando: University of Central Florida Press, 1988. viii + 301 pp. $25.00.) Get access Bruce J. Dierenfield Bruce J. Dierenfield Canisius College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 76, Issue 1, June 1989, Pages 324–325, https://doi.org/10.2307/1908491 Publi…
Keeper of the Rules
Rayburn
Journal Article Rayburn: A Biography. By D. B. Hardeman and Donald C. Bacon. (Austin: Texas Monthly, 1987. xi + 554 pp. $21.95.) Get access Bruce J. Dierenfield Bruce J. Dierenfield Canisius College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 1, June 1988, Page 298, https://doi.org/10.2307/1889766 Published: 01 June 1988
Keeper of the Rules
Journal Article Keeper of the Rules: Congressman Howard W. Smith of Virginia. By Bruce J. Dierenfield. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1987. xiii + 306 pp. $25.00.) Get access Richard M. Fried Richard M. Fried University of Illinois, Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 2, September 1988, Pages 673–674, https://doi.org/10.2307/1887991 Publish…
TVA and the Tellico Dam, 1936-1979
Somebody is Tampering With America's Soul
This paper examines the legislative history of school prayer since the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed the practice in 1962. It disputes conventional wisdom about school prayer in three ways. First, almost from the outset, Republicans, not southern Democrats, were the mainstay of school prayer. Second, congressional advocates of school prayer often skillfully used an array of political tools to advance their cause. Third, school prayer was not necess…
Secular Schools? Religious Practices in New York and Viginia Public Schools Since World War II
Scholars examining the controversy over church-state relations in the modern era have concentrated almost exclusively on its constitutional aspects. This is to be expected since the U.S. Supreme Court has handed down epic decisions that have drawn an increasingly sharper picture of the First Amendment's guideline concerning the government's involvement in religion. The Court did, in fact, lead the way in establishing or reestablishing the doctrin…
Keeper of the Rules
Journal Article Keeper of the Rules: Congressman Howard W. Smith of Virginia. By Bruce J. Dierenfield. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1987. xiii + 306 pp. $25.00.) Get access Richard M. Fried Richard M. Fried University of Illinois, Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 2, September 1988, Pages 673–674, https://doi.org/10.2307/1887991 Publish…
TVA and the Tellico Dam, 1936-1979
Keeper of the Rules
Rayburn
Journal Article Rayburn: A Biography. By D. B. Hardeman and Donald C. Bacon. (Austin: Texas Monthly, 1987. xi + 554 pp. $21.95.) Get access Bruce J. Dierenfield Bruce J. Dierenfield Canisius College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 1, June 1988, Page 298, https://doi.org/10.2307/1889766 Published: 01 June 1988
Keeper of the Rules
Journal Article Keeper of the Rules: Congressman Howard W. Smith of Virginia. By Bruce J. Dierenfield. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1987. xiii + 306 pp. $25.00.) Get access Richard M. Fried Richard M. Fried University of Illinois, Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 2, September 1988, Pages 673–674, https://doi.org/10.2307/1887991 Publish…
Courthouse over White House
Journal Article Courthouse over White House: Chicago and the Presidential Election of 1960. By Edmund F. Kallina, Jr. (Orlando: University of Central Florida Press, 1988. viii + 301 pp. $25.00.) Get access Bruce J. Dierenfield Bruce J. Dierenfield Canisius College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 76, Issue 1, June 1989, Pages 324–325, https://doi.org/10.2307/1908491 Publi…
Jimmy Carter as President
Secular Schools? Religious Practices in New York and Viginia Public Schools Since World War II
Scholars examining the controversy over church-state relations in the modern era have concentrated almost exclusively on its constitutional aspects. This is to be expected since the U.S. Supreme Court has handed down epic decisions that have drawn an increasingly sharper picture of the First Amendment's guideline concerning the government's involvement in religion. The Court did, in fact, lead the way in establishing or reestablishing the doctrin…
Miss You
Calculating Visions
Somebody is Tampering With America's Soul
This paper examines the legislative history of school prayer since the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed the practice in 1962. It disputes conventional wisdom about school prayer in three ways. First, almost from the outset, Republicans, not southern Democrats, were the mainstay of school prayer. Second, congressional advocates of school prayer often skillfully used an array of political tools to advance their cause. Third, school prayer was not necess…
Joe T. Robinson
A History of African-American Leadership
The story of black emancipation is one of the most dramatic themes of American history, covering racism, murder, poverty and extreme heroism. Figures such as Malcolm X and Martin Luther King are the demigods of the freedom movements, both film and household figures. This major text explores the African-American experience of the twentieth century with particular reference to six outstanding race leaders. Their philosophies and strategies for raci…
The Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights movement was arguably the most important reform in American history. This book recounts the extraordinary and often bloody story of how tens of thousands of ordinary African-Americans overcame long odds to dethrone segregation, to exercise the right to vote and to improve their economic standing.Organized in a clear chronological fashion, the book shows how concerted pressure in a variety of forms ultimately carried the day in re…
American Catholic
Political science (11 works) · History (9 works) · Law (8 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (7 works) · History (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Race, History, and American Society (4 works) · American History and Culture (3 works) · Art history (3 works)