Gordon W Kirk
Biographic Data
| ID | 5367818 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gordon W Kirk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gordon W |
| FAMILY NAME | Kirk |
| SIGNATURE | KIRK G W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Illinois University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Process of Historical Inquiry
Studies the lives of industrial workers and their families who lived in the United States during the 1880's and 1890's with the goal of understanding the nature of society, the economy, and living and working conditions.
The Impact of the City on Home Ownership
The Promise of American Life
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…
The Social Order of a Frontier Community
Journal Article The Social Order of a Frontier Community: Jacksonville, Illinois, 1825–70. By Don Harrison Doyle. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1978. xiii + 289 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables, appendix, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. $12.50.) Get access Gordon W. Kirk, Jr Gordon W. Kirk, Jr Western Illinois University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 6…
The Immigrant, Economic Opportunity and Type of Settlement in Nineteenth-Century America
Since the publication of Frederick Jackson Turner's famous essay, historians have implicitly recognized the significance of community characteristics on levels of economic opportunity. Nevertheless, even though the last two decades have witnessed the publication of a number of occupational mobility studies of a wide variety of communities, the nature of the community under examination has been largely overlooked. Thus, while the authors of these …
The Impact of the City on Home Ownership
The Promise of American Life
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…
The Immigrant, Economic Opportunity and Type of Settlement in Nineteenth-Century America
Since the publication of Frederick Jackson Turner's famous essay, historians have implicitly recognized the significance of community characteristics on levels of economic opportunity. Nevertheless, even though the last two decades have witnessed the publication of a number of occupational mobility studies of a wide variety of communities, the nature of the community under examination has been largely overlooked. Thus, while the authors of these …
The Immigrant, Economic Opportunity and Type of Settlement in Nineteenth-Century America
Since the publication of Frederick Jackson Turner's famous essay, historians have implicitly recognized the significance of community characteristics on levels of economic opportunity. Nevertheless, even though the last two decades have witnessed the publication of a number of occupational mobility studies of a wide variety of communities, the nature of the community under examination has been largely overlooked. Thus, while the authors of these …
The Promise of American Life
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…
The Social Order of a Frontier Community
Journal Article The Social Order of a Frontier Community: Jacksonville, Illinois, 1825–70. By Don Harrison Doyle. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1978. xiii + 289 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables, appendix, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. $12.50.) Get access Gordon W. Kirk, Jr Gordon W. Kirk, Jr Western Illinois University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 6…
The Impact of the City on Home Ownership
The Process of Historical Inquiry
Studies the lives of industrial workers and their families who lived in the United States during the 1880's and 1890's with the goal of understanding the nature of society, the economy, and living and working conditions.
Sociology (4 works) · American History and Culture (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Immigration (2 works)