Neil Larry Shumsky
Biographic Data
| ID | 681644 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Neil Larry Shumsky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Neil Larry |
| FAMILY NAME | Shumsky |
| SIGNATURE | SHUMSKY N L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Tech |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Politics and Government
Social Structure and Social Mobility
The Working Class and its Culture
Toponyms of a Different Type
Some placenames and nicknames should be understood metaphorically and not literally. The nicknames of two well-known places — “Hell’s Kitchen” and the “Dust Bowl” — illustrate this by using contemporary theory of metaphor to explain them. The work of two sociologists, James Skipper and Paul Leslie, supports this argument, although they never used the word metaphor in their analyses. The similarities between their studies and this article strongly…
Dust, Disease, Death and Deity
Homelessness
This book presents an unflinching investigation of homelessness in the United States―a problem that has been with us since the arrival of the first English settlers nearly 400 years ago. The terms historically used to describe them include "bums," "hoboes," "migrants," "street people," "transients," "tramps," and "vagrants." Just as varied as the words we have used to describe them are the reasons many people have found themselves living in the l…
Noah Webster and the Invention of Immigration
Like all lexicographers, Noah Webster built his dictionaries on the works of others. But in the case of the verb to immigrate and its derivatives, he coined a new definition, one that has had a profound impact on how Americans conceive of the phenomenon of immigration
The Evolution of Political Protest and the Workingmen's Party of California
Journal Article The Evolution of Political Protest and the Workingmen's Party of California. By Neil Larry Shumsky. (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1991. xiv + 269 pp. $45.00, ISBN 0-8142-0551-8.) Get access Philip J. Ethington Philip J. Ethington University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 80, Issue 2, September 199…
The Market Revolution
The Market Revolution offers a sweeping, comprehensive overview of the Jacksonian period in a synthesis of political, social, economic, and cultural history. This book examines the tensions between democracy and capitalism that arose during this period after the war of 1812 and the massive transformation of American society that followed in its wake
Tacit Acceptance
Journal Article Tacit Acceptance: Respectable Americans and Segregated Prostitution, 1870–1910 Get access Neil Larry Shumsky Neil Larry Shumsky Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blackburg, Virginia 24061 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Social History, Volume 19, Issue 4, Summer 1986, Pages 665–679, https://doi.org/10.1353/jsh/19.4.665 Published: 01 July 1986
Separating doctors' homes and doctors' offices
The urban transition and the evolution of the medical care delivery system in America
Nineteenth-Century San Francisco
San Francisco's zone of prostitution, 1880–1934
Vice Responds To Reform
Frank Roney's San Francisco — His Diary
"Zangwill's "The Melting Pot
author, opened at Columbia Theater in Washington, D.C. Entitled The Melting Pot,' it told story of David Quixano, a Jewish immigrant who came to United States after his family was slaughtered in a Russian pogrom. During course of play, David writes a great symphony falls in love with a Russian Christian noblewoman. In final scene symphony receives great acclamation, David wins Vera for himself. The opening night audience responded enthusiasticall…
The urban transition and the evolution of the medical care delivery system in America
San Francisco's zone of prostitution, 1880–1934
"Zangwill's "The Melting Pot
author, opened at Columbia Theater in Washington, D.C. Entitled The Melting Pot,' it told story of David Quixano, a Jewish immigrant who came to United States after his family was slaughtered in a Russian pogrom. During course of play, David writes a great symphony falls in love with a Russian Christian noblewoman. In final scene symphony receives great acclamation, David wins Vera for himself. The opening night audience responded enthusiasticall…
The Evolution of Political Protest and the Workingmen's Party of California
Journal Article The Evolution of Political Protest and the Workingmen's Party of California. By Neil Larry Shumsky. (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1991. xiv + 269 pp. $45.00, ISBN 0-8142-0551-8.) Get access Philip J. Ethington Philip J. Ethington University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 80, Issue 2, September 199…
Separating doctors' homes and doctors' offices
Toponyms of a Different Type
Some placenames and nicknames should be understood metaphorically and not literally. The nicknames of two well-known places — “Hell’s Kitchen” and the “Dust Bowl” — illustrate this by using contemporary theory of metaphor to explain them. The work of two sociologists, James Skipper and Paul Leslie, supports this argument, although they never used the word metaphor in their analyses. The similarities between their studies and this article strongly…
Tacit Acceptance
Journal Article Tacit Acceptance: Respectable Americans and Segregated Prostitution, 1870–1910 Get access Neil Larry Shumsky Neil Larry Shumsky Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blackburg, Virginia 24061 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Social History, Volume 19, Issue 4, Summer 1986, Pages 665–679, https://doi.org/10.1353/jsh/19.4.665 Published: 01 July 1986
Vice Responds To Reform
Frank Roney's San Francisco — His Diary
"Zangwill's "The Melting Pot
author, opened at Columbia Theater in Washington, D.C. Entitled The Melting Pot,' it told story of David Quixano, a Jewish immigrant who came to United States after his family was slaughtered in a Russian pogrom. During course of play, David writes a great symphony falls in love with a Russian Christian noblewoman. In final scene symphony receives great acclamation, David wins Vera for himself. The opening night audience responded enthusiasticall…
Frank Roney's San Francisco — His Diary
Vice Responds To Reform
San Francisco's zone of prostitution, 1880–1934
Nineteenth-Century San Francisco
The urban transition and the evolution of the medical care delivery system in America
Tacit Acceptance
Journal Article Tacit Acceptance: Respectable Americans and Segregated Prostitution, 1870–1910 Get access Neil Larry Shumsky Neil Larry Shumsky Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blackburg, Virginia 24061 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Social History, Volume 19, Issue 4, Summer 1986, Pages 665–679, https://doi.org/10.1353/jsh/19.4.665 Published: 01 July 1986
Separating doctors' homes and doctors' offices
The Evolution of Political Protest and the Workingmen's Party of California
Journal Article The Evolution of Political Protest and the Workingmen's Party of California. By Neil Larry Shumsky. (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1991. xiv + 269 pp. $45.00, ISBN 0-8142-0551-8.) Get access Philip J. Ethington Philip J. Ethington University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 80, Issue 2, September 199…
The Market Revolution
The Market Revolution offers a sweeping, comprehensive overview of the Jacksonian period in a synthesis of political, social, economic, and cultural history. This book examines the tensions between democracy and capitalism that arose during this period after the war of 1812 and the massive transformation of American society that followed in its wake
Noah Webster and the Invention of Immigration
Like all lexicographers, Noah Webster built his dictionaries on the works of others. But in the case of the verb to immigrate and its derivatives, he coined a new definition, one that has had a profound impact on how Americans conceive of the phenomenon of immigration
Homelessness
This book presents an unflinching investigation of homelessness in the United States―a problem that has been with us since the arrival of the first English settlers nearly 400 years ago. The terms historically used to describe them include "bums," "hoboes," "migrants," "street people," "transients," "tramps," and "vagrants." Just as varied as the words we have used to describe them are the reasons many people have found themselves living in the l…
Dust, Disease, Death and Deity
Toponyms of a Different Type
Some placenames and nicknames should be understood metaphorically and not literally. The nicknames of two well-known places — “Hell’s Kitchen” and the “Dust Bowl” — illustrate this by using contemporary theory of metaphor to explain them. The work of two sociologists, James Skipper and Paul Leslie, supports this argument, although they never used the word metaphor in their analyses. The similarities between their studies and this article strongly…
The Working Class and its Culture
Politics and Government
Social Structure and Social Mobility
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