William Toll

Biographic Data

ID89419
NAMEWilliam Toll
GIVEN NAMESWilliam
FAMILY NAMEToll
SIGNATURETOLL W
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Oregon
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS32
TOTAL CITATIONS5
AUTHOR COUNT32
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1973
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX1

  • A Man for All Seasons: Monroe Sweetland and the Liberal Paradox . By William G. Robbins

    William TollARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly2016

    Professor William G. Robbins has written a well-documented biography of Monroe Sweetland, whose public life illustrates how a gadfly with a commitment to social justice navigated the tumultuous mid-twentieth century. Born in 1910 in Salem, Oregon, where his father was both a young medical doctor and a football coach at Willamette University, Sweetland grew up in small-town locales in Oregon and Michigan. Family connections led him to law school a…

  • Anti‐Semitism and the American Racial Context: A Historical Inquiry

    Open AccessWilliam TollARTICLEHistory Compass2014References: 5

    This essay reacts to the observation that (1) the vast literature on anti‐Semitism virtually ignores the United States and that (2) American scholarly writing on the topic of race and racism has little to say about Jews and anti‐Semitism. This essay tries to bridge both gaps by arguing, first, that anti‐Semitism should not be studied as an ideology or as a social virus but as a marker of specific tensions in the cultures where it becomes a public…

  • Defending Master Race, Conservation, Eugenics, and the Legacy of Madison Grant (review)

    William TollARTICLEAmerican studies2008

    Reviewed by: Defending Master Race, Conservation, Eugenics, and the Legacy of Madison Grant William Toll Defending Master Race, Conservation, Eugenics, and the Legacy of Madison Grant. By Jonathan P. Spiro. Burlington, Vermont: University of Vermont Press. 2009. Jonathan Spiro has written an informative and often witty life and times of Madison Grant (b. 1865-d.1937). For Spiro, Grant is the prolific leader of a morally ambiguous, [End Page 293] …

  • Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail: A History in the American West

    William TollARTICLEJournal of American History2007

    Journal Article Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail: A History in the American West Get access Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail: A History in the American West. By Abrams Jeanne E.. (New York: New York University Press, 2006. viii, 279 pp. $39.00, isbn978-0-8147-0719-7.) William Toll William Toll University of OregonEugene, Oregon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History…

  • African American Views of the Japanese: Solidarity or Sedition

    William Toll, Reginald KearneyARTICLEJournal of American History2000

  • Central European Jews in America, 1840-1880: Migration and Advancement. Vol. 2

    William TollARTICLEJournal of American Ethnic History1999

    Book Review| October 01 1999 Central European Jews in America, 1840-1880: Migration and Advancement. Vol. 2 Central European Jews in America, 1840-1880: Migration and Advancement. Vol. 2, Jeffrey S. Gurock. William Toll William Toll Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (1999) 19 (1): 91–92. https://doi.org/10.2307/27502518 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Per…

  • Imprisoned Apart: The World War II Correspondence of an Issei Couple

    William Toll, Louis Fiset et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1999

    Journal Article Imprisoned Apart: The World War II Correspondence of an Issei Couple. By Louis Fiset. Seattle: University of Washington Press and On Board the USS Mason: The World War II Diary of James A. Dunn. Ed. by Mansel G. Blackford. Columbus: Ohio State University Press Get access William Toll William Toll University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American Histor…

  • Horace M. Kallen: Pluralism and American Jewish Identity

    William TollARTICLEAmerican Jewish History1997

    American Jewish History - Volume 85, Number 1, March 1997

  • Permanent Settlement: Japanese Families in Portland in 1920

    William TollARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1997

    Journal Article Permanent Settlement: Japanese Families in Portland in 1920 Get access William Toll William Toll received his doctorate University of California at Berkeley and resides in Eugene, Oregon. He is the author of The Making of an Ethnic Middle Class, Portland Jewry over Four Generations (Albany, 1982). Recent publications include “Gender, Ethnicity, and Jewish Settlement Work in the Urban West,” in An Inventory of Promises: Essays on A…

  • American Immigrants and Their Generations: Studies and Commentaries on the Hansen Thesis after Fifty Years

    William Toll, P Kivisto et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1991Cited by: 1

    Journal Article American Immigrants and Their Generations: Studies and Commentaries on the Hansen Thesis after Fifty Years. Ed. by Peter Kivisto and Dag Blanck. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press,. 1990. viii + 222 pp. $19.95.) Get access William Toll William Toll Eugene, Oregon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 1, June 1991, Pages 348–349, https://doi.org/10.…

  • Merchants, Money and Power: The Portland Establishment, 1843-1913

    William Toll, E Kimbark Maccoll et al.ARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1990

    Journal Article Merchants, Money and Power: The Portland Establishment, 1843–1913 Get access Merchants, Money and Power: The Portland Establishment, 1843–1913. By MacColl E. Kimbark Stein Harry H.. (Portland: Georgian Press, 1988. xvi + 516 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index. $29.95, cloth; $19.95, paper.) William Toll William Toll University of Oregon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Schol…

  • Ethnicity and Stability: The Italians and Jews of South Portland, 1900-1940

    William TollARTICLEPacific Historical Review1985Cited by: 2References: 3

    Research Article| May 01 1985 Ethnicity and Stability: The Italians and Jews of South Portland, 1900-1940 William Toll William Toll Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Pacific Historical Review (1985) 54 (2): 161–189. https://doi.org/10.2307/3639039 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools G…

  • The Jewish Community of Indianapolis, 1849 to the Present

    William Toll, Judith E EndelmanARTICLEJournal of American History1985

    Journal Article The Jewish Community of Indianapolis, 1849 to the Present. By Judith E. Endelman. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1984. xi + 303 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables, appendixes, notes, and index. $17.50.) Get access William Toll William Toll Eugene, Oregon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 72, Issue 3, December 1985, Pages 669–670, https://doi.org/10.230…

  • The Double Revolution of Modern Jewry

    William Toll, David Berger et al.ARTICLEReviews in American History1984

  • Family and Divorce in California, 1850-1890: Victorian Illusions and Everyday Realities

    William Toll, Robert L GriswoldARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1984

    Journal Article Family and Divorce in California, 1850–1890: Victorian Illusions and Everyday Realities Get access Family and Divorce in California, 1850–1890: Victorian Illusions and Everyday Realities. By Griswold Robert L.. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1982. xii + 254 pp. Illustrations, tables, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. $34.50, cloth; $9.95, paper.) William Toll William Toll Eugene, Oregon Search for other works by …

  • The Making of an Ethnic Middle Class: Portland Jewry over Four Generations

    Frederick C Luebke, William TollARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1984

    Journal Article The Making of an Ethnic Middle Class: Portland Jewry over Four Generations Get access The Making of an Ethnic Middle Class: Portland Jewry over Four Generations. By Toll William. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1982. xii + 242 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, appendix, notes, index. $39.50, cloth; $12.95, paper.) Frederick C. Luebke Frederick C. Luebke University of Nebraska, Lincoln Search for other works by this aut…

  • The Making of an Ethnic Middle Class: Portland Jewry over Four Generations

    Steven G Hertzberg, William TollARTICLEJournal of American History1983

    Journal Article The Making of an Ethnic Middle Class: Portland Jewry over Four Generations. By William Toll. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1982. xii + 242 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables, appendix, notes, sources and methods, and index. Cloth. $39.50; paper. $12.95.) Get access Steven G. Hertzberg Steven G. Hertzberg Forest Hills, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American …

  • Evangelism and the Reconstruction of the Freedmen

    William Toll, Robert C Morris et al.ARTICLEReviews in American History1982

  • The Resurgence of Race: Black Social Theory from Reconstruction to the Pan-African Conferences

    Elizabeth Rauh Bethel, William TollARTICLESocial Forces1982

  • The Resurgence of Race: Black Social Theory from Reconstruction to the Pan-African Conferences

    Sylvia M Jacobs, William TollARTICLEJournal of American History1982

    Journal Article The Resurgence of Race: Black Social Theory from Reconstruction to the Pan-African Conferences. By William Toll. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1979. ix + 270 pp. Notes and index. $19.50.) Get access Sylvia M. Jacobs Sylvia M. Jacobs North Carolina Central University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 69, Issue 2, September 1982, Pages 464–465, http…

  • Minorities and Materialism

    Robert Brent Toplin, Ronald Takaki et al.ARTICLEReviews in American History1981

  • The Resurgence of Race: Black Social Theory from Reconstruction to the Pan-African Conferences

    John M Matthews, William TollARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1981

  • The American Negro Academy: Voice of the Talented Tenth

    William Toll, Alfred A MossARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1981

  • The Growth of a City: Power and Politics in Portland, Oregon, 1915 to 1950

    William Toll, E Kimbark MaccollARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1981

    Journal Article The Growth of a City: Power and Politics in Portland, Oregon, 1915 to 1950 Get access The Growth of a City: Power and Politics in Portland, Oregon, 1915 to 1950. By MacColl E. Kimbark. (Portland, Oregon: Georgian Press, 1979. xiii + 717 pp. Illustrations, maps, charts, notes, index. $17.95.) William Toll William Toll Eugene, Oregon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterl…

  • The Chosen People in the World of Choice

    William Toll, Lloyd P Gartner et al.ARTICLEReviews in American History1980Cited by: 1