Robert W Snyder
Biographic Data
| ID | 953084 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert W Snyder |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert W |
| FAMILY NAME | Snyder |
| SIGNATURE | SNYDER R W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill: Alexander Hamilton’s old Harlem neighborhood through the centuries , by Davida Siwisa James
Sounding the Powers of Place in Neighborhoods: Responses to the Urban Crisis in Washington Heights and New York City
As scholars move from studying the city as the setting for larger social processes to exploring how cities play constitutive roles in historical change, it is important to explore the most fundamental and complex unit of urban life—the neighborhood—in all its subjective meanings and dimensions. This essay, which builds on my book, Crossing Broadway: Washington Heights and the Promise of New York City (Cornell, 2015), examines how residents of the…
Vaudeville Melodies: Popular Musicians and Mass Entertainment in American Culture, 1870–1929
As Eddie Cantor worked his way from neighborhood theatricals to vaudeville stardom, he learned that his career would rise or fall on waves of applause. The audience was always right, he concluded, and he used that insight to forge a career that carried him from vaudeville to radio, film, and early television. Vaudeville Melodies ably explores the origins and significance of this insight to understand the relationship between artists and audiences…
James Wolfinger. Running the Rails: Capital and Labor in the Philadelphia Transit Industry
The U.S. presidential election of 2016 saw widespread debates about what happens to workers when manufacturers ship industrial jobs overseas. Implicit in these discussions was the belief that if the mobility of capital is constrained, the lot of labor will improve. This is a complex problem, however. As James Wolfinger’s impressive book Running the Rails: Capital and Labor in the Philadelphia Transit Industry shows, even in an industry tied to on…
Crossing Broadway: Washington Heights and the Promise of New York City
Journal Article Crossing Broadway: Washington Heights and the Promise of New York City Get access By Robert W. Snyder. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2014. 296 pp. $27.95.) Journal of American History, Volume 102, Issue 4, March 2016, Pages 1237–1238, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jav694 Published: 01 March 2016
A Useless and Terrible Death: The Michael Farmer Case, “Hidden Violence,” and New York City in the Fifties
In the summer of 1957, old conflicts among black, white, and Hispanic youths over access to a public pool in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan exploded in the murder of one white youth and the wounding of another. Despite a history of white gangs harassing young people of color on the way to municipal pools in New York, the possibility that racial and ethnic conflict had something to do with the killing was dismissed. In the courts, jou…
The Intersections of U.S. Foreign Policy, Islamist Militancy, and Terrorism
American Journalism and the Culture of Celebrity
The news media of the early twenty-first century are saturated with images of wars, natural disasters, and celebrities. Of the three, it is the celebrities' presence that expresses a defining characteristic of our time: the continual manufacture and exploitation of fame by swarms of publicists and journalists. Together, they have turned Michael Jackson into a reference point for discussions of childrearing, Martha Stewart into an arbiter of domes…
Waltzing in the Dark: African American Vaudeville and Race Politics in the Swing Era
Journal Article Waltzing in the Dark: African American Vaudeville and Race Politics in the Swing Era. By Brenda Dixon Gottschild. (New York: St. Martin's, 2000. viii, 270 pp. $45.00, ISBN 0-312-21418-9.) Get access Robert W. Snyder Robert W. Snyder Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue 1, June 2001, Pages 248–249, https://doi.or…
Here's the Deal: The Buying and Selling of a Great American City
Journal Article Here's the Deal: The Buying and Selling of a Great American City. By Ross Miller. (New York: Knopf, 1996. xiv, 316 pp. $27.50, ISBN 0-394-58999-8.) Get access Robert W. Snyder Robert W. Snyder Media Studies Center, New York, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 3, December 1997, Pages 1149–1150, https://doi.org/10.2307/2953235 Published: 01 …
Metropolitan Lives: The Ashcan Artists and Their New York
Journal Article “Metropolitan Lives: The Ashcan Artists and Their New York.” National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Eighth and G Sts., NW, Washington, DC 20560 Get access Sylvia Yount Sylvia Yount Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 1, June 1997, Pages…
The Social Anxieties of Progressive Reform: Atlantic City, 1854-1920
Showstoppers: Busby Berkeley and the Tradition of Spectacle
Journal Article Showstoppers: Busby Berkeley and the Tradition of Spectacle. By Martin Rubin. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1993. xiv, 249 pp. $29.50, ISBN 0-231-08054-9.) Get access Robert W. Snyder Robert W. Snyder New York, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 2, September 1994, Pages 773–774, https://doi.org/10.2307/2081355 Published: 01 Septemb…
The American Amusement Park Industry: A History of Technology and Thrills
Journal Article The American Amusement Park Industry: A History of Technology and Thrills. By Judith A. Adams. (Boston: Twayne, 1991. xvi + 225 pp. Cloth, $27.95, ISBN0-8057-9821-8. Paper, $11.95, ISBN 0-8057-9822-6.) Get access The American Amusement Park Industry: A History of Technology and Thrills. By Adams Judith A.. (Boston: Twayne, 1991. xvi + 225 pp. Cloth, $27.95, ISBN 0-8057-9821-8. Paper, $11.95, ISBN 0-8057-9822-6.) Robert W. Snyder R…
The Voice of the City: Vaudeville and Popular Culture in New York
Journal Article The Voice of the City: Vaudeville and Popular Culture in New York. By Robert W. Snyder. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. xvi + 220 pp. $19.95.) Get access Lewis A. Erenberg Lewis A. Erenberg Ludwig Maximillians Universität, Germany Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 1, June 1991, Pages 355–356, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078195 Published: 01…
Adapting to Abundance: Jewish Immigrants, Mass Consumption, and the Search for American Identity
Journal Article Adapting to Abundance: Jewish Immigrants, Mass Consumption, and the Search for American Identity. By Andrew R. Heinze. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1990. xii + 276 pp. $35.00.) Get access Robert W. Snyder Robert W. Snyder Rutgers University, Newark Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 1, June 1991, Pages 362–363, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078…
The Voice of the City: Vaudeville and Popular Culture in New York
Crossing Broadway: Washington Heights and the Promise of New York City
Journal Article Crossing Broadway: Washington Heights and the Promise of New York City Get access By Robert W. Snyder. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2014. 296 pp. $27.95.) Journal of American History, Volume 102, Issue 4, March 2016, Pages 1237–1238, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jav694 Published: 01 March 2016
Showstoppers: Busby Berkeley and the Tradition of Spectacle
Journal Article Showstoppers: Busby Berkeley and the Tradition of Spectacle. By Martin Rubin. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1993. xiv, 249 pp. $29.50, ISBN 0-231-08054-9.) Get access Robert W. Snyder Robert W. Snyder New York, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 2, September 1994, Pages 773–774, https://doi.org/10.2307/2081355 Published: 01 Septemb…
Adapting to Abundance: Jewish Immigrants, Mass Consumption, and the Search for American Identity
Journal Article Adapting to Abundance: Jewish Immigrants, Mass Consumption, and the Search for American Identity. By Andrew R. Heinze. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1990. xii + 276 pp. $35.00.) Get access Robert W. Snyder Robert W. Snyder Rutgers University, Newark Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 1, June 1991, Pages 362–363, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078…
A Useless and Terrible Death: The Michael Farmer Case, “Hidden Violence,” and New York City in the Fifties
In the summer of 1957, old conflicts among black, white, and Hispanic youths over access to a public pool in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan exploded in the murder of one white youth and the wounding of another. Despite a history of white gangs harassing young people of color on the way to municipal pools in New York, the possibility that racial and ethnic conflict had something to do with the killing was dismissed. In the courts, jou…
The Voice of the City: Vaudeville and Popular Culture in New York
Journal Article The Voice of the City: Vaudeville and Popular Culture in New York. By Robert W. Snyder. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. xvi + 220 pp. $19.95.) Get access Lewis A. Erenberg Lewis A. Erenberg Ludwig Maximillians Universität, Germany Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 1, June 1991, Pages 355–356, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078195 Published: 01…
Adapting to Abundance: Jewish Immigrants, Mass Consumption, and the Search for American Identity
Journal Article Adapting to Abundance: Jewish Immigrants, Mass Consumption, and the Search for American Identity. By Andrew R. Heinze. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1990. xii + 276 pp. $35.00.) Get access Robert W. Snyder Robert W. Snyder Rutgers University, Newark Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 1, June 1991, Pages 362–363, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078…
The Voice of the City: Vaudeville and Popular Culture in New York
The American Amusement Park Industry: A History of Technology and Thrills
Journal Article The American Amusement Park Industry: A History of Technology and Thrills. By Judith A. Adams. (Boston: Twayne, 1991. xvi + 225 pp. Cloth, $27.95, ISBN0-8057-9821-8. Paper, $11.95, ISBN 0-8057-9822-6.) Get access The American Amusement Park Industry: A History of Technology and Thrills. By Adams Judith A.. (Boston: Twayne, 1991. xvi + 225 pp. Cloth, $27.95, ISBN 0-8057-9821-8. Paper, $11.95, ISBN 0-8057-9822-6.) Robert W. Snyder R…
Showstoppers: Busby Berkeley and the Tradition of Spectacle
Journal Article Showstoppers: Busby Berkeley and the Tradition of Spectacle. By Martin Rubin. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1993. xiv, 249 pp. $29.50, ISBN 0-231-08054-9.) Get access Robert W. Snyder Robert W. Snyder New York, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 2, September 1994, Pages 773–774, https://doi.org/10.2307/2081355 Published: 01 Septemb…
The Social Anxieties of Progressive Reform: Atlantic City, 1854-1920
Here's the Deal: The Buying and Selling of a Great American City
Journal Article Here's the Deal: The Buying and Selling of a Great American City. By Ross Miller. (New York: Knopf, 1996. xiv, 316 pp. $27.50, ISBN 0-394-58999-8.) Get access Robert W. Snyder Robert W. Snyder Media Studies Center, New York, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 3, December 1997, Pages 1149–1150, https://doi.org/10.2307/2953235 Published: 01 …
Metropolitan Lives: The Ashcan Artists and Their New York
Journal Article “Metropolitan Lives: The Ashcan Artists and Their New York.” National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Eighth and G Sts., NW, Washington, DC 20560 Get access Sylvia Yount Sylvia Yount Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 1, June 1997, Pages…
Waltzing in the Dark: African American Vaudeville and Race Politics in the Swing Era
Journal Article Waltzing in the Dark: African American Vaudeville and Race Politics in the Swing Era. By Brenda Dixon Gottschild. (New York: St. Martin's, 2000. viii, 270 pp. $45.00, ISBN 0-312-21418-9.) Get access Robert W. Snyder Robert W. Snyder Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue 1, June 2001, Pages 248–249, https://doi.or…
American Journalism and the Culture of Celebrity
The news media of the early twenty-first century are saturated with images of wars, natural disasters, and celebrities. Of the three, it is the celebrities' presence that expresses a defining characteristic of our time: the continual manufacture and exploitation of fame by swarms of publicists and journalists. Together, they have turned Michael Jackson into a reference point for discussions of childrearing, Martha Stewart into an arbiter of domes…
The Intersections of U.S. Foreign Policy, Islamist Militancy, and Terrorism
A Useless and Terrible Death: The Michael Farmer Case, “Hidden Violence,” and New York City in the Fifties
In the summer of 1957, old conflicts among black, white, and Hispanic youths over access to a public pool in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan exploded in the murder of one white youth and the wounding of another. Despite a history of white gangs harassing young people of color on the way to municipal pools in New York, the possibility that racial and ethnic conflict had something to do with the killing was dismissed. In the courts, jou…
Crossing Broadway: Washington Heights and the Promise of New York City
Journal Article Crossing Broadway: Washington Heights and the Promise of New York City Get access By Robert W. Snyder. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2014. 296 pp. $27.95.) Journal of American History, Volume 102, Issue 4, March 2016, Pages 1237–1238, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jav694 Published: 01 March 2016
James Wolfinger. Running the Rails: Capital and Labor in the Philadelphia Transit Industry
The U.S. presidential election of 2016 saw widespread debates about what happens to workers when manufacturers ship industrial jobs overseas. Implicit in these discussions was the belief that if the mobility of capital is constrained, the lot of labor will improve. This is a complex problem, however. As James Wolfinger’s impressive book Running the Rails: Capital and Labor in the Philadelphia Transit Industry shows, even in an industry tied to on…
Vaudeville Melodies: Popular Musicians and Mass Entertainment in American Culture, 1870–1929
As Eddie Cantor worked his way from neighborhood theatricals to vaudeville stardom, he learned that his career would rise or fall on waves of applause. The audience was always right, he concluded, and he used that insight to forge a career that carried him from vaudeville to radio, film, and early television. Vaudeville Melodies ably explores the origins and significance of this insight to understand the relationship between artists and audiences…
Sounding the Powers of Place in Neighborhoods: Responses to the Urban Crisis in Washington Heights and New York City
As scholars move from studying the city as the setting for larger social processes to exploring how cities play constitutive roles in historical change, it is important to explore the most fundamental and complex unit of urban life—the neighborhood—in all its subjective meanings and dimensions. This essay, which builds on my book, Crossing Broadway: Washington Heights and the Promise of New York City (Cornell, 2015), examines how residents of the…
Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill: Alexander Hamilton’s old Harlem neighborhood through the centuries , by Davida Siwisa James
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