USH: Immigration, Industrialization and Urbanization Archives - Daniel Aaron Lazar Thu, 14 Jan 2021 13:11:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Lynching Italians to Make America Great Again https://daniellazar.com/2016/08/10/lynching-italians-to-make-america-great-again/ Wed, 10 Aug 2016 09:40:36 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5565 In the hysteria following the murder of a New Orleans police chief, 11 Italian-Americans were lynched by a vigilante mob angry about the city’s influx of immigrants. Here’s how the past and future of American nativism may not be that different.

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]]> 160 years of US immigration trends, mapped https://daniellazar.com/2015/11/03/160-years-of-us-immigration-trends-mapped/ Tue, 03 Nov 2015 18:53:28 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5404 US immigration trends shifted dramatically between 1850 and 2013 —including changes in the dominant countries of origin for each state and decade, and the total size of foreign-born population — according to a new series of historical maps from the Pew Research Center.

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]]> Lecture: Immigration, Urbanization, Social Reform, and Political Machines in Gilded Age America https://daniellazar.com/2015/01/19/lazar-lecture-immigration-urbanization-social-reform-and-political-machinesin-the-gilded-age/ Mon, 19 Jan 2015 19:19:15 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5179 Lecture Outline: I. Immigration II. Reformist Reactions III. Urbanization & The Shame of Cities IV. Political Machines

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]]> The Case For Tammany Hall Being On The Right Side Of History https://daniellazar.com/2014/06/25/the-case-for-tammany-hall-being-on-the-right-side-of-history/ Wed, 25 Jun 2014 18:50:15 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4985 Historian Terry Golway has written a colorful history of Tammany Hall, which takes a more sympathetic view of the organization than many historians. He says the Tammany machine, while often corrupt, gave impoverished immigrants critically needed social services and a road to assimilation. According to Golway, Tammany was responsible for progressive state legislation that foreshadowed … Continue reading The Case For Tammany Hall Being On The Right Side Of History →

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]]> Old Mexico lives on https://daniellazar.com/2014/02/05/old-mexico-lives-on/ Wed, 05 Feb 2014 13:43:41 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4842 On February 2nd 1848, following a short and one-sided war, Mexico agreed to cede more than half its territory to the United States. An area covering most of present-day Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah, plus parts of several other states, was handed over to gringolandia. The rebellious state of Tejas, which had declared … Continue reading Old Mexico lives on →

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]]> Gompers and Carnegie https://daniellazar.com/2013/10/26/gompers-and-carnegie/ Sat, 26 Oct 2013 08:09:23 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4710 The Reading: Gompers’ Letter on Labor in Industrial Society & Carnegie on the Gospel of Wealth Reading Responses – Carnegie and Gompers

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]]> Data: Industrialization / Post-Industrial World https://daniellazar.com/2013/05/26/annual-hours-worked-1870-2000/ Sun, 26 May 2013 12:44:18 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4521 The post Data: Industrialization / Post-Industrial World appeared first on Daniel Aaron Lazar.

]]> Hilton fortune to go to charity https://daniellazar.com/2013/05/14/hilton-fortune-to-go-to-charity/ Tue, 14 May 2013 19:00:31 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4448 Hotel magnate Barron Hilton, 80, will donate 97% of his $2.3bn fortune to the Conrad N Hilton Foundation, set up by his father. Reports have said that Mr Hilton is embarrassed by the behavior of his granddaughter. Andrew Carnegie’s writings in “Wealth” come to mind. Well Mr Hilton, we are embarrassed as Americans…as a species really.

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]]> Carnegie's Wealth applied to Paris Hilton https://daniellazar.com/2013/04/16/carnegies-wealth-applied-to-paris-hilton/ Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:42:06 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4409 Remember I referenced Carnegie’s book Wealth in which he makes an argument for a high inheritance tax as a means to minimize the decadence and idiocy of trust fund kids? I said he loathed the Paris Hiltons of the world and feared a world run by them. Well Barron Hilton agrees. Oh, and I did the … Continue reading Carnegie's Wealth applied to Paris Hilton →

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]]> Mrs. Ambrosi's Lecture on Inductrialization, Immigration, and Urbanization https://daniellazar.com/2013/03/06/mrs-ambrosis-lecture-on-inductrialization-immigration-and-urbanization/ Wed, 06 Mar 2013 08:57:42 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4337 Here it is Enjoy kids.

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