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11.013J American Urban History I

11.013J/21.H231J

Fall 2000

Professor Robert M. Fogelson Wednesday, 2:00-4:00, 3-401

AMERICAN URBAN HISTORY I

1. Introduction September 6

2. Political Machines September 13

Testimony of Richard Croker to the Mazet Committee (1900)

William L. Riordan, Plunkitt of Tammany Hall (New York, 1963)

Samuel P. Hays, "The Politics of Reform in Municipal Government in the Progressive Era," Pacific Northwest Quarterly, October 1964, pp. 157-168

Robert K. Merton, Social Theory and Social Structure (New York, 1957), pp. 60-82

Joseph R. Gusfield, Symbolic Crusade (Urbana, 1969), introduction, chs. 1 & 7

3. Police September 20

Testimony of Captain Max Schmittberger to the Lexow Committee (1895)

Robert M. Fogelson, Big-City Police (Cambridge, 1977), chs. 1-5 & 11

Ramsey Clark, Crime in America (New York, 1970), ch. 9

Jerry V. Wilson, Police Report (Boston, 1975), ch. 8

4. Discussion of term papers September 27

5. Courts October 4

Anthony M. Platt, The Child Savers (Chicago, 1969), chs. 5 & 6

In re Gault, in President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice, Task Force Report: Juvenile Delinquency (Washington, D. C., 1967), pp. 57-76

New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, In the Matter of the Investigation of the Magistrates' Courts (New York, 1932), pp. 13-56

Martin A. Levin, "Urban Politics and Judicial Behavior," Journal of Legal Studies (January, 1972), pp. 193-221

Reginald Heber Smith, "Small Claims Procedure is Succeeding," Journal of the America Judicature Society, vol. 8, pp. 247-257

Carl R. Pagter, Robert McCloskey and Mitchel Reinis, "The California Small Claims Court," California Law Review, vol. 52, pp. 876-898

Philip Schrag, "Bleak House 1968: A Report on Consumer Test Litigation," N.Y.U. Law Review, volume 44, pp. 115-158

6. Schools October 11

J.M. Rice, "Our Public School System," essays on Boston and New York City from The Forum (1894)

David B. Tyack, The One Best System (Cambridge, 1974), parts 3 & 4

David Rogers, 110 Livingston Street (New York, 1968), ch. 8

Alan Ehrenhalt, The Lost City: Discovering the forgotten Virtues of Community in the Chicago of the 1950s (New York, 1995), ch. 11, pp. 229-249.

7. Welfare October 18

Michael B. Katz, In the Shadow of the Poorhouse (New York, 1986), chs. 1-3

Herman Melville, The Piazza Tales (New York, 1963), pp. 19-65

Richard Elman, The Poorhouse State (New York, 1961), part 1, chs. 1 & 3

Daniel Patrick Moynihan, "The Crisis in Welfare", The Public Interest, Winter 1968, pp. 3-29

8. Prisons October 25

Attica (a film by Cinda Firestone, 1973), available on video in 14N-430.

David J. Rothman, The Discovery of the Asylum (Boston, 1971), pp. 57-109

Gresham Sykes, The Society of Captives (New York, 1958), chs. 1, 2, & 4.

Testimony of Robert Matthews, in U.S. House of Representatives, Select Committee on Crime, Hearings on American Prisons in Turmoil (Washington, D.C., 1972), part 1, pp. 750-773

9. Housing November 1

Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives (New York, 1890), chs. 1-8 & 21

Roy Lubove, The Progressives and the Slums: Tenement House Reform in New York City 1890-1917 (Pittsburgh, 1962), chs. 2, 4, & 5

Tenement House Department and Tenement House Committee of the Charity Organization Society, For You (New York, 1917)

John Modell and Tamara K. Hareven, "Urbanization and the Malleable Household: An Examination of Boarding and Lodging in American Families," in Tamara K. Hareven, ed., Family and Kin in Urban Communities, 1700-1930 (New York, 1977), pp. 164-186

10. Electric Railways November 8

Glen E. Holt, "The Changing Perception of Urban Pathology: An Essay on the Development of Mass Transit in the United States," in Kenneth T. Jackson and Stanley K. Schultz, eds., Cities in American History (New York, 1972), pp. 324-343

Paul Barrett, "Public Policy and Private Choice: Mass Transit and the Automobile in Chicago Between the Wars," Business History Review, Winter 1975, pp. 473-497

Stanley Mallach, "The Origins of the Decline of Urban Mass Transportation in the United States," Urbanism Past and Present (1979), pp. 1-17

Robert M. Fogelson, The Fragmented Metropolis: Los Angeles, 1850-1930 (Berkeley, 1993), ch. 8

11. Public Authorities November 15

Wallace S. Sayre and Herbert Kaufman, Governing New York City (New York, 1965), ch. 9

Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker (New York, 1974), chs. 28, 33, 37, & 48

12. Hospitals November 29

Charles Rosenberg, The Care of Strangers: The Rise of America's Hospital System (New York, 1987), chs. 4-10

Ruth Coser, Life in the Wards (East Lansing, Michigan, 1962), chs. 3 & 6

William H. Glaser, "American and European Hospitals," in Eliot Friedson, ed., The Hospital in Modern Society (Glencoe, Illinois, 1963), pp. 37-72

13. Universities December 6

Thorstein Veblen, The Higher Learning in America (New York, 1968), chs. 1 & 3

Lawrence R. Veysey, The Emergence of the American University (Chicago, 1965), ch. 5

Donald Alexander Downs, The New Politics of Pornography (Chicago, 1989), ch. 1

Catherine A. MacKinnon, "Not a Moral Issue," Yale Law & Policy Review, Spring 1984, pp. 321-345

Thomas I. Emerson, "Pornography and the First Amendment: A Reply to Professor MacKinnon," Yale Law & Policy Review, Fall 1984, pp. 130-143

Alan Dershowitz, untitled article in Film Comment, December 1984, pp. 33-34

Jennifer A. Koberstein, "Colleges Debating Their Proper Role in Curbing Pornography on Campus," Chronicle of Higher Education, July 30, 1986, pp. 27-28

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11.013J American Urban History I
11.013J/21.H231J Fall 2000 Professor Robert M. Fogelson Wednesday, 2:00-4:00, 3-401 AMERICAN URBAN HISTORY I 1. Introduction September 6 2. Political Machines September 13 Testimony of Richard Croker to the Mazet Committee (1900) William L. Riordan, Plunkitt of Tammany Hall (New York, 1963) Samuel P. Hays, "The Politics of Reform in Municipal Government in the Progressive Era," Pacific Northwest Quarterly, October 1964, pp. 157-168 Robert K. Merton, Social Theory and Social Structure (New York, 1957), pp. 60-82 Joseph R. Gusfield, Symbolic Crusade (Urbana, 1969), introduction, chs. 1 & 7 3. Police September 20 Testimony of Captain Max Schmittberger to the Lexow Committee (1895) Robert M. Fogelson, Big-City Police (Cambridge, 1977), chs. 1-5 & 11 Ramsey Clark, Crime in America (New York, 1970), ch. 9 Jerry V. Wilson, Police Report (Boston, 1975), ch. 8 4. Discussion of term papers September 27 5. Courts October 4 Anthony M. Platt, The Child Savers (Chicago, 1969), chs. 5 & 6 In re Gault, in President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice, Task Force Report: Juvenile Delinquency (Washington, D. C., 1967), pp. 57-76 New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, In the Matter of the Investigation of the Magistrates' Courts (New York, 1932), pp. 13-56 Martin A. Levin, "Urban Politics and Judicial Behavior," Journal of Legal Studies (January, 1972), pp. 193-221 Reginald Heber Smith, "Small Claims Procedure is Succeeding," Journal of the America Judicature Society, vol. 8, pp. 247-257 Carl R. Pagter, Robert McCloskey and Mitchel Reinis, "The California Small Claims Court," California Law Review, vol. 52, pp. 876-898 Philip Schrag, "Bleak House 1968: A Report on Consumer Test Litigation," N.Y.U. Law Review, volume 44, pp. 115-158 6. Schools October 11 J.M. Rice, "Our Public School System," essays on Boston and New York City from The Forum (1894) David B. Tyack, The One Best System (Cambridge, 1974), parts 3 & 4 David Rogers, 110 Livingston Street (New York, 1968), ch. 8 Alan Ehrenhalt, The Lost City: Discovering the forgotten Virtues of Community in the Chicago of the 1950s (New York, 1995), ch. 11, pp. 229-249. 7. Welfare October 18 Michael B. Katz, In the Shadow of the Poorhouse (New York, 1986), chs. 1-3 Herman Melville, The Piazza Tales (New York, 1963), pp. 19-65 Richard Elman, The Poorhouse State (New York, 1961), part 1, chs. 1 & 3 Daniel Patrick Moynihan, "The Crisis in Welfare", The Public Interest, Winter 1968, pp. 3-29 8. Prisons October 25 Attica (a film by Cinda Firestone, 1973), available on video in 14N-430. David J. Rothman, The Discovery of the Asylum (Boston, 1971), pp. 57-109 Gresham Sykes, The Society of Captives (New York, 1958), chs. 1, 2, & 4. Testimony of Robert Matthews, in U.S. House of Representatives, Select Committee on Crime, Hearings on American Prisons in Turmoil (Washington, D.C., 1972), part 1, pp. 750-773 9. Housing November 1 Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives (New York, 1890), chs. 1-8 & 21 Roy Lubove, The Progressives and the Slums: Tenement House Reform in New York City 1890-1917 (Pittsburgh, 1962), chs. 2, 4, & 5 Tenement House Department and Tenement House Committee of the Charity Organization Society, For You (New York, 1917) John Modell and Tamara K. Hareven, "Urbanization and the Malleable Household: An Examination of Boarding and Lodging in American Families," in Tamara K. Hareven, ed., Family and Kin in Urban Communities, 1700-1930 (New York, 1977), pp. 164-186 10. Electric Railways November 8 Glen E. Holt, "The Changing Perception of Urban Pathology: An Essay on the Development of Mass Transit in the United States," in Kenneth T. Jackson and Stanley K. Schultz, eds., Cities in American History (New York, 1972), pp. 324-343 Paul Barrett, "Public Policy and Private Choice: Mass Transit and the Automobile in Chicago Between the Wars," Business History Review, Winter 1975, pp. 473-497 Stanley Mallach, "The Origins of the Decline of Urban Mass Transportation in the United States," Urbanism Past and Present (1979), pp. 1-17 Robert M. Fogelson, The Fragmented Metropolis: Los Angeles, 1850-1930 (Berkeley, 1993), ch. 8 11. Public Authorities November 15 Wallace S. Sayre and Herbert Kaufman, Governing New York City (New York, 1965), ch. 9 Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker (New York, 1974), chs. 28, 33, 37, & 48 12. Hospitals November 29 Charles Rosenberg, The Care of Strangers: The Rise of America's Hospital System (New York, 1987), chs. 4-10 Ruth Coser, Life in the Wards (East Lansing, Michigan, 1962), chs. 3 & 6 William H. Glaser, "American and European Hospitals," in Eliot Friedson, ed., The Hospital in Modern Society (Glencoe, Illinois, 1963), pp. 37-72 13. Universities December 6 Thorstein Veblen, The Higher Learning in America (New York, 1968), chs. 1 & 3 Lawrence R. Veysey, The Emergence of the American University (Chicago, 1965), ch. 5 Donald Alexander Downs, The New Politics of Pornography (Chicago, 1989), ch. 1 Catherine A. MacKinnon, "Not a Moral Issue," Yale Law & Policy Review, Spring 1984, pp. 321-345 Thomas I. Emerson, "Pornography and the First Amendment: A Reply to Professor MacKinnon," Yale Law & Policy Review, Fall 1984, pp. 130-143 Alan Dershowitz, untitled article in Film Comment, December 1984, pp. 33-34 Jennifer A. Koberstein, "Colleges Debating Their Proper Role in Curbing Pornography on Campus," Chronicle of Higher Education, July 30, 1986, pp. 27-28