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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Model Cities, Housing, And Renewal Policy In Portland, Maine: 1965-1974, John F. Bauman
Model Cities, Housing, And Renewal Policy In Portland, Maine: 1965-1974, John F. Bauman
Maine History
Shepherded through Congress by Maine Senator Edmund Muskie, the 1967 Model (or Demonstration) Cities Program was originally intended for the nation’s large, ghetto-ridden metropolises where it would target a host of social and economic programs including housing. Thanks to Senator Muskie, both Portland and Lewiston benefited. Before the Nixon Administration scuttled the program in 1973, Portland had created a host of innovative housing, social welfare, law enforcement, and educational programs, shifting the city’s urban renewal program away from its strict emphasis on brick-and-mortar planning. Portland was unique in making Model Cities a part of its downtown renewal. Energizing the city’s …
“Taking Up The Slack”: Penobscot Bay Women And The Netting Industry, Nancy Payne Alexander
“Taking Up The Slack”: Penobscot Bay Women And The Netting Industry, Nancy Payne Alexander
Maine History
Between 1860 and 1900 the economy of Penobscot Bay communities changed dramatically, from the steady growth and prosperity of their natural resource-based economy to the decline in population and a painful transition to manufacturing and service industries. Both men and women had enjoyed independence in their labor in the old economy. The new cash economy made it necessary for them to seek out new ways of supporting their families, with home manufacture, or putting out work, one way of earning an income. They remained independent from an employer’s direct supervision and earned cash payment, a change from the face-to-face economy …
The Hillbillies Of Maine: Rural Communities, Radio, And Country Music Performers, Erica Risberg
The Hillbillies Of Maine: Rural Communities, Radio, And Country Music Performers, Erica Risberg
Maine History
During the first third of the twentieth century, the United Sates underwent profound social, technological, and economic changes that fundamentally altered rural society. This shift created a divide between rural and urban dwellers, and by the 1930s, country people were developing their own cultural expressions, often reflecting the unique folkways of various regions — the South, Appalachia, the Ozark Plateau, the rural West. One such manifestation of country culture was old-time, or country-western music — also known as hillbilly music. At the time, radio broadcasting was at an experimental stage in reaching an American audience. Station WBLZ in Bangor covered …
Front Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society
Front Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society
Huntsville Historical Review
No abstract provided.
Back Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society
Back Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society
Huntsville Historical Review
No abstract provided.
The Mccrary Homestead, Chris Lang
The Huntsville Historical Review, Vol. 36, No. 1, Winter 2010-Spring 2011, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society
The Huntsville Historical Review, Vol. 36, No. 1, Winter 2010-Spring 2011, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society
Huntsville Historical Review
No abstract provided.
Where Are The New Deal Historians Of Texas?: A Literature Review Of The New Deal Experience In Texas, Keith Volanto
Where Are The New Deal Historians Of Texas?: A Literature Review Of The New Deal Experience In Texas, Keith Volanto
East Texas Historical Journal
No abstract provided.
East Texas Theatre Of The Timber War: Kirby Lumber Company's War With The Brotherhood Of Timber Workers, Ryan Gullett
East Texas Theatre Of The Timber War: Kirby Lumber Company's War With The Brotherhood Of Timber Workers, Ryan Gullett
East Texas Historical Journal
No abstract provided.
Leroy Colombo: The Deaf Lifeguard Of Galveston Island Part I: The Early Years (1905-1943), Jean F. Andrews
Leroy Colombo: The Deaf Lifeguard Of Galveston Island Part I: The Early Years (1905-1943), Jean F. Andrews
East Texas Historical Journal
No abstract provided.
The Road From Nacogdoches To Natchitoches: John Sprowl & The Failed Fredonian Rebellion, Rick Sherrod
The Road From Nacogdoches To Natchitoches: John Sprowl & The Failed Fredonian Rebellion, Rick Sherrod
East Texas Historical Journal
No abstract provided.
Price Daniel, Texas Democrats, And School Segregation, 1956-1957, Charles Waite
Price Daniel, Texas Democrats, And School Segregation, 1956-1957, Charles Waite
East Texas Historical Journal
No abstract provided.
Racism, Manhood, And Femininity In The Alabama Suffrage Debate: 1915-1920, Whitney Reid
Racism, Manhood, And Femininity In The Alabama Suffrage Debate: 1915-1920, Whitney Reid
Huntsville Historical Review
No abstract provided.
The Huntsville Historical Review, Vol. 35, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2010, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society
The Huntsville Historical Review, Vol. 35, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2010, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society
Huntsville Historical Review
No abstract provided.
The Open Range In Madison County, Alabama, Matthew Menarchek
The Open Range In Madison County, Alabama, Matthew Menarchek
Huntsville Historical Review
No abstract provided.
The Quest For Certainty: Amos Blanch Jones' Attempt To Recreate A Pre-Civil War Southern Mentality, Charity Ethridge
The Quest For Certainty: Amos Blanch Jones' Attempt To Recreate A Pre-Civil War Southern Mentality, Charity Ethridge
Huntsville Historical Review
No abstract provided.
Front Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society
Front Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society
Huntsville Historical Review
No abstract provided.
The Mccrary Farm Enters Its Third Century, Joseph M. Jones
The Mccrary Farm Enters Its Third Century, Joseph M. Jones
Huntsville Historical Review
No abstract provided.
Back Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society
Back Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society
Huntsville Historical Review
No abstract provided.
Book Review: Long, Obstinate And Bloody: The Battle Of Guilford Courthouse
Book Review: Long, Obstinate And Bloody: The Battle Of Guilford Courthouse
Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal Archive
Book Review
Long, Obstinate and Bloody: The Battle of Guilford Courthouse
Kenneth C. Carstens
In Memoriam
Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal Archive
In Memoriam
Sarah Strange