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Love for Sale: Courting, Treating, and Prostitution in New York City, 1900-1945 (Gender and American Culture)
Published in Hardcover by The University of North Carolina Press (2006-06-26)
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Excellent!
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Review Date: 2008-08-12
Review Date: 2008-08-12
This is a wonderful book. It's fabulously researched, beautifully written, and has a compelling argument. Clement's book focuses on the 'gray area' of sexual exchange--the series of negotiations in between prostitution (on one end of the scale) and marriage (on the other)--that Kathy Peiss identified as 'treating.' In this fab book, however, Clement expands on Peiss' insight to show how central treating was to working class sexual practices, and situates treating in relationship to its near relations: prostitution, what we now call the 'sex industry' (exotic dancing, nude modeling, etc), heterosexual courtship practices, and what became known as 'dating' by the 1920s. Anyway, there's lots more to commend it. It's the next word on the history of prostitution and commodified sexuality in early 20th century America. I recommend it for teaching purposes, to be sure, but for general readers as well!
How we came to be a dating nation
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Review Date: 2007-01-12
Review Date: 2007-01-12
This is a really in-depth and interesting study into the sexual and moral changes that occured in the United States during the first 50 years of the 20th century. I was taken with the level of scholarship, clear exposition, and insightful connections that the author brings to the whole subject of how gender/sexual roles evolved during this period. Although it is an academic book, it is nonetheless, an enjoyable and informative one.
J. W. Showalter, Ph.D.
J. W. Showalter, Ph.D.
Mastered by the Clock: Time, Slavery, and Freedom in the American South (Fred W Morrison Series in Southern Studies)
Published in Hardcover by University of North Carolina Press (1997-10)
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An original and accessible look at time and slavery.
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Review Date: 1998-11-05
Review Date: 1998-11-05
This remarkable first book by Dr. Smith has already won two of the history profession's highest awards. The historical society named it the best book of history for 1997 and it shares the prestigious Avery O. Craven Award for the most original book on the Civil War era. Smith's observations of the slaves' adjustment to and manipulation of measured time are fascinating. The portrait of plantation life and the effect of the normalization of time on the South will be a revelation to anyone interested in Southern history.
One of the most important books on the South this decade..
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 1998-10-15
Review Date: 1998-10-15
Mark Smith has produced a masterpiece. His mastery of theory and primary material is breath-taking. His willingness to take on such established scholars as Geonovese (and convince this reviewer that he is correct and they were wrong) is the mark of a confident historian.
Would that all works of history were as intellectually stimulating as this. MASTERED BY THE CLOCK is an example of the historian's craft at its best--something rarely seen these days.
The Masterless: Self & Society in Modern America
Published in Hardcover by University of North Carolina Press (1994-02)
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A brilliant and nuanced discussion of the American character
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Review Date: 1999-03-25
Review Date: 1999-03-25
This is a simply splendid historical analysis of the ambivalences inherent in the American character. McClay frames the issues within a process he calls "consolidation," which is the bureacratization and rationalization of American economic and political life. McClay concludes (as did Tocqueville) that the seemingly oppositional tendencies of hyper-individualism and bland conformism are in fact mutually reinforcing symbiotic sides of the same coin. McClay's writing is poetic, and his research is painstaking. A must read for anyone interested in American history.
Interesting and worth reading
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Review Date: 2001-07-07
Review Date: 2001-07-07
Wilfred McClay is an amazing writer whose research and evidence shine through in this book. Thorough, detailed, and lively, The Masterless shows the similarities between individualism and conformity when the two are juxtaposed . In addition, McClay also shows us the meaning of individualism and conformity in this day and age. The Masterless is an appropiate title for this book because it is a reflection of the dichotomy (indeed, paradox) of the individual's role (or lack thereof) in everyday society.
A Measure of Perfection: Phrenology and the Fine Arts in America (Cultural Studies of the United States)
Published in Paperback by The University of North Carolina Press (1998-02-11)
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An original view on 19th century American Art
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Review Date: 1998-11-09
Review Date: 1998-11-09
Written by Charles Colbert, who teaches in the Fine Arts Department of Boston College, this work is the most recent scholarly contribution concerning the cultural influences of Phrenology. The author demonstrates the contributions of Phrenology to artistic impression, particularly in 19th century American art. Painters and sculptors such as Hiram Powers, William Sidney Mount, Harriet Hosmer, Asher B. Durand, and Thomas Cole, among others, see their works reviewed and phrenologically analysed. The work gives a good insight in the world of American art, much of which is virtually unknown in the Old World.
An original view on 19th century American Art
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 1998-11-09
Review Date: 1998-11-09
Written by Charles Colbert, who teaches in the Fine Arts Department of Boston College, this work is the most recent scholarly contribution concerning the cultural influences of Phrenology. The author demonstrates the contributions of Phrenology to artistic impression, particularly in 19th century American art. Painters and sculptors such as Hiram Powers, William Sidney Mount, Harriet Hosmer, Asher B. Durand, and Thomas Cole, among others, see their works reviewed and phrenologically analysed. The work gives a good insight in the world of American art, much of which is virtually unknown in the Old World.
Media and the American Mind: From Morse to McLuhan
Published in Paperback by The University of North Carolina Press (1983-01-24)
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A Nice Surprise
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Review Date: 2007-10-27
Review Date: 2007-10-27
While from the perspective of 2007 one might think of a host of media to include in the historical development of media, the media selecte--the telegraph, motion picture (nidkelodeon), and radio) are just the front end for the real meat of the book in its intellectual history in the second half of the book. This intellectual story is excellent in its alternative line of intellectual development from the John Dewey roots to the 1970s, instead of teh Marxist interpretations that seem so dominant in the social and intellecutal histories written/read today.
Not just another history book...
Helpful Votes: 19 out of 22 total.
Review Date: 2000-06-11
Review Date: 2000-06-11
Although Czitron tackles an ambitious subject, mapping the history of the media, he succeeds where so many others have failed.
Czitron traces the media not as separate and discrete events, but as arenas wherein we as a society have sought to confront some of the more fundamental issues of our time. To me, the value of the book lies precisely in this uncovering of social themes. Unlike other media history books, which show how one medium influenced another's development (e.g., the telegraph sparked the radio) and then move on, Czitron shows us that most of the issues that arose early on are still very much with us (e.g., social regulation).
As a college professor, I frequently refer back to Czitron whenever I bring media discussions into my classes. My copy is dog-earred from several reads. And each time I read it, I capture some new nuance that I overlooked before. But, even though I say I am a professor, I can honestly admit that the book is easily accessible to students of mass communication at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
For those outside academia, this may or may not be the book for you, depending largely on your interest in issues of power and/or social thought. If, for example, you have read any of the Chicago School theorists like John Dewey or Walter Lippmann or are into any of the contemporary cultural theorists, you will like this book. If you are looking, on the other hand, for quick and dirty armchair reading, try something else. Also, if you are looking for someone who provides "THE one-and-only history of the mass media," this book is not for you.
In sum, Czitrom manages to provide several new vistas into contemporary media, challenging some conventions and engaging actively all who are willing to engage him. This isn't to say that you will always agree with him. But he makes his case and yet manages to leave room for ongoing discussion...just what any good author is supposed to do.
Men of Albemarle
Published in Paperback by Bantam Books (1980-08)
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This would make a Great Movie!
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Review Date: 2000-01-04
Review Date: 2000-01-04
I own a signed first edition of this fine tale. I found it as I cleaned out old books from my great aunt's house before it was sold. This exciting story really gives a great picture of life in the Carolina colony in the early days of European settlement. It has a great storyline,well told, a strong love interest, brave deeds of daring, serious villainy and natural disaster in an historically accurate framework. This was not the Crown Colony of Virginia, but it was a land of opportunity for people trying to build a future and leave behind a past. If you are at all interested in pre-Revolutionary coastal North Carolina, this is a "must read". It is worth looking for!
This would make a Great Movie!
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2000-01-04
Review Date: 2000-01-04
I own a signed first edition of this fine tale. I found it as I cleaned out old books from my great aunt's house before it was sold. This exciting story really gives a great picture of life in the Carolina colony in the early days of European settlement. It has a great storyline,well told, a strong love interest, brave deeds of daring, serious villainy and natural disaster in an historically accurate framework. This was not the Crown Colony of Virginia, it was instead a land of opportunity for people trying to build a future and leave behind a past. If you are at all interested in pre-Revolutionary coastal North Carolina, this is a must read. It is worth looking for!
Moonlight, Magnolias, and Madness: Insanity in South Carolina from the Colonial Period to the Progressive Era
Published in Hardcover by University of North Carolina Press (1996-03)
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A great read! Excellent research!
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Review Date: 1996-11-18
Review Date: 1996-11-18
I highly recommend Madness for both the layperson and the scholar. Dr. McCandless has put together a history of insanity in South Carolina that reads more like a fascinating story than a "history book." His research has uncovered a wealth of incredible tales: we not only read about deplorable conditions, and sorry patients, but we feel the frustration of the doctors trying to "treat" the insane with little money and almost no guidance. Place the big-city homeless of today back in time to the South Carolina of the years before the Civil War. Picture the bag lady roaming the woods. Picture the doctor trying to cure her with bleeding and chains. Dr. McCandless paints a picture of horror but with a brush of compassion. He lets his reader feel for both the doctor as well as the patient. He opens doors the reader never even knew existed. A wonderful read.
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A Great Read! Excellent research!
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 1996-11-18
Review Date: 1996-11-18
I highly recommend Madness for both the layperson and the scholar. Dr. McCandless has put together a history of insanity in South Carolina that reads more like a fascinating story than a "history book." His research has uncovered a wealth of incredible tales: we not only read about deplorable conditions, and sorry patients, but we feel the frustration of the doctors trying to "treat" the insane with little money and almost no guidance. Place the big-city homeless of today back in time to the South Carolina of the years before the Civil War. Picture the bag lady roaming the woods. Picture the doctor trying to cure her with bleeding and chains. Dr. McCandless paints a picture of horror but with a brush of compassion. He lets his reader feel for both the doctor as well as the patient. He opens doors the reader never even knew existed. A wonderful piece of research.
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More Than Food, Clothing and Shelter: Stories of Lizzie Grey and Minnie Chandler
Published in Paperback by Moon Lodge Press (1998-10)
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Admitting my bias
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Review Date: 2007-06-26
Review Date: 2007-06-26
Minnie Chandler was my grandmother, so I will admit my bias in this review. She raised my mother from the time my mother was around age 12, as recounted in the book. She was the only grandmother I ever knew on that side of the family, and as she and Lizzie Grey were unmarried sisters who lived together, it was a package deal for me--two grandmothers for the price of one! The one thing I can say about this book--as wonderful as it is--is that it cannot ever do the lives of these two marvelous women justice. They were amazing, and two of the most positive women you could ever meet.
If you want to be inspired, read this book.
If you want to be inspired, read this book.
A wonderful account of the lives of two southern sisters.
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Review Date: 1999-10-25
Review Date: 1999-10-25
The remarkable stories of two southern sisters born at the turn of the centry, is told by the surviving sister,Lizzie Grey, now 97, blind and nearly deaf. The book provides a unique picture of life that was very different from ordinary women in the early 1900s through the present. Lizzie Grey's wit and positive attitude shines through this uplifting book. Co-author, Wynolia Apple did a wonderful job of telling the Chandler sister's story. It is an inspiring, uplifting book.
More than Petticoats: Remarkable North Carolina Women (More than Petticoats Series)
Published in Paperback by TwoDot (2000-01-01)
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Absorbing and informative biographical sketches.
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Review Date: 2000-06-06
Review Date: 2000-06-06
In More Than Petticoats, the reader is introduced to fourteen extraordinary and memorable women from North Carolina. Each of this remarkable women were alive at important historical junctions of the state's history ranging from the Revolutionary War, to the Civil War, to the beginning of the 20th Century. These were women who saw reformation all around them and realized that they too could contribute and promote change. There was Emeline Jamison Pigott, a Confederate spy; Mary Martin Sloop, a physician, community leader, and child welfare advocate in the hills of the Blue Ride; Maggie Axe Wachacha, a healer, teacher, and Cherokee leader; Cornelia Phillips Spencer, who helped liberate the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and eleven others who each directly addressed the challenges of their respective times and places. Their enduring contributions are here chronicled in absorbing and informative biographical sketches, providing a highly recommended addition to women's studies and American history reading lists.
Strong women, strong writing
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Review Date: 2008-06-08
Review Date: 2008-06-08
More Than Petticoats: Remarkable North Carolina Women is a very satisfying book. As the title suggests, it is a collection of profiles of women who contributed to the history of the State of North Carolina through impressive acts of courage and/or years of determined effort.
The book opens with the story of Mary Hooks Slocumb, born in 1760, a heroine of the American Revolution, and concludes with the biography of Maggie Axe Wachacha, a Cherokee healer, treaty clerk and midwife who delivered more than 3000 babies before she died in 1993. Between, we meet a dozen other fascinating women who played significant roles in the advancement of North Carolina's social conditions, politics, education and health.
Scotti Kent is a strong writer - her spare, evocative prose draws readers in immediately and holds our interest and attention throughout each chapter. That these women's stories were of consistent interest to a reader who has never (yet) set foot in North Carolina is a testimony to not only the admirable qualities of the subjects' lives but also to the strength and clarity of the writing.
The book opens with the story of Mary Hooks Slocumb, born in 1760, a heroine of the American Revolution, and concludes with the biography of Maggie Axe Wachacha, a Cherokee healer, treaty clerk and midwife who delivered more than 3000 babies before she died in 1993. Between, we meet a dozen other fascinating women who played significant roles in the advancement of North Carolina's social conditions, politics, education and health.
Scotti Kent is a strong writer - her spare, evocative prose draws readers in immediately and holds our interest and attention throughout each chapter. That these women's stories were of consistent interest to a reader who has never (yet) set foot in North Carolina is a testimony to not only the admirable qualities of the subjects' lives but also to the strength and clarity of the writing.
Mysteries of Sex: Tracing Women and Men through American History
Published in Hardcover by The University of North Carolina Press (2006-11-27)
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Impossible to Ignore!
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Review Date: 2007-01-11
Review Date: 2007-01-11
Detailed and vastly documented study of gender differences throughout American history. Impossible to ignore.
The Mysteries of Sex
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Review Date: 2007-09-18
Review Date: 2007-09-18
The "Mysteries of Sex" is a fascinating and enlightening book, not a sex manual as you might suppose, but an analysis of the relationships between men and women through four centuries of American history, from the American Indians to the present day. Mary Ryan explores the way in which gender differences, and the political response to them, has shaped, and is shaping, our history. I was impressed, not only by the scholarship, but especially by the prose style: a heavy subject, but an easy read!Mysteries of Sex: Tracing Women and Men through American History
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