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John C. Swanson
Chair of History and Sociology/Anthropology

(315) 792-3242


Industrialization and Deindustrialization
in the Utica, New York Area
Economy, Politics, Society



 
Title
Author
 
Industrialization, Deindustrialization, and the Cycles of Regional History
 Mark Metzler
  Part I: Crisis and Revitalization Efforts in the 1990s
  
 
Revitalizing a City/Revitalizing a Region, 1995-1999

Prosperity and Poverty: The Impact of Griffiss Air Force Base
 Suzanne Andrewski

Jeremy Mertens
  
Part II: Lineages of Industrial Dynamism
  

 The Erie Canal and Utica's Economy

Theodore S. Faxton and His Imact on Utica

Utica and the Civil War: Economy and Society		  
Krista Ginter

Jeff Meyers

Kristal Laporte
  
Part III: Topics in Utica's Twentieth-Century Development
  

 Adaptation and Perseverance

Utica's Masonic Home Changes with the Times

The Rise and Decline of the Textile Mills

Machine Politics in Utica in the 1950s

The Reindustrialization of the Greater Utica Area

Combined Bibliography
The History Project Team		  
Peggy Carpenter

Darlene Pelton

Yasira Perez

Jay Zenor

Michael Komperda


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1919
A Year of Crisis and Change
in New York State



 Title
  
Author
 The World in 1919
 John C. Swanson
Part I: The Effects of the Great War
 Remington Arms: Transforming the Arms Industry After World War I

A Group Forgotten: World War I Veterans from Upstate New York

Tragedy of American Nationalism: The German-American Community of Utica New York

Joe Macrina



Paul Grome

Chris Pullman
 
Part II: The Changing Times
  
The New Century Club: Social Housekeepers of Utica

The Foundations of the Harlem Renaissance: Harlem, New York, in 1919
 James Barricelli

Qiana Griles
 Part III: The Economy and the World
  
The Oneida Community and Germany: Pierrepont Noyes as Economic Commissioner of the German Rhineland, 1919-1921

The Utica Clothing and Textile Strike: A Battle in the International Communist Movement

Combined Bibliography
Notes on Authors
  Harry Anderson



Daniel Smith



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Faces in the Crowd
Ethnic Portraits



Title
Author
 Ethnic Portraits
 James S. Pula
 Articles
  
 Ethnicity, Social Engineering, and the Oneida Community

The Economic Influence of Immigrants on the Development of Corn Hill

Strength and Harmony in the Mohawk Valley's Welsh and Polish Communities

Immigration: Process and Progress

The Oneida Indian Land Claim Dispute

Barstool Friends: The Role of the Ethnic Saloon

Death and Ethnicity in Herkimer, New York: The Growth and Development of the Ethnic Funeral Home, 1905-1947
 Robert J. Peterson


David C. Byrns

Kerry Colleen Boyce Anderson

Karen M. Martin

Josie A. Campola

Meghan Dillon

Rebecca L. Crandall



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Building the Mohawk Valley
Enterprise and Society



 
Title
Author


 Introduction: Building the Mohawk Valley

Creating an Historic Identity: Celebrating the Battle of Oriskany

A Struggle for Supremacy: G.H.P. Gould and the Central New York Paper Industry

Bridging the Gap: The Relationship Between Colonial New York Politics and Palatine-German Immigrants

General Electric Helps Rebuild the Mohawk Valley

A Unique Partnership: Utica's Wartime Community and Rhoads General Hospital

Rutger Park: Architectural Preferences and Influence on the Victorian Upper-middle Class

Running a Small Railroad: The Mohawk and Hudson

Prohibition: The Survival of West End Brewing Company

Helen Munson: Redefining Nineteenth Century Women's Roles in Philanthropy and Economics
 David G. Wittner

Vincent J. Gebo

Christina N. Ward

Richard M. Balzano
Julia G. Diliberto

Maria A. Wiederhold

Jason P. Scappaticci

Brookie K. Myers

Daniel J. George

Matthew N. Newman



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