| Modern Bonds: Redefining Community in Early Twentieth-Century St. Paul Contributor(s): Duclos-Orsello, Elizabeth Ann (Author) |
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ISBN: 1625343353 ISBN-13: 9781625343352 Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press OUR PRICE: $36.58 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 977.658 |
| LCCN: 2017050247 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-Wi - Geographic Orientation - Minnesota - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What does community mean, exactly? In this interdisciplinary study, Elizabeth Ann Duclos-Orsello takes seriously the concept of community as an object of historical analysis. Focusing on St. Paul, Minnesota, from 1900 to 1920, Modern Bonds explores the diverse ways that its people renegotiated private and public affiliations during a period of modernization. The book examines a wide range of subjects and materials, including photographs from an African American family, fictional depictions of middle-class women, built environments that created enclaves of immigrants, and public festivals designed to unite all citizens. As Duclos-Orsello demonstrates, it was in this period that a complex set of activities, policies, and practices led to new understandings of community that continue to shape life today. |