Neighbors in Conflict The Irish, Germans, Jews, and Italians of New York City, 1929-1941 / Ronald H. Bayor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bayor, Ronald H., 1944-

Series:

Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 96th ser., 1.

The Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 96th ser., no. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italian Americans--New York (State)--New York.

Italian Americans.

Jews--New York (State)--New York.

Jews.

German Americans--New York (State)--New York.

German Americans.

Irish Americans--New York (State)--New York.

Irish Americans.

New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--1898-1951.

New York (N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiiv, 232 p. :) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Johns Hopkins University Press 2019

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Originally published in 1978. Millions of immigrants seeking a better life came to New York City in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Ronald H. Bayor's study details how the relative tranquility among the city's four major ethnic groups was disturbed by economic depression, political divisions arising out of ties with the Old Country, and factional strife stirred up by local politicians seeking ethnic votes. Also evaluated are the effects of such emotional and political issues such as Nazism and Fascism upon the allegiances of Germans and Italians; the rift in the ethnic community caused by the communist scare; and the influence of such figures such as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Father Charles Coughlin, and Fiorello La Guardia.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. The Ethnic Setting

Chapter 2. Economic Collapse

Chapter 3. La Guardia and the New Ethnic Order

Chapter 4. The Old World Influence

Chapter 5. Communism, Coughlinism, and the Church

Chapter 6. Going to War

Chapter 7. Winning the Votes

Chapter 8. In the Neighborhoods

Chapter 9. On Ethnic Conflict

Notes

Essay on Sources

Index

Illustrations

Figures

1. Irish and Jewish percentage vote (Democratic), 1932-1941

2. Irish and Jewish percentage vote (Democratic plus ALP), 1932-1941

3. German and Italian percentage vote (Democratic), 1932-1941

4. German and Italian percentage vote (Democratic plus ALP), 1932-1941

Maps

1. Washington Heights, census tracts and selected streets

2. South Bronx, selected streets and health areas

Tables

1. Unemployment by Industry in New York City, 1930

2. Relief by Industry in New York City, 1934

3. Unemployment by Industry in New York City, 1940

4. Unemployment by Occupation in New York City, 1940

5. Occupations: Italian-born Fathers of Children Bom in New York City in 1916

6. Occupations: Italian-born Fathers of Children Bom in New York City in 1931

7. Sample of Teachers in Manhattan Public Schools in 1936-1937, by Ethnicity and the Years Entered into Teaching

8. ALP Percentage of Ethnic Groups' Vote in New York City, 1936-1941

9. Ethnic Vote for Lehman in New York City, 1932-1938

10. Attitudes toward Spanish Civil War, by Ethnic Group, February 1939

11. Voting Percentages for 1933 Mayoralty Election, by Ethnicity and Party

12. Voting Percentages for 1937 Mayoralty Election, by Ethnicity and Party

13. Voting Percentages for 1941 Mayoralty Election, by Ethnicity and Party

14. Roosevelt Percentage Vote in New York City, by Ethnicity, 1932, 1936, 1940.

15. Roosevelt Percentage Vote in New York City, by Ethnicity and Class, 1940

16. Occupations of Employed Workers, by Health Area, 1940.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8018-2024-3

1-4214-3062-2

OCLC:

1110535048