Cleveland History Blogs

For Thursday, please read Richard H. Gassan, “Inventing the Resort: Saratoga Springs” (ECR) and Jon Sterngass, “The Public Resort: To See and Be Seen” (ECR). Note: This latter source is now accessible on ECR, as […]

For Tuesday, please read Jon Sterngass, “The Revival of Newport: The Pilgrimage of Fashion” (ECR), and Steve Brisson, “Mackinac Island” (ECR).

For Tuesday, January 31, please read Richard H. Gassan, “The Revolution of Seeing: Tourism & the Founding of the Hudson River School,” available on Electronic Course Reserve. Since the chapter itself does not […]

As a reminder, on Thursday we meet in Special Collections in the Library rather than in our classroom. This is a very important introduction to a key resource to your project. In fact, the more I mull the issue of […]

Please read T&S chapter 20.  Questions to consider:

1. How did the rise of steel production impact the U.S., including other industries?
2. How did railroads transform the nation in the late 19th century?
3. […]

As we noted in class on Tuesday, railroad companies’ need for predictable timetables (schedules) that spanned the continent led to the the start of standard time zones in the United States in 1883. A question […]

Please examine the following map (courtesy of Library of Congress Geography and Map Division). What purpose do you think the U.S. government had in granting a 40-mile wide swath of land to the railroad? What […]

University College London’s Centre for Digital Humanities recently posted the following “infographic” that attempts to quantify the state of the “digital humanities” field. Though built upon imperfect evidence, […]

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Through February 17, the Law Library is hosting “a new traveling exhibition that vividly evokes Lincoln’s struggle to resolve the basic questions that divided Americans at the most perilous moment in the nation’s […]

(1) Tourism involves creating or re-creating places, managing them, luring visitors, and selling them services, products, and experiences:

- Creating, exploiting, or reshaping image (ex. Bierstadt painting of […]

The banner for this blog suggests the wonder with which Americans approached their travels. It is a portion of Grand Canyon National Park, A Free Government Service (ca. 1938), a publicity poster created by an […]

Welcome to the blog for HIS 319/519. The blog is your source for timely prompts for preparation for each class meeting, assignment instructions, and occasional supplemental materials for your interest. Equally […]

The banner for this blog evokes the importance of transportation and industry in the history of the United States. It is a portion of Port of Philadelphia by Robert Muchley (1936). Muchley was one among many […]

Welcome to the blog for HIS 112. The blog is your source for timely prompts for preparation for each class meeting, assignment instructions, exam study guides, and occasional supplemental materials for your […]

Note that we remain one class period behind the syllabus. My hope is to catch up gradually by the end of next week (week 5). If so, the first exam will remain scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 4. If not, it is likely we […]

Please read T&S chapter 21.

Study questions:
1. What were some characteristics that differentiated American cities of the late 19th century from those of the earlier 19th century?
2. How did the places we […]