Modern Bonds: Redefining Community in Early Twentieth-Century St. Paul (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781625343352)

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.

Author: Elizabeth Ann Duclos-Orsello
ISBN-10: 1625343353
ISBN-13: 9781625343352
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2018
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2019