Background
Jackson, Kenneth Terry was born on July 27, 1939 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Kenneth Gordon and Elizabeth Owen (Willins) Jackson.
(As perhaps never before in its extraordinary history, New...)
As perhaps never before in its extraordinary history, New York has captured the American imagination. This major anthology brings together not only the best literary writing about New York--from O. Henry, Theodore Dreiser, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, Paul Auster, and James Baldwin, among many others--but also the most revealing essays by politicians, philosophers, city planners, social critics, visitors, immigrants, journalists, and historians. The anthology begins with an account of Henry Hudson's voyage in 1609 and ends with an essay written especially for this book by John P. Avlon, former Mayor Rudolph Guiliani's speechwriter, called "The Resilient City," on the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center as observed from City Hall. The editors have chosen some familiar favorites, such as Washington Irving's A History of New York and Walt Whitman's "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," as well as lesser-known literary and historical gems, such as Frederick Law Olmsted's plan for Central Park and Cynthia Ozick's "The Synthetic Sublime"--an updated answer to E. B. White's classic essay Here Is New York, which is also included. The variety and originality of the selections in Empire City offer a captivating account of New York's growth, and reveal often forgotten aspects of its political, literary, and social history.
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(This first full-scale history of the development of the A...)
This first full-scale history of the development of the American suburb examines how "the good life" in America came to be equated with the a home of one's own surrounded by a grassy yard and located far from the urban workplace. Integrating social history with economic and architectural analysis, and taking into account such factors as the availability of cheap land, inexpensive building methods, and rapid transportation, Kenneth Jackson chronicles the phenomenal growth of the American suburb from the middle of the 19th century to the present day. He treats communities in every section of the U.S. and compares American residential patterns with those of Japan and Europe. In conclusion, Jackson offers a controversial prediction: that the future of residential deconcentration will be very different from its past in both the U.S. and Europe.
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For decades the most frightening example of bigotry and hatred in America, the Ku Klux Klan has usually been seen as a rural and small-town product–an expression of the decline of the countryside in the face of rising urban society. Kenneth Jackson's important book revises conventional wisdom about the Klan. He shows that its roots in the 1920s can also be found in burgeoning cities among people who were frightened, dislocated, and uprooted by rapid changes in urban life. Many joined the Klan for sincere patriotic motives, unaware of the ugly prejudice that lay beneath the civic rhetoric. Mr. Jackson not only dissects the Klan's activities and membership, he also traces its impact on the public life of the twenties. In many places―from Atlanta to Dallas, from Buffalo to Portland, Oregon―the Klan agitated politics, held immense power, and won elective office. The Ku Klux Klan in the City is a continuing and timely reminder of the tensions and antagonisms beneath the surface of our national life. "Comprehensively researched, methodically organized, lucidly written...a book to be respected."―Journal of American History.
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Jackson, Kenneth Terry was born on July 27, 1939 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Kenneth Gordon and Elizabeth Owen (Willins) Jackson.
Bachelor magna cum laude, University Memphis, 1961. Master of Arts, University Chicago, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1966.
Assistant professor of history, Columbia University, New York City, 1968-1971;
associate professor, Columbia University, New York City, 1971-1976;
professor, Columbia University, New York City, 1976-1987;
Mellon professor, Columbia University, New York City, 1987-1990;
Barzun professor, Columbia University, New York City, since 1990;
department chairman history, Columbia University, New York City, 1994-1997. Visiting professor Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1973-1974, George Washington University, 1982-1983, University of California at Los Angeles, 1986-1987. Chair Bradley Commision on History in Schools, 1987-1990.
Chair National Council for History Education, Inc., 1990-1992.
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Trustee National Council History Education, 1990—2008, South St. Seaport Museum, 1989—2001, Transportation Alternatives, 1995—1997, Skyscraper Museum, 1996—2001, New York History Society, since 1996, vice chairman, 1998—2001, president, Chief Executive Officer, 2001—2004. Trustee New York State History Association, 1996—2009, Henry Luce Foundation, since 2002, Regional Plan Association, since 2003. Vestryman Trinity Church Wall St., 1997—2004.
Member Society of America Historians (president 1998-2000), Organization American Historians (president 2000-2001), American History Association, Urban History Association (president 1994-1995), Century Association. Fellow American Academy Arts & Sciences.
Married Barbara Ann Bruce, August 25, 1962. Children: Kevan Parish, Kenneth Gordon (deceased).