You always post such great pictures with your articles! That's awesome about your NYC Trip and Retro Report work.
And all great points about immigration. This summer I've learned so much about where and when my relatives moved to the US, which puts a different spin on the topic.
That's so cool that you learned about your own relatives! A long time ago I found records in Trondheim (Norway) of my great-great grandfather. He came to the US via Canada though, so no Ellis Island for him.
Ellis Island had tons of stations and people ready to help folks find records of their relatives :)
So good to meet a fellow Hochschild fan...although I'm not surprised. I thought about you a lot while reading Rebel Cinderella because it's so full of socialism and labor union history.
I LOVE Spain in our Hearts!!! What a story - with Hitler testing out all his weapons and tactics and oilmen in the USA supplying all the fuel to the fascists. It's such a crazy story that I knew so little about. I also read the Ruta Sepetys book The Fountains of Silence about the Spanish Civil War, which was also really, really good.
Have you read his wife's book Strangers in Our Own Land? I have the book but haven't read it yet.
The Spanish Civil War/Revolution is a large part of how I developed interest in socialist and labor history actually! And that book only deepened my interest in those topics, as well as studying history in general. I feel like Hochschild does such a great job at communicating the humanity of the people and periods he studies.
I definitely need to read The Fountains of Silence, I hadn't even heard of it before!
Strangers in Our Own Land has been on my reading list for awhile though...
Fountain of Silence is a YA novel, so there is definitely more teenage love than history, but it's a great book set in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil war.
I was just in NYC! I didn't go to Ellis Island on this trip, but did make it because a few of my great-grandparents came through Ellis Island.
I also had heard of King Leopold's Ghost the book, but didn't realize who it was written by! I'll have to move it further up the list.
And thank you for all the work you're doing with Retro Report! It's so hard to condense complex information into short bursts, so as a writer who has had to do that, I commend you.
I love New York so much. I've been a few times in the past couple years and haven't had the whole to day explore Ellis Island like I did on this trip. Do you have copies for your great-grandparents records? There are tons of people at Ellis Island who can help you find records!
King's Leopold's Ghost is my favorite non fiction book in the entire world. I've read so many of the books Hochschild listed in the bibliography too - I'm so obsessed with the topic (my poor students. I spent WAY too long in class going on and on about Congo and European colonialism in Africa)
I do have copies!! They thankfully settled in Massachusetts and didn’t move, so they were easy to track down. But that’s good to know about Ellis Island - I found my copies through Ancestry/Family Search.
Those bibliographies are gold mines! The secret of all history research.
You always post such great pictures with your articles! That's awesome about your NYC Trip and Retro Report work.
And all great points about immigration. This summer I've learned so much about where and when my relatives moved to the US, which puts a different spin on the topic.
That's so cool that you learned about your own relatives! A long time ago I found records in Trondheim (Norway) of my great-great grandfather. He came to the US via Canada though, so no Ellis Island for him.
Ellis Island had tons of stations and people ready to help folks find records of their relatives :)
Great photos, Jenna! :)
Aw, thank you Holly! New York makes good photos easy :)
Hochschild is a favorite of mine too! If you haven't already, I highly recommend Spain in our Hearts!
So good to meet a fellow Hochschild fan...although I'm not surprised. I thought about you a lot while reading Rebel Cinderella because it's so full of socialism and labor union history.
I LOVE Spain in our Hearts!!! What a story - with Hitler testing out all his weapons and tactics and oilmen in the USA supplying all the fuel to the fascists. It's such a crazy story that I knew so little about. I also read the Ruta Sepetys book The Fountains of Silence about the Spanish Civil War, which was also really, really good.
Have you read his wife's book Strangers in Our Own Land? I have the book but haven't read it yet.
The Spanish Civil War/Revolution is a large part of how I developed interest in socialist and labor history actually! And that book only deepened my interest in those topics, as well as studying history in general. I feel like Hochschild does such a great job at communicating the humanity of the people and periods he studies.
I definitely need to read The Fountains of Silence, I hadn't even heard of it before!
Strangers in Our Own Land has been on my reading list for awhile though...
Fountain of Silence is a YA novel, so there is definitely more teenage love than history, but it's a great book set in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil war.
I really appreciate the pictures and insight you provide. 😁
Aw, thank you. I always loved going to New York - a very picturesque city even for a non-photographer like me.
Congrats on this opportunity! A very well-deserved honor! I can’t wait to share this with the SS team at my school.
Oh good! The RetroReport library is just top-notch. And every December they'll put out a call for educators to join their ranks :)
I was just in NYC! I didn't go to Ellis Island on this trip, but did make it because a few of my great-grandparents came through Ellis Island.
I also had heard of King Leopold's Ghost the book, but didn't realize who it was written by! I'll have to move it further up the list.
And thank you for all the work you're doing with Retro Report! It's so hard to condense complex information into short bursts, so as a writer who has had to do that, I commend you.
I love New York so much. I've been a few times in the past couple years and haven't had the whole to day explore Ellis Island like I did on this trip. Do you have copies for your great-grandparents records? There are tons of people at Ellis Island who can help you find records!
King's Leopold's Ghost is my favorite non fiction book in the entire world. I've read so many of the books Hochschild listed in the bibliography too - I'm so obsessed with the topic (my poor students. I spent WAY too long in class going on and on about Congo and European colonialism in Africa)
I do have copies!! They thankfully settled in Massachusetts and didn’t move, so they were easy to track down. But that’s good to know about Ellis Island - I found my copies through Ancestry/Family Search.
Those bibliographies are gold mines! The secret of all history research.