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Book Shopping for CityLab

At the Friends of the Worcester Public Library book sale today, Dr. Conroy went shopping for books he will donate to CityLab.   For $4, he got: William Bradford, Of Plimouth Plantation, 1620-1647 Frank A. Brown and Beverly K Goodale, West Boylston William O. Hultgren et. Al., Worcester 1880-1920 Mary P. Ryan, Cradle of the Middle Class:   The Family in Onieda County, New York, 1790-1865 Mary P. Ryan, Women in Public:   Between Banners and Ballots, 1825-1880 Cary D. Wintz, Black Culture and the Harlem Renaissance James Sterling Young, The Washington Community, 1800-1828 For an additional $16 in the regular WPL book store , he bought: Nicholas Gage, A Place for Us (a memoir of a Greek immigrant who grew up in Worcester) J. Joseph Huthmacher, Massachusetts People and Politics Rae MacCollum Spencer, The Gift of Imaginative Leadership, a biography of Harry Galpin Stoddard, Affectionately called “Mr. Worcester” Ronald Story, The For

Summer 2014 Urban Studies Class Offerings

Summer I 2014 Class Offerings Department of Urban Studies   UR 101    Introduction to Urban Studies                            LASC:   HBS and USW A broad contextual overview of urban life that examines the relationship of people to their environment from an interdisciplinary perspective.   A great first class in this dynamic academic field.   MW       9:00-12:00        Alan Gordon                 3 credits           S 320   UR 191       ST:   Worcester Politics/Urban Political Systems   This class explores 20th century American urban political systems by diving deeply into the history of the Worcester government and politics. Through reading, discussion, and research projects, the class will examine the original city government (including the 100 years before the current City Manager system) to today with the bulk of our attention focusing on the period between 1900 and 2000.   TR         6:00-9:00           Dr. Thomas Conroy      3 credits