Mexican Labor and World War II. Braceros in the Pacific Northwest, 1942-1947. By Erasmo Gamboa. (Austin: The University of Texas Press. Pp. xiv, 178. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $25.00.)

During the mid-1960s, the War on Poverty ushered in a change in outlook on the poor and stimulated Neighborhood House (a social service agency that began as a settlement house) to focus on educative, community-building initiatives. Yet ironically, while staffers offered educational programs for residents, they were themselves becoming educated. The space Neighborhood House provided emerged as a powerful venue in which staffers developed their talents to become socially minded civic leaders. This study of the post–World War II transformation of settlement work in a city in the Pacific Northwest reveals commonalities with other places as well as distinctiveness to Seattle conditions. The article expands the extant scholarship on multi-ethnoracial communities, War on Poverty programs, and settlement house responses to societal changes. In doing so, it reveals the ways in which Neighborhood House provided an important educative space for those who worked there, a place that nurtured their growth as civically minded community builders.

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Mexican Labor and World War II: Braceros in the Pacific Northwest, 1942-1947.

The American Historical Review ◽

10.2307/2165236 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 96 (4) ◽

pp. 1312

Author(s):

James N. Gregory ◽

Erasmo Gamboa

Keyword(s):

World War Ii ◽

Pacific Northwest ◽

World War ◽

The Pacific

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Facing the World: Defense Spending and International Trade in the Pacific Northwest since World War II. By Christopher P. Foss

Western Historical Quarterly ◽

10.1093/whq/whab096 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Macica Katherine

Keyword(s):

International Trade ◽

World War Ii ◽

Pacific Northwest ◽

Defense Spending ◽

World War ◽

The Pacific ◽

The World

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Norman R. James F.F.A.R.A.C.S., a Pioneer of High Quality Anaesthesia in Australia

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care ◽

10.1177/0310057x0503301s02 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 33 (1_suppl) ◽

pp. 21-28 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

A. H. Giesecke

Keyword(s):

World War Ii ◽

Regional Anaesthesia ◽

Medical Service ◽

World War ◽

High Quality ◽

Royal Melbourne Hospital ◽

University Of Texas ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Clinician Teacher ◽

The University

Dr Norman R. James was a multi-talented, highly accomplished clinician, teacher and innovator broadly recognized on three continents. In the United Kingdom, he served in London's Emergency Medical Service during World War II and was dubbed “England's foremost exponent of regional anaesthesia”. In his native land, he was the first Director of Anaesthetics at The Royal Melbourne Hospital with many innovations to his credit including a serious effort to reform anaesthetic practice in Australia. Dr M. T. “Pepper” Jenkins, the charismatic founder of anesthesiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, recruited him to Dallas in 1960, where he taught the art and science of anesthesiology at Parkland Memorial Hospital until his retirement in 1974. He died in 1987 and is buried in Winnsboro, Texas. A brief story of his life and career follows.

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