Part 1 (1 paragraph). Pick 1 source and write 1-2 paragraphs. Annotated Bibliography in Chicago/Turabian style of one source from the “Additional reading for the week.You do not have to read the entire book to do an annotated bibliography entry, which is a short description of the book, it’s argument, and its usefulness to readers studying the particular subject matter.For a sample of an annotated bibliography see https://libguides.enc.edu/writing_basics/annotatedbib/chicago.

Part 1 sources:
1. Jennifer Fronc, New York Undercover: Private Surveillance in the Progressive Era. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009.
2. Vanessa May, Unprotected Labor : Household Workers, Politics, and Middle-Class Reform in New York, 1870-1940
3.Edward P. Kohn, Heir to the Empire City : New York and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt

Part 2
(1 paragraph) Primary source annotation-write a one-paragraph annotation of 1-2 primary sources that you found during the research workshop segment of the class, describing the source’s usefulness for studying the relevant period, its reliability, and the historical questions that it raises in your mind.
May look for one on https://founders.archives.gov/ or just on google in the certain time period. In this assignment, Turmoil 1870s and Gilded Age 1880s – 1890s

A Short Guide to Evaluating and Finding Primary Sources

1. Evaluating primary sources

a. how do I determine relevance?

b.How do I assess reliability?

c. Are these genuine documents?

d.What are the documents’ built-in biases?

e. What did they mean at the time to the people who created them?

Part 3
list of five most important concepts, people, dates, events, or things from that week’s work.This will be published to the whole class and function as a review for the exams.
Week 10 Reform and Consolidation
Part 1
Fronc, Jennifer. New York Undercover: Private Surveillance in the Progressive Era. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Jennifer Fronc conducted research on the reports which contained information about illegal political actions, criminal activities, sexual abuse, and social activists to understand the process through which reporters generate this news. During the progressive era, there were a lot of criminal activities in New York. To deal with these illegalities and eliminate criminals from society particularly the urban locations, law enforcers had to use specific tactics. The city had to employ private investigators so that they could uncover even the most secret criminals in the community. Fronc relied on journalists’ and social workers’ information to compose the main ideas of the New York Undercover. Drawing from these reports Fronc was able to describe the process by which organizations such as National Civic Federation and Committee of Fourteen searched for information to aid in changing the criminal nature of the city. Fronc illustrates how information collected by these organizations helped the federal government and regulators in formulating policies that would fulfill the national security interest during the progressive era. Furthermore, she expounds on the fundamental role of covertly investigation in the social structure and doctrine of political authority.
Fronc offers reliable information since her study dwelled on reports of criminal activities during that period. The journalists, social workers, and private investigators made secret visits to the stronghold of the criminals to gather information. Fronc’s book, therefore, gives the reader an insight into how the modern methods of surveillance in New York came to existence. From employing private investigators to installing surveillance cameras, the city is now well secured and free from the awful urban conditions. Students are able to use this book to understand the development of the job of undercover investigations by law enforcers as mostly applied in New York today. The New York Undercover also reveals the benefits of private investigation since from its introduction; the city has been clean of crime. Moreover, it can be used by policymakers to formulate ways by which to catch the most notorious and highly secretive political leaders in crime. Hence, the undercover work from the progressive era has evolved to form the advanced current organizations of private investigations which have greatly contributed to national security.
Part 2
Goldin, Claudia. “The Work and Wages of Single Women, 1870-1920.” Cambridge University Press 40, no. 1 (March 1980), 81-88.
Walkowitz, Daniel J. “Working-Class Women in the Gilded Age: Factory, Community and Family Life among Cohoes, New York, Cotton Workers.” Oxford University Press 5, no. 4 (1972), 464-490.
Goldin argues that women in the gilded age wanted equal opportunities in the manufacturing industries like males. They were supposed to perform the role of family and at the same time, accomplish their assigned tasks in the companies. Completion of assigned task facilitated payment. Sex was a partial determinant of payment method. Walkowitz discusses oppression in labor during the gilded age. Employees worked under oppressed conditions. The working class fought violently for mobility through labor movements. These articles are important in understanding how the role of women changed from housewives to working in companies like males. Also, it shows how equality in job environments was introduced from the early years. Furthermore, it helps students in understanding how working-class people fought for freedom which is seen in the workplace today.
Part 3
The most important concepts of the week’s work include undercover in the progressive era, evolution of private investigation in the modern time, benefits of undercover in the traditional and modern New York, women role and working conditions or employees in the gilded age.

Bibliography

Fronc, Jennifer. New York Undercover: Private Surveillance in the Progressive Era. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009.

Goldin, Claudia. “The Work and Wages of Single Women, 1870-1920.” Cambridge University Press 40, no. 1 (March 1980), 81-88.

Walkowitz, Daniel J. “Working-Class Women in the Gilded Age: Factory, Community and Family Life among Cohoes, New York, Cotton Workers.” Oxford University Press 5, no. 4 (1972), 464-490.

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