Robert Parmet
Robert Parmet | |
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| Born | Robert David Parmet December 11, 1938 New York City, New York, United States |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Years active | 1961–present |
| Employer | York College, City University of New York |
| Spouse | Joan Levy (m. 1963) |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Herbert Parmet (brother) |
Robert David Parmet (Stylized as Robert D. Parmet; born December 11, 1938)[1] is an American writer and teacher. He is a professor of history at York College, City University of New York.[2]
Career
[edit]Parmet taught at Newark State College (now known as Kean University) from 1965 to 1967 in the Social Science Department,[3] and is currently employed at CUNY York and has worked there since its opening in 1967.[4] He has written four books on American social history from 1961 to 2012. Additionally he has written for many papers such as the History News Network,[5] United Press International,[6] and International Labor and Working-Class History under the Cambridge University Press.[7]
He has written extensively about labor and unions in 20th-century America, including those of women,[8] immigrants,[9] and of David Dubinsky.[10] In 1968, he received a $2,000 grant ($18,234.20 USD in 2024) to write a biography on American senator Chauncey Depew.[11] It was published in 1970.[12]
Parmet retired from full-time teaching at York College in Spring 2025 after 57 years.[13]
Personal life
[edit]Parmet was born in New York City in 1938. He is the son of Isaac Parmet and Fannie (née Scharf)[14] and is the brother of American historian Herbert Parmet.[15]
He received a B.A. (1960) from City College, and M.A. (1961) and Ph.D. (1966) degrees from Columbia University.[16] He taught at City College while attending Graduate School.[6] His master's thesis, "Cleveland, Blaine, and New York's Irish in the election of 1884," was written under the supervision of John A. Garraty. His doctoral dissertation, "The Know-Nothings in Connecticut," was written under the supervision of Eric McKitrick.
Parmet was married to Joan Levy on June 8, 1963.[17] She received her Masters in History from Columbia University in 1965.[18] They have a son, Andrew.[19]
Bibliography
[edit]Books
[edit]- Leonard, Ira M.; Parmet, Robert D. (1971). American Nativism, 1830-1860. Van Nostrand Reinhold. ISBN 978-0-44278-188-0.
- Parmet, Robert D. (1981). Labor and Immigration in Industrial America. Twayne Publishers. ISBN 978-0-80578-418-3.
- Parmet, Robert D. (2005). The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-6711-5.
- Parmet, Robert D. (2011-11-24). Town and Gown: The Fight for Social Justice, Urban Rebirth, and Higher Education. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-1-61147-473-2.
Papers
[edit]- Parmet, Robert D. (1966). "Connecticut's Know-Nothings: A Profile." Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin 31 (3): 84–90.
- Parmet, Robert D. (1970). "The Presidential Fever of Chauncey Depew." New York Historical Society Quarterly 54 (3): 268-290.
- Parmet, Robert D. (1971). "Schools for the Freedmen". Negro History Bulletin. 34 (6): 128–132. ISSN 0028-2529. JSTOR 24766513.
- Parmet, Robert D. (1972). "Competition for the World's Columbian Exposition: The New York Campaign". Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. 65 (4): 365–381. ISSN 0019-2287. JSTOR 40191202.
- Parmet, Robert D. (1982). "Labor and Immigration in Industrial America. (Immigrant Heritage of America Series.)". The American Historical Review. 87 (4). doi:10.1086/ahr/87.4.1177. ISSN 1937-5239.
- Parmet, Robert D.; Papanikolas, Zeese (1983). "Buried Unsung: Louis Tikas and the Ludlow Massacre". The Journal of American History. 70 (1): 176. doi:10.2307/1890597. JSTOR 1890597.
- Parmet, Robert D. (1985). "Capeci, Dominic J., Jr. Race Relations in Wartime Detroit: The Sojourner Truth Housing Controversy of 1942". Urban History Review. 14 (1): 86–87. doi:10.7202/1017898ar. ISSN 0703-0428.
- Parmet, Robert D. (1988). "Fishman, Robert. Bourgeois Utopias: The Rise and Fall of Suburbia. Gale, Dennis E. Washington, D.C.: Inner-City Revitalization and Minority Suburbanization". Urban History Review. 17 (2): 136–137. doi:10.7202/1017672ar. ISSN 0703-0428.
- Parmet, Robert D.; Marks, Gary (1990). "Unions in Politics: Britain, Germany, and the United States in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries". The Journal of American History. 77 (2): 691. doi:10.2307/2079272. JSTOR 2079272.
- Parmet, Robert D. (1999). "Peter Kwong, Forbidden Workers: Illegal Chinese Immigrants and American Labor". International Labor and Working-Class History. 56: 175–177. doi:10.1017/S0147547999452883.
- Parmet, Robert D. (2018). "Clarence Irving and the Rediscovery of Black America". CUNY Academic Works.
References
[edit]- ^ Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 955488
- ^ "Robert D. Parmet". NYU Press. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ^ "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Kean University; Year: 1967
- ^ "York History Revisited at Executive Leadership Breakfast". york.cuny.edu. 2016. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ Parmet, Robert D. (2013-04-07). "Review of Lisa Phillips's "A Renegade Union: Interracial Organizing and Labor Radicalism" (Illinois, 2012)". History News Network. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ^ a b "From Dallas to Watergate". The Monitor. 1973-11-11. p. 19. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ^ Howard, Walter T. (1999). "Review of The United Mine Workers of America: A Model of Industrial Solidarity?; The Challenge of Interracial Unionism: Alabama Coal Miners, 1878-1921". International Labor and Working-Class History (56): 177–180. ISSN 0147-5479. JSTOR 27672626.
- ^ Wax, Emily (1998-09-06). "A Driving Force". Newsday. p. 156. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ^ Danyluk, Harry (1981-12-29). "Immigrant Workers". New York Daily News. p. 101. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ Crowe, Kenneth C. (1995-02-21). "Union's Influence Has Waned". Newsday. p. 32. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ^ "Dr. Parmet Gets Grant to Write on Depew". The Reporter Dispatch. 1968-05-28. p. 23. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ^ "DEPEW, Chauncey Mitchell (1834-1928)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
Parmet, Robert D. "The Presidential Fever of Chauncey Depew". New-York Historical Society Quarterly 54 (July 1970): 269-90.
- ^ "Professor Robert Parmet Retires After 57 Years but Continues to Inspire". York College. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
- ^ National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: New York, Bronx, New York; Roll: 221; Page: 20; Enumeration District: 3-1791
- ^ Year: 1940; Census Place: New York, Bronx, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02496; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 3-1406
- ^ Directory of American Scholars, 6th ed. (Bowker, 1974), Vol. I, p. 482.
- ^ "Robert Parmet Marries at Lincoln Park Center". Herald Statesman. 1963-06-12. p. 10. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ^ "Mrs. Robert Parmet". Mount Vernon Argus. 1965-06-10. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ^ Greene, Dick (1978-09-12). "Seen and Heard in Our Neighborhood". The Star Press. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
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