For Faith and Fortune
For Faith and Fortune: The Education of Catholic Immigrants in Detroit, 1805-1925 is a 1998 book by JoEllen McNergney Vinyard and published by the University of Illinois Press. It discussed Catholics in Detroit from the Michigan territorial era through the 1920s and how these Catholics educated their children.[1]
Vinyard is an Eastern Michigan University history professor.[2]
Contents
The book spanned the years 1805 through 1925. Initially Protestants and Catholics both supported the establishment of public schools, but a rise in nativism,
Earl Boyea of the
Reception
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Perko wrote that the book "represents an important addition to the burgeoning literature of Catholic parochial education on the urban frontier."
SaraLee R. Howard, a historian at the Michigan Historical Museum in Lansing, wrote that described For Faith and Fortune as "a successful and intriguing book on parochial education".[10] Howard wrote that the book should have incorporated more direct quotations from the primary sources.[11]
C. Patricia Sullivan, a New York City resident who reviewed the book for International Migration Review, stated that the book was "a useful addition to the literature of ethnicity and population".[1]
Timothy Walsh of the
Boyea wrote that the book is a "detailed and attractive picture of a community's struggle to educate its youth".[12]
References
- Boyea, Earl (Sacred Heart Major Seminary). "For Faith and Fortune: The Education of Catholic Immigrants in Detroit, 1805-1925" (Book Review). The Catholic Historical Review, 1 April 1999, Vol.85(2), pp. 322–323.
- Bukowczyk, John J. (Polish American Studies, 1 October 2002, Vol.59(2), pp. 103–105.
- Divita, James J. (Marian College). "For Faith and Fortune: The Education of Catholic Immigrants in Detroit, 1805-1925" (Book Review). Journal of American Ethnic History, 1 July 1999, Vol.18(4), pp. 206–207.
- Howard, Saralee R. (Michigan Historical Museum). "For Faith and Fortune: The Education of Catholic Immigrants in Detroit 1805-1925" (Book Review). Michigan Historical Review, 1 October 1999, Vol.25(2), pp. 152–153.
- Kramer, Carl E. "Race, Religion, and Forum in Urban Education."(Fixing Urban Schools)(Hoosier Schools: Past and Present)(Building Civic Capacity: The Politics of Reforming Urban Schools)(Changing Urban Education)(For Faith and Fortune: The Education of Catholic Immigrants in Detroit, 1805-1925)(Book review). Journal of Urban History, May, 2006, Vol.32(4), p. 643(13).
- Perko, F. Michael, SJ (Loyola University of Chicago). "For Faith and Fortune: The Education of Catholic Immigrants in Detroit, 1805-1925" (Book Review). The American Historical Review, 1 December 1999, Vol.104(5), pp. 1692–1693.
- Sullivan, C. Patricia. "For Faith and Fortune: The Education of Catholic Immigrants in Detroit, 1805-1925." International Migration Review, 1 July 1999, Vol.33(2), pp. 500.
- Walch, Timothy (Hoover Presidential Library). "For Faith and Fortune: The Education of Catholic Immigrants in Detroit, 1805-1925" (book review). The Journal of American History, 1999, Vol.86(2), pp. 790–791.