Urban Thought

Published Writings

Documents listed or linked to below have been authored or co-authored by Aaron Glazer and published in academic journals, the popular press, or by institutions.

Title	Author(s)	Publication Source & Date	Adobe Acrobat (PDF) File	Abstract/Link
Course Correction: Two Years Before Desegregation Became the Law of the Land, a Baltimore High School Opened Its Doors to 13 Black Students - Very Quietly	Aaron M. Glazer	Baltimore City Paper; September 5, 2001		www.citypaper.com/2001-09-05/feature.html
Alternative Revenue Sources and Structures for Baltimore City	Marsha R.B. Schachtel, Aaron M. Glazer, and Michael R. Bell	Baltimore Efficiency and Economy Foundation & The Johns Hopkins University Institute for Policy Studies		This paper discusses five potential revenue sources for the city of Baltimore, including a commuter tax, a split-rate property tax, and a regional sales tax, among others.
	Marsha R.B. Schachtel, Aaron M. Glazer, and Michael R. Bell			Link: www.beefbaltimore.org/revenue.pdf
BART Police add BlackBerrys to arsenal	Aaron Glazer	Metro Magazine; April, 2005		Link: www.metro-magazine.com
Transit Gets Personal	Aaron Glazer	Metro Magazine; September/October, 2005		Link: www.metro-magazine.com
Security Becomes Operative Word for Motorcoach Industry	Aaron Glazer	Metro Magazine; September/October, 2005		Link: www.metro-magazine.com
Fade to Gas: The Conversion of Baltimore's Mass Transit System from Streetcars to Diesel-Powered Buses	Aaron Michael Glazer	Maryland Historical Magazine; Fall 2002		Link: Not available online.

Working Papers

Working papers have been previously written and not publishes or are current works-in-progress. You are welcome to use and/or cite working papers in your own works. Please, however, send an email to webinquiry [a t] urbanthought.com and let me know that you're citing the work. Who knows - I may even be able to provide additional research assistance!

Title	Author(s)	Publication Source	Adobe Acrobat (PDF) File	Abstract/Link
Entrepreneurship Among Eastern European Jewish Immigrants in Baltimore: 1881-1914	Aaron Michael Glazer	Johns Hopkins University, Department of History		This paper was written as a Thesis for a Master of Arts degree in History from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. The thesis discusses the economic foundation of immigrants -- and specifically the cultural origins of entrepreneurship among eastern European and Russian Jews -- within Baltimore. A copy of the thesis is available in the Milton S. Eisenhower Library at Johns Hopkins University.