Adams, Virginia.
Connecticut: The Story of Your State Government
. Chester: Pequot Press; 1973.
A middle school level book, in story form. This presents a clear picture of government at that level, and could be useful for older slow readers.
Alcorn, Robert Hayden.
The Biography of a Town: Suffield
,
Connecticut 1670-1970
. Hartford: Connecticut Printers; 1970.
A romanticized local history written by a lifelong ‘Yankee’ resident. Often humorous, some good insights.
Bowles, Chester.
Promises to Keep
:
My Years in Public Life
, 1941-1969. New York: Harper’s; 1971.
A autobiography by an ex-governor, Congressman from Essex. Useful for Connecticut affairs of this period, as viewed by a controversial participant.
Buckley, William E.
A New England Pattern
:
The History of Manchester, Connecticut
. Chester: Pequot Press; 1973.
A romanticized local history by an old ‘Yankee’, but deals interestingly with the transition of Manchester from the decline of the large silk mills into a suburban city after World War Two.
Conwell, Irma M.
Head in the Clouds
,
Feet on the Ground
. Hartford: Council on Economic Education; 1969.
Useful for middle school-high school. Economic life in Connecticut.
Dahl, Robert A.
Who Governs?: Democracy
and
Power in an American City
. New Haven: Yale University Press; 1961.
New Haven and its problems, a history of power groups over the years as they come to relate to ethnic policy and urban renewal in the city.
Hill, Evan. The Connecticut River. Middletown, Wesleyan Press; 1972. An attractive picture essay of the whole valley, keying on the immediate environment and appearance.
Hoyt, Joseph B.
The Connecticut Story
. New York:Readers Press; 1962. Written for young people, with little on the modern period.
Humphreyville, Frances T. and Van Dusen, Albert.
This is Connecticut
. Syracuse: J.W. Singer; 1963.
A book for young people, very weak in the modern period.
Hyman, Sidney.
The Lives of William Benton.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press; 1970.
A biography of a highly active person. Useful for a period in the fifties when Benton was politically active in Connecticut.
Janick, Herbert F. Jr.
A Diverse People
:
Connecticut
1914 to
the Present
. Chester: Pequot Press; 1975.
Volume five of a series written for high school students. a survey with several chapters on the period in question.
Johnson, Curtis S.
Raymond E
.
Baldwin: Lawyer
,
Social Scientist
,
Statesman
. Chester: Pequot Press; 1972.
A highly laudatory biography of a major figure in mid-twentieth century Connecticut.
Ladd, Everett C. Jr.
Ideology in America: Change and Response In
a
City, A Suburb, and a Small Town.
Ithica: Cornell; 1969.
A showing of how places pass from the olden days into the new, using a Connecticut locale.
League of Women Voters.
Connecticut in Focus
. Hamden: By the League; 1974.
A nuts and bolts, very mechanical review of almost all areas of governance in the state. Good for reference.
Lieberman, Joseph I. The Power
Broker
:
A Biography of John M. Bailey,u Modern Political Boss
. New York: Houghton Mifflin; 196
A narrative biography of Bailey, with what amounts to a good summary of Connecticut politics, from a democratic point of view.
Lockard, Walter D.
New England State Politics
. Princeton: Princeton University Press; 1959.
Sections pertaining to Connecticut are useful for the period up to 1959.
McKain, Walter C.
The Connecticut Turnpike
A Ribbon of Hope
:
The Social and Economic Effects of the Connecticut Turnpike in Eastern Connecticut
. Storrs: Agricultural—Experiment Station: 1965.
An analysis of the early effects of a new highway.
McKee, Clyde Jr. (ed.).
Perspectives of a State Legislature
(Second Edition). Hartford: The General Assembly; 1980.
A considerable enlargement of the first edition, each contains many short pieces written by individuals in and around government. Highly useful.
Merriman, Daniel and Thorpe, Lyle.
The Connecticut
River
Study
:
The Impact of a Nuclear Power Plant
. Washington DC: American Fisheries Society;1976.
A scientific study on the effects of the Haddam Neck nuclear power station on the Connecticut River.
Miller, William Lee.
The 15th Ward and the Great Society
. Boston: Houghton Mifflin; 1966.
A narrative of a councilman’s personal involvement in New Haven’s urban renewal and ethnic politics.
Ogle, David B.
Strengthening the Connecticut Legislature
. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press; 1970.
Ways to make the General Assembly more efficient by a worker in the office of Legislative Management.
Roth, David M.
Connecticut
:
A Bicentennial History
. New York: W.W. Norton; 1979.
A general survey of Connecticut history, emphasis is on political changes. Two chapters on mid-century, a useful modern version.
Schnare, Robert E. Jr.
Local History Resources in Connecticut
. Darien: The League of Historical Societies; 1975.
Of limited use in the modern period.
Smith, Allen K.
Connecticut: A Thematic Atlas
. Newington: 1974. A useful compendium of maps and charts, showing many facets of the state, from climate to radio stations.
Stave, Sandra Astor (ed.).
Hartford, the City and the Region: Past, Present, Future. A Collection.
Hartford: University of Hartford; 1979.
A useful compilation of papers, articles and editorials about the area, past and present.
Talbot, Allan R.
The Mayor’s Game
:
Richard C
.
Lee and the Politics of Change
. New York: Harpers; 1967.
A narrative of political problems in New Haven, centering around urban renewal of the 50s and 60s.
Van Dusen, Albert.
Connecticut
. New York: Random House; 1961.
The best narrative of politics of the late 40s and into the 50s.
Weller, John L.
The New Haven Railroad: Its Rise and Fall
. New York: Hastings House; 1969.
Very useful for the last days of the New Haven and its stormy illness and death.