Insight Philadelphia
Historical Essays Illustrated
Seiten
2018
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8135-9744-7 (ISBN)
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8135-9744-7 (ISBN)
Each of the nearly 100 essays in Insight Philadelphia tells a succinct, compelling, and little-known tale of the city's past. Some stories are quirky, others turn serious. Illustrated with scores of rare archival images, Insight Philadelphia will give readers a new appreciation for the people and places that make the City of Brotherly Love so unique.
Each of the nearly 100 essays in Insight Philadelphia tells a succinct, compelling, and little-known tale of the city’s past. Some stories are quirky, like how early gas stations were designed to resemble classical temples, or the saga of how a museum acquired a 2000-year-old Greek statue, then had it demolished with a sledgehammer. Other stories turn serious, exploring the tragic deaths of child laborers in the city’s textile mills and a century-old case of racial profiling that led to a stationhouse murder. Historian Kenneth Finkel introduces readers to the many brave souls and colorful characters who left their mark on the city, from the Irish immigrant “coal heavers”—who initiated the nation’s first general strike—to the teenage Josephine Baker making a flashy debut on the Philadelphia stage.
Illustrated with scores of rare archival images, Insight Philadelphia will give readers a new appreciation for the people and places that make the City of Brotherly Love so unique.
Each of the nearly 100 essays in Insight Philadelphia tells a succinct, compelling, and little-known tale of the city’s past. Some stories are quirky, like how early gas stations were designed to resemble classical temples, or the saga of how a museum acquired a 2000-year-old Greek statue, then had it demolished with a sledgehammer. Other stories turn serious, exploring the tragic deaths of child laborers in the city’s textile mills and a century-old case of racial profiling that led to a stationhouse murder. Historian Kenneth Finkel introduces readers to the many brave souls and colorful characters who left their mark on the city, from the Irish immigrant “coal heavers”—who initiated the nation’s first general strike—to the teenage Josephine Baker making a flashy debut on the Philadelphia stage.
Illustrated with scores of rare archival images, Insight Philadelphia will give readers a new appreciation for the people and places that make the City of Brotherly Love so unique.
KENNETH FINKEL is a professor of history at Temple University in Philadelphia, and the author of nine books on Philadelphia. He was a former curator of prints and photographs at the Library Company of Philadelphia, program officer at the William Penn Foundation, and executive director of arts and culture service at WHYY.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1 – DEFINING THE CITY
CHAPTER 2 – THE NEIGHBORHOODS
CHAPTER 3 - ARCHITECTURE & URBAN DESIGN
CHAPTER 4 – PRESERVATION & STEWARDSHIP
CHAPTER 5 - IMPROVEMENTS
CHAPTER 6 – INNOVATION & INDUSTRY
CHAPTER 7 – FOOD
CHAPTER 8 - FIRES & DISASTERS
CHAPTER 9 – RIOTS, UPHEAVAL & PROTESTS
CHAPTER 10 - PERFORMANCE & ENTERTAINMENT
CHAPTER 11 - ART, PUBLIC ART & LANDMARKS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
| Erscheinungsdatum | 29.09.2018 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 78 b-w photographs |
| Verlagsort | New Brunswick NJ |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte |
| Reisen | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8135-9744-7 / 0813597447 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8135-9744-7 / 9780813597447 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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