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 it 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.
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.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780813597430
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-8135-9743-0
- Verlag: Rutgers University Press
- Erscheinungstermin: 25.07.2018
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 2018
- Produktform: Kartoniert, Paperback
- Gewicht: 476 g
- Seiten: 248
- Format (B x H x T): 197 x 234 x 23 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt