The Peoples of Philadelphia - A History of Ethnic Groups and Lower-Class Life, 179-194 (Paperback, Revised)

A picture of Philadelphia radically different from the conventional portrait of a staid old city, corrupt and contented. The men and women of Philadelphia who emerge in these pages are anything but staid, and certainly not contented. Although much has been written about elite Philadelphians, only in recent decades have historians paid attention to the Jews and working-class blacks, the immigrant Irish, Italians, and Poles who settled in the city and gave such sections as Moyamensing, Southwark, South Philadelphia, and Kensington their vitality. In this classic of social and ethnic history, the authors draw on census schedules, court records, city directories, and tax records as well as newspaper files and other sources to give a picture of the ways in which these less-privileged groups of Philadelphians lived. What emerges is a picture of Philadelphia radically different from the conventional portrait of a staid old city. "Just the kind of book that is needed. It should be stimulating to all historians interested in urban America."--"Journal of American History" Allen F. Davis has published many books, including "The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society" and "Spearheads for Reform: The Social Settlements and the Progressive Movement, 1890-1914." Mark Haller is the author of "Eugenics: Hereditarian Attitudes in American Thought." Both are professors of history at Temple University.

General

Imprint:	University of PennsylvaniaPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Pennsylvania Paperbacks
Release date:	October 1998
First published:	1999
Editors:	Allen F Davis • Mark H. Haller
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	312
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-8122-1670-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Humanities > History > General Books > History > General
LSN:	0-8122-1670-9
Barcode:	9780812216707

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