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For the average tourist, the history of Philadelphia can be like a
leisurely carriage ride through Old City. The Liberty Bell.
Independence Hall. Benjamin Franklin. The grooves in the
cobblestone are so familiar, one barely notices the ride. Yet there
are other paths to travel, and the ride can be bumpy. Beyond the
famed founders, other Americans walked the streets of Philadelphia
whose lives were, in their own ways, just as emblematic of the
promises and perils of the new nation. Philadelphia Stories
chronicles twelve of these lives to explore the city's people and
places from the colonial era to the years before the Civil War.
This collective portrait includes men and women, Black and white
Americans, immigrants and native born. If mostly forgotten today,
banker Stephen Girard was one of the wealthiest men ever to have
lived, and his material legacy can be seen by visiting sites such
as Girard College. In a different register, but equally impressive,
were the accomplishments of Sarah Thorn Tyndale. In a few short
years as a widow she made enough money on her porcelain business to
retire to a life as a reformer. Others faced frustration. Take, for
example, Grace Growden Galloway. Born to an important family, she
saw her home invaded and her property confiscated by patriot
forces. Or consider the life of Francis Johnson, a Black bandleader
and composer who often performed at the Musical Fund Hall, which
still stands today. And yet he was barred from joining its Society.
Philadelphia Stories examines their rich lives, as well as those of
others who shaped the city's past. Many of the places inhabited by
these people survive to this day. In the pages of this book and on
the streets of the city, one can visit both the people and places
of Philadelphia's rich history.
Brothers and sisters are so much a part of our lives that we can
overlook their importance. Even scholars of the family tend to
forget siblings, focusing instead on marriage and parent-child
relations. Based on a wealth of family papers, period images, and
popular literature, this is the first book devoted to the broad
history of sibling relations, spanning the long period of
transition from early to modern America.
Illuminating the evolution of the modern family system, Siblings
shows how brothers and sisters have helped each other in the face
of the dramatic political, economic, and cultural changes of the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The book reveals that, in
colonial America, sibling relations offered an egalitarian space to
soften the challenges of the larger patriarchal family and society,
while after the Revolution, in antebellum America, sibling
relations provided order and authority in a more democratic nation.
Moreover, Hemphill explains that siblings serve as the bridge
between generations. Brothers and sisters grow up in a shared
family culture influenced by their parents, but they are different
from their parents in being part of the next generation. Responding
to new economic and political conditions, they form and influence
their own families, but their continuing relationships with
brothers and sisters serve as a link to the past. Siblings thus
experience and promote the new, but share the comforting context of
the old. Indeed, in all races, siblings function as humanity's
shock-absorbers, as well as valued kin and keepers of memory.
This wide-ranging book offers a new understanding of the
relationship between families and history in an evolving world. It
is also a timely reminder of the role our siblings play in our own
lives.
How men and women interact, the respect young show old and old show young, and who doffs their hat to whom provides a telling window on American cultural history. Bowing to Necessities is the chronologically most wide-ranging study of its kind, covering the long period of 1620 to 1860. Working through two centuries of conduct literature, Professor Hemphill provides a wonderful retelling of American history to the Civil War, illuminating crucial connections between evolving class, gender, and age relations along the way.
How men and women interact, the respect young show old and old show young, and who doffs their hat to whom provides a telling window on American cultural history. Bowing To Necessities is the chronologically most wide-ranging study, covering the long period of 1620 to 1860, of its kind. Working through two centuries of conduct literature, Professor Hemphill provides a wonderful retelling of American history to the Civil War, illuminating crucial connections between evolving class, gender, and age relations along the way.
Brothers and sisters are so much a part of our lives that we can
overlook their importance. Even scholars of the family tend to
forget siblings, focusing instead on marriage and parent-child
relations. Based on a wealth of family papers, period images, and
popular literature, this is the first book devoted to the broad
history of sibling relations, spanning the long period of
transition from early to modern America. Illuminating the evolution
of the modern family system, Siblings shows how brothers and
sisters have helped each other in the face of the dramatic
political, economic, and cultural changes of the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries. The book reveals that, in colonial America,
sibling relations offered an egalitarian space to soften the
challenges of the larger patriarchal family and society, while
after the Revolution, in antebellum America, sibling relations
provided order and authority in a more democratic nation. Moreover,
Hemphill explains that siblings serve as the bridge between
generations. Brothers and sisters grow up in a shared family
culture influenced by their parents, but they are different from
their parents in being part of the next generation. Responding to
new economic and political conditions, they form and influence
their own families, but their continuing relationships with
brothers and sisters serve as a link to the past. Siblings thus
experience and promote the new, but share the comforting context of
the old. Indeed, in all races, siblings function as humanity's
shock-absorbers, as well as valued kin and keepers of memory. This
wide-ranging book offers a new understanding of the relationship
between families and history in an evolving world. It is also a
timely reminder of the role our siblings play in our own lives.
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