Sheldon Spear

Pennsylvania Histories

Two Hundred Years of Personalities and Events, 1750-1950

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Pennsylvania Histories examines the state’s history over two hundred years through the study of a number of somewhat obscure yet significant individuals and events. The narrative often confronts issues pertaining to ethnicity, gender, and the social class structure.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lehigh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 493g
• ISBN-13: 9781611462074
• ISBN-10: 161146207X
• Artikelnr.: 43174154

Autorenporträt

Sheldon Spear taught history at the college level for more than thirty-five years.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Introduction
Benjamin A. Bidlack: Unknown DiplomatGeorge Washington Woodward:
Pennsylvania CopperheadTerence V. Powderly: Knight of LaborFrank P.
Slattery, Jr.: Municipal ReformerCongressman Daniel J. Flood: Anthracite
WarriorNortheastern Pennsylvania in American HistoryThe Moravians:
Pennsylvania Dutch MissionariesFrench and British Refugees on the
SusquehannaDemetrius Augustine Gallitzin: Pioneer Priest of the
AllegheniesThomas Cooper: A Radical for All SeasonsThe Origins of
Lackawanna CountyJane Grey Swisshelm: Pioneer Female JournalistThe Burning
of Chambersburg: A Civil War EventThe Centennial Exhibition in
PhiladelphiaHenry Ossawa Tanner: Expatriate Philadelphia
PainterPennsylvania Social History: A Glimpse of Pittsburgh (1880-1918)From
Double Hanging to Double Hanging: Semi-public Executions in Wilkes-Barre
and Tunkhannock, 1893-1909John O'Hara: The Pottsville ConnectionThe Whiz
Kids and the Bums: The National League Pennant Race of 1950Pennsylvania
Children in the Age of AnthraciteThe Origins of Pennsylvania Place
NamesAppendix
Bibliography
Index
About the Author