Pennsylvania histories : two hundred years of personalities and events, 1750-1950 / Sheldon Spear.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spear, Sheldon, 1937- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pennsylvania--Biography.

Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania--History--1775-1865.

History.

Pennsylvania--History--1865-.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 183 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bethlehem : Lehigh University Press, [2015]

Summary:

This book offers a consciously eclectic approach to the rich history of Pennsylvania in the period from 1740 to 1950. Combining original research with syntheses of relevant work by other historians, Pennsylvania Histories: Tow Hundred Years of Personalities and Events, 1750-1950 seeks to appeal to both professional historians and general readers by presenting a range of significant individuals, groups, and events that are likely to be less familiar to audiences interested in the history of Pennsylvania. The Moravians, for example, emerge as a denomination whose involvement in proselytization activities sets them apart from the quietism of the Amish and other well-known sects. Although the book concentrates on Pennsylvania, the subject matter is also germane to wider issues in the areas of economics, race and ethnicity, religion, and gender studies. Among the many topics discussed, Pennsylvania Histories considers the French and British refugees who settled near the Susquehanna River during the late eighteenth century, the burning of the town of Chambersburg by Confederate raiders in 1864, and the semi-public executions in Pennsylvania towns that persisted into the early twentieth century. Book jacket.

Contents:

Benjamin A. Bidlack: unknown diplomat

George Washington Woodward: Pennsylvania Copperhead

Terence V. Powderly: Knight of Labor

Frank P. Slattery, Jr.: municipal reformer

Congressman Daniel J. Flood: anthracite warrior

Northeastern Pennsylvania in American history

The Moravians: Pennsylvania Dutch missionaries

French and British refugees on the Susquehanna

Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin: pioneer priest of the Alleghenies

Thomas Cooper: a radical for all seasons

The origins of Lackawanna County

Jane Grey Swisshelm: pioneer female journalist

The burning of Chambersburg: a Civil War event

The Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia

Henry Ossawa Tanner: expatriate Philadelphia painter

Pennsylvania social history: a glimpse of Pittsburgh (1880-1918)

From double hanging to double hanging: semi-public executions in Wilkes-Barre and Tunkhannock, 1893-1909

John O'Hara: the Pottsville connection

The Whiz Kids and the Bums: the National League pennant race of 1950

Pennsylvania children in the age of anthracite

The origins of Pennsylvania place names.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781611462074

161146207X

OCLC:

913609636