Insight Philadelphia : historical essays illustrated / Kenneth Finkel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Finkel, Kenneth, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Description and travel.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Philadelphia (Pa.)--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 13,100 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2018]

Summary:

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 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.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813597454

0813597455