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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797672203321

Autore

Spear Sheldon <1937->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lehigh University Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-61146-208-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Disciplina

974.8

Soggetti

Pennsylvania Biography

Pennsylvania History 1775-1865

Pennsylvania History 1865-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.