02858nam 2200505 450 991079767220332120170919045501.01-61146-208-8(CKB)3710000000478566(EBL)4086661(SSID)ssj0001553000(PQKBManifestationID)16171485(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001553000(PQKBWorkID)13820896(PQKB)11692090(MiAaPQ)EBC4086661(EXLCZ)99371000000047856620150903h20152015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPennsylvania histories two hundred years of personalities and events, 1750-1950 /Sheldon SpearLanham, Maryland :Lehigh University Press,[2015]©20151 online resource (207 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61146-209-6 1-61146-207-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.PennsylvaniaBiographyPennsylvaniaHistory1775-1865PennsylvaniaHistory1865-974.8Spear Sheldon1937-1481588MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797672203321Pennsylvania histories3698623UNINA