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New Philadelphia : an archaeology of race in the heartland / / Paul A. Shackel



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Autore: Shackel Paul A Visualizza persona
Titolo: New Philadelphia : an archaeology of race in the heartland / / Paul A. Shackel Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley [Calif.], : University of California Press, c2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 p.)
Disciplina: 977.3/453
Soggetto topico: Excavations (Archaeology) - Illinois - New Philadelphia
Community life - Illinois - New Philadelphia - History
Cultural pluralism - Illinois - New Philadelphia - History
Soggetto geografico: New Philadelphia (Ill.) History
New Philadelphia (Ill.) Antiquities
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Chapter 1. The Settlement of New Philadelphia -- Chapter 2. Expansion and Decline -- Chapter 3. It Was Never Lost -- Chapter 4. From Grass Roots to a National Movement -- Chapter 5. The First Field Season -- Chapter 6. Race and the Illusion of Harmony -- Chapter 7. The Apple Festival and National Significance -- Chapter 8. Family Reunion and Division -- Chapter 9. Three Generations of Building and One Hundred Years of Living in New Philadelphia -- Chapter 10. A Case for Landmark Status -- Chapter 11. Some Thoughts, but Not the Final Word -- Appendix -- References -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: New Philadelphia, Illinois, was founded in 1836 by Frank McWorter, a Kentucky slave who purchased his own freedom and then acquired land on the prairie for establishing a new-and integrated-community. McWorter sold property to other freed slaves and to whites, and used the proceeds to buy his family out of slavery. The town population reached 160, but declined when the railroad bypassed it. By 1940 New Philadelphia had virtually disappeared from the landscape. In this book, Paul A. Shackel resurrects McWorter's great achievement of self-determinism, independence, and the will to exist. Shackel describes a cooperative effort by two universities, the state museum, the New Philadelphia Association, and numerous descendents to explore the history and archaeology of this unusual multi-racial community.
Titolo autorizzato: New Philadelphia  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-91789-7
9786612917899
0-520-94783-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910785341403321
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