Philadelphia stories : people and their places in early America /

Philadelphia Stories chronicles the rich lives of twelve of its citizens--men and women, Black and white Americans, immigrants and native born--to explore the city's people and places from the colonial era to the years before the Civil War.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hemphill, C. Dallett, 1959-2015 (Autor)
Otros Autores: Hessinger, Rodney (Editor ), Richter, Daniel K. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021]
Colección:Early American studies.
Temas:
1700-1899
HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775).
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Biography.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > History > 18th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > History > 19th century.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Philadelphia Stories
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • CONTENTS
  • Foreword
  • Introduction. Places and People
  • PART I. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD: THREE COLONIAL MEN OF FAITH
  • Prologue
  • 1. Anthony Benezet
  • 2. Henry Muhlenberg
  • 3. William White
  • PART II. DECLARING INDEPENDENCE: THREE REVOLUTIONARY WIVES
  • Prologue
  • 4. Grace Growden Galloway
  • 5. Anne Shippen Livingston
  • 6. Deborah Norris Logan
  • PART III. STRIVING TO SUCCEED: THREE "SELF-MADE MEN" IN THE NEW NATION
  • Prologue
  • 7. Charles Willson Peale
  • 8. Stephen Girard
  • 9. Joseph Hemphill
  • PART IV. PURSUING AN INCLUSIVE AMERICA: THREE ASPIRING ANTEBELLUM LIVES
  • Prologue
  • 10. Francis Johnson
  • 11. Sarah Thorn Tyndale
  • 12. William Darrah Kelley
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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