The Peoples of Philadelphia
Subtitle: A History of Ethnic Groups and Lower-Class Life, 1790-1940 (Pennsylvania Paperbacks)
Contributors: Allen, F. Davis (Editor); Mark, H. Haller (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: November 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780812216707
Subjects: Social groups & communities; Social history; 20th century; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Minorities; Pennsylvania - Local History; Race And Ethnic Relations; History - U.S.; Philadelphia; History: American; USA; Minority Studies - Ethnic American; United States - State & Local - General; History / United States / State & Local; Social Science-Minority Studies - Ethnic American; Ethnic relations; Poor; Discrimination & Racism; History; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia (Pa.)
First sentence: Sam Bass Warner in his important study of eighteenth-century Philadelphia maintained that the city had an "open society and economy" and that "prosperity" was "commonplace."