Author: Robert I. Alotta
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Tracing street name origins in Philadelphia is like following the trail of American history. It winds, it rolls, it leads you to unexpected places.
Mermaids, Monasteries, Cherokees, and Custer
Author: Robert I. Alotta
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Tracing street name origins in Philadelphia is like following the trail of American history. It winds, it rolls, it leads you to unexpected places.
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Tracing street name origins in Philadelphia is like following the trail of American history. It winds, it rolls, it leads you to unexpected places.
Street Names of Philadelphia
Author: Robert I. Alotta
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Information covers entire Philadelphia county and city.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Information covers entire Philadelphia county and city.
Street Names of Philadelphia
Author: Robert I. Alotta
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Street names
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Street names
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
The Address Book
Author: Deirdre Mask
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1250134781
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Finalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction | One of Time Magazines's 100 Must-Read Books of 2020 | Longlisted for the 2020 Porchlight Business Book Awards "An entertaining quest to trace the origins and implications of the names of the roads on which we reside." —Sarah Vowell, The New York Times Book Review When most people think about street addresses, if they think of them at all, it is in their capacity to ensure that the postman can deliver mail or a traveler won’t get lost. But street addresses were not invented to help you find your way; they were created to find you. In many parts of the world, your address can reveal your race and class. In this wide-ranging and remarkable book, Deirdre Mask looks at the fate of streets named after Martin Luther King Jr., the wayfinding means of ancient Romans, and how Nazis haunt the streets of modern Germany. The flipside of having an address is not having one, and we also see what that means for millions of people today, including those who live in the slums of Kolkata and on the streets of London. Filled with fascinating people and histories, The Address Book illuminates the complex and sometimes hidden stories behind street names and their power to name, to hide, to decide who counts, who doesn’t—and why.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1250134781
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Finalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction | One of Time Magazines's 100 Must-Read Books of 2020 | Longlisted for the 2020 Porchlight Business Book Awards "An entertaining quest to trace the origins and implications of the names of the roads on which we reside." —Sarah Vowell, The New York Times Book Review When most people think about street addresses, if they think of them at all, it is in their capacity to ensure that the postman can deliver mail or a traveler won’t get lost. But street addresses were not invented to help you find your way; they were created to find you. In many parts of the world, your address can reveal your race and class. In this wide-ranging and remarkable book, Deirdre Mask looks at the fate of streets named after Martin Luther King Jr., the wayfinding means of ancient Romans, and how Nazis haunt the streets of modern Germany. The flipside of having an address is not having one, and we also see what that means for millions of people today, including those who live in the slums of Kolkata and on the streets of London. Filled with fascinating people and histories, The Address Book illuminates the complex and sometimes hidden stories behind street names and their power to name, to hide, to decide who counts, who doesn’t—and why.
Real Philly History, Real Fast
Author: James F. Murphy
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 1439919240
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
A unique, fast, and quirky guide to Philadelphia's heroes and historic sites
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 1439919240
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
A unique, fast, and quirky guide to Philadelphia's heroes and historic sites
The City of Philadelphia as it Appears in the Year 1893
Author: Frank Hamilton Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
An Individual Note
Author: Daphne Oram
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910221112
Category : Electronic music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Daphne Oram (1925-2003) was one of the central figures in the development of British experimental electronic music. Having declined a place at the Royal College of Music to become a music balancer at the BBC, she went on to become the co-founder and first director of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. In 1972, she authored her only book, 'An Individual
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910221112
Category : Electronic music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Daphne Oram (1925-2003) was one of the central figures in the development of British experimental electronic music. Having declined a place at the Royal College of Music to become a music balancer at the BBC, she went on to become the co-founder and first director of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. In 1972, she authored her only book, 'An Individual
Row House Days
Author: Jack Myers
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
ISBN: 0741424797
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Fictionalized memoir which explores the dynamics of being raised in a declining Southwest Philadelphia neighborhood. Pint-sized and four-eyed, little Jimmy Morris is near the bottom of the food chain in his working class "streetcar suburb" of Kings Cross. He's a dreamer, schemer, schoolyard scrapper, secret lover of books, and classroom clown ... a kid you can't decide whether to hug or to slap. Meanwhile, the conformity of the 1950s is yielding to those turbulent '60s. Yes, the times they definitely were a changin' with Kings Cross in the eye of the societal storm.
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
ISBN: 0741424797
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Fictionalized memoir which explores the dynamics of being raised in a declining Southwest Philadelphia neighborhood. Pint-sized and four-eyed, little Jimmy Morris is near the bottom of the food chain in his working class "streetcar suburb" of Kings Cross. He's a dreamer, schemer, schoolyard scrapper, secret lover of books, and classroom clown ... a kid you can't decide whether to hug or to slap. Meanwhile, the conformity of the 1950s is yielding to those turbulent '60s. Yes, the times they definitely were a changin' with Kings Cross in the eye of the societal storm.
The Philadelphia Country House
Author: Mark E. Reinberger
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421411636
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
Cedar Grove, The Cliffs, Grumblethorpe, Mount Airy, Bartram's House and Garden: Accommodation of the Vernacular
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421411636
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
Cedar Grove, The Cliffs, Grumblethorpe, Mount Airy, Bartram's House and Garden: Accommodation of the Vernacular
The Killers
Author: George Lippard
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812246241
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Killers is a tale of gang violence, revenge, kidnapping, racial and ethnic conflict, international intrigue, and working-class triumph. Based on the real-life events of a Philadelphia race riot, this long-out-of-print sensational novella showcases the political and literary interests of its author, bestselling novelist George Lippard.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812246241
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Killers is a tale of gang violence, revenge, kidnapping, racial and ethnic conflict, international intrigue, and working-class triumph. Based on the real-life events of a Philadelphia race riot, this long-out-of-print sensational novella showcases the political and literary interests of its author, bestselling novelist George Lippard.