{"product_id":"insight-philadelphia-historical-essays-illustrated-hardback-9780813597447","title":"Insight Philadelphia; Historical Essays Illustrated (Hardback) 9780813597447","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eInsight Philadelphia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHistorical Essays Illustrated\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKenneth Finkel (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813597447\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 July 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages, 78 b-w photographs\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.626 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.kctv5.com\/white-violence-and-black-protests-during-the-1918-flu-have-a-lesson-for-today\/article_4bfe80ae-1f8f-56df-b91f-20a2a3d7fd7e.html\"'\u003e\"White violence and Black protests during the 1918 flu have a lesson for today\" by Kristen Rogers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e— KCTV-5 (Kansas City)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/opinion\/commentary\/philadelphia-history-museum-atwater-kent-philadelphia-closed-20180709.html\"'\u003e\"To honor Philly's past, we don't need an old-school museum,\" by Kenneth Finkel\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e— Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/hiddencityphila.org\/2018\/09\/new-book-gives-insight-into-uncovering-philly-history\/\"'\u003e\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/hiddencityphila.org\/2018\/09\/new-book-gives-insight-into-uncovering-philly-history\/\"' rel='\"bookmark\"' title='\"Permanent' link to new book gives insight into uncovering philly history\u003eNew Book Gives Insight Into Uncovering Philly History\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/hiddencityphila.org\/2018\/09\/new-book-gives-insight-into-uncovering-philly-history\/\"'\u003e\" by Mickey Herr \u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e— Hidden City Philadelphia\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/scholarlycommunication\/2018\/07\/09\/from-blog-post-to-book-an-interview-with-kenneth-finkel\/\"'\u003e\"From Blog Post to Book: An Interview with Kenneth Finkel\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e— Temple.edu\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/www2.philly.com\/philly\/opinion\/philly-history-bicentennial-fire-hydrants-commentary-20180810.html\"'\u003e\"Celebrating our history requires seeing our history, warts and all,\" by Kenneth Finkel\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e— Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Kenneth Finkel is Philadelphia's best historian and a virtuoso story teller. With graceful words and memorable old photographs, his essays transport us to forgotten moments when, we learn with surprise and delight, big things happened.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— David B. Brownlee, Frances Shapiro-Weitzenhoffer Professor of the History of Art, University of Pennsylvania\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/02\/16\/health\/1918-flu-lessons-philadelphia-race-riots-wellness\/index.html\"'\u003e\"White violence and Black protests during the 1918 flu have a lesson for today,\" by Kristen Rogers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e— CNN.com\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Finkel offers a well-written and refreshing work bringing Philadelphia's past and present to life. His meticulous attention to detail, storytelling, and photographic images situates the reader in an imaginary ambience of traveling the city's streets and old neighborhoods. Its contribution to historical scholarship lies in uncovering some of the lost stories and rediscoveries of the past contained in hundreds of thousands of historical photographs.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e— Pennsylvania History\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"No one knows the iconic as well as the forgotten nooks and crannies of Philadelphia and its history better than Kenneth Finkel. Inspired by evocative archival photographs, these lively, thought-provoking essays connect the past to the present of a great city.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Kathleen A. Foster, The Robert L. McNeil, Jr., senior curator of American Art, and director, Center for American Art\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"This book is alive and well; a cornucopia of the arcane and the obvious tightly constructed and tailor-made for the stop-and-go reader....The book is much more than this isolated specimen of sprightly sentence construction. There is a broad spectrum of social and historical issues confronted and succinctly analyzed.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Speckled Paw Coffee\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"From a city long overshadowed by the Liberty Bell, Kenneth Finkel pries tantalizing pieces of a past little known or even remembered that shape Philadelphia today.  'Place matters,' he argues. And then proves it—again and again—with his trademark wit and insight.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Rick Nichols, journalist and lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Recommended.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Choice\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/player.fm\/series\/pa-books-on-pcn-1204414\/insight-philadelphia-historical-essays-illustrated-with-kenneth-finkel\"'\u003ePA Books on PCN \"Insight Philadelphia: Historical Essays Illustrated\" with Kenneth Finkel\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e— PA Books\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"In this wide-ranging and informative tour of Philadelphia past and present, drawn from his popular blog posts, Kenneth Finkel offers witty and often gently irreverent glimpses of the city's colorful people and places.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e— Elizabeth Milroy, Drexel University\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/opinion\/commentary\/race-riots-of-yore-20180727.html\"'\u003e\"100 years ago, South Philadelphia saw violent race riots,\" by Kenneth Finkel\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e— Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/segments\/a-1918-race-war-and-its-ties-to-philadelphias-present\/\"'\u003e\"A 1918 'race war' and its ties to Philadelphia's present\" by Avi Wolfman-Arent\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e— WHYY\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eEach of the nearly 100 essays in Insight Philadelphia tells a succinct, compelling, and little-known tale of the city's past. Some stories are quirky, like how early gas stations were designed to resemble classical temples, or the saga of how a museum acquired a 2000-year-old Greek statue, then had it demolished with a sledgehammer. Other stories turn serious, exploring the tragic deaths of child laborers in the city's textile mills and a century-old case of racial profiling that led to a stationhouse murder. Historian Kenneth Finkel introduces readers to the many brave souls and colorful characters who left their mark on the city, from the Irish immigrant \"coal heavers\"—who initiated the nation's first general strike—to the teenage Josephine Baker making a flashy debut on the Philadelphia stage.\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e  Illustrated with scores of rare archival images, \u003ci\u003eInsight Philadelphia\u003c\/i\u003e will give readers a new appreciation for the people and places that make the City of Brotherly Love so unique. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eTABLE OF CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e PREFACE\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER 1 – DEFINING THE CITY\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER 2 – THE NEIGHBORHOODS\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER 3 - ARCHITECTURE \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e URBAN DESIGN\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER 4 – PRESERVATION \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e STEWARDSHIP\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER 5 - IMPROVEMENTS\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER 6 – INNOVATION \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e INDUSTRY\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER 7 – FOOD\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER 8 - FIRES \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e DISASTERS\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER 9 – RIOTS, UPHEAVAL \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e PROTESTS\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER 10 - PERFORMANCE \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e ENTERTAINMENT\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER 11 - ART, PUBLIC ART \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e LANDMARKS\u003cbr\u003e ACKNOWLEDGMENTS\u003cbr\u003e INDEX\u003cbr\u003e ABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52563729809688,"sku":"9780813597447","price":92.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/insight-philadelphia-historical-essays-illustrated-hardback-9780813597447","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}