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Author : Paul Hogan
Publisher : Management Concepts
ISBN 13 : 9781567260274
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Philadelphia Boyhood written by Paul Hogan and published by Management Concepts. This book was released on 1995-11-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Newman F. McGirr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 11 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (798 download)
Download or read book A Boyhood in Philadelphia written by Newman F. McGirr and published by . This book was released on with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jack Myers
Publisher : Infinity Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0741424797
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (414 download)
Download or read book Row House Days written by Jack Myers and published by Infinity Publishing. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Edward Shils
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226753362
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (533 download)
Download or read book Portraits written by Edward Shils and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1997-06-09 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these vivid portraits of prominent twentieth-century intellectuals, Edward Shils couples the sensitivity of a biographer with the profound knowledge of a highly respected scholar. Ranging as widely across various disciplines as Shils himself did, the essays gathered here share a distaste for faddists who "run with the intellectual mob" and a deep respect for intellectuals who maintain their integrity under great pressure. Highlights include an affectionate treatment of Leo Szilard, the physicist whose involvement with the development of the atomic bomb led him to work ceaselessly to address its social consequences; a discussion of the educational philosophy of Robert Maynard Hutchins, the University of Chicago's fifth and most controversial president; an appreciative account of the Polish emigré Leopold Labedz's well-informed and outspoken resistance to Communism; and an essay about the extraordinary Indian writer Nirad Chaudhuri. Many of these essays have appeared in The American Scholar, edited by Joseph Epstein, who introduces this volume with his own portrait of Edward Shils. "Though professionally a sociologist, Edward Shils was a man of wide cosmopolitan culture and experience, greatly concerned with the public problems of his time: in particular with those created by the rise of new and dangerous ideologies, the frightening possibilities of science, and the apparent abrogation of public responsibility by many Western intellectuals."—Hugh Trevor-Roper The late Edward Shils was a member of the University of Chicago's Committee on Social Thought for forty-five years and a fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge University. His many books include The Calling of Sociology and The Intellectuals and the Powers, both published by the University of Chicago Press.
Author : Timothy W. Lake
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1955041091
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (55 download)
Download or read book The Bergdoll Boys written by Timothy W. Lake and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of a German American family who grew wealthy from their Philadelphia beer brewing company in the late nineteenth century. Heirs to the renowned German-American Bergdoll Beer fortune at a young age, the Bergdoll boys used their millions to become champion race car drivers and pioneer aviation heroes in the early 1900s. Grover, the most notorious, is celebrated for his daring record-setting flights in a Wright Brothers airplane. Erwin drives a powerful Benz to win a prestigious motor car race, the equivalent of the Daytona 500. Then, just as Grover is trying to buy a bigger plane to set more records and attempt to fly to Europe a decade before Lindbergh, they’re snared by vengeful local military draft officials. Running and hiding from their war duty, the fugitives are so reviled by nationalistic Americans that two older brothers change their names to avoid infamy. Eluding capture for years with financial help from their wealthy German Mutter, the Bergdoll boys are entangled with kidnapping and murder, federal agents and bounty hunters, Nazis, and Congressional investigators, and an incredible story of release and escape from an Army jail with bribery, all the way up to the White House to search for buried gold. Hounded by the unsympathetic press and public, and congress, the Bergdoll fortune is confiscated by the federal government. Their doting mother gets into pistol shootouts with agents trying to search their mansions and country estates. Grover remains one step ahead of bungling lawmen by hiding in Germany and secretly traveling into and out of America on fake passports and producing kinderreiche Familie with his attractive German wife.
Author : Howard P. Chudacoff
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814716652
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)
Download or read book Children at Play written by Howard P. Chudacoff and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: Play -- Childhood and play in colonial America -- Domesticating children, 1800-1850 -- The arrival of toys, 1850-1900 -- The invasion of children's play culture, 1900-1950 -- The golden age, 1900-1950 -- The commercialization of children's play, 1950 to the present -- Children's play goes underground, 1950 to the present -- Conclusion
Author : George David Rappaport
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271040696
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Stability and Change in Revolutionary Pennsylvania written by George David Rappaport and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joe L. Frost
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135251665
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)
Download or read book A History of Children's Play and Play Environments written by Joe L. Frost and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-04-02 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children’s play throughout history has been free, spontaneous, and intertwined with work, set in the playgrounds of the fields, streams, and barnyards. Children in cities enjoyed similar forms of play but their playgrounds were the vacant lands and parks. Today, children have become increasingly inactive, abandoning traditional outdoor play for sedentary, indoor cyber play and poor diets. The consequences of play deprivation, the elimination and diminution of recess, and the abandonment of outdoor play are fundamental issues in a growing crisis that threatens the health, development, and welfare of children. This valuable book traces the history of children’s play and play environments from their roots in ancient Greece and Rome to the present time in the high stakes testing environment. Through this exploration, scholar Dr. Joe Frost shows how this history informs where we are today and why we need to re-establish play as a priority. Ultimately, the author proposes active solutions to play deprivation. This book is a must-read for scholars, researchers, and students in the fields of early childhood education and child development.
Author : John Thomas Scharf
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884 written by John Thomas Scharf and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Bamberger
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101218207
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)
Download or read book The Man Who Heard Voices written by Michael Bamberger and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-07-20 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A behind-the-scenes look at the groundbreaking filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan In his relatively young career, M. Night Shyamalan has achieved phenomenal commercial and critical success. His films The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, and The Village have grossed over $1.5 billion and reinvented the thriller genre. Because Shyamalan has worked outside of the Hollywood system, however, his filmmaking habits and personality have remained largely unknown. But reporter Michael Bamberger obtained unprecedented access to Shyamalan during the tumultuous production of his film Lady in the Water, and in The Man Who Heard Voices exposes the struggles and triumphs of this modern-day Hitchcock at work. From revising the screenplay to shooting on location and evaluating the crucial initial test screening, The Man Who Heard Voices tracks all stages in the life of Shyamalan’s film. Bamberger delves into Shyamalan’s relationship with the actors and the studio (he moved from Disney to Warner Bros. for this film) while also profiling various players on set. The result is a fascinating insider portrait of creative genius—and the real-life story behind a Hollywood thriller.
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Publisher : Bunker Hill Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781593730925
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Henry Ossawa Tanner written by and published by Bunker Hill Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated introduction to the life and career of Henry Ossawa Tanner, the first African-American artist to gain international acclaim.
Author : Colleen Lutz Clemens
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625841361
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)
Download or read book Philadelphia Reflections written by Colleen Lutz Clemens and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond the iconic landmarks of Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell is the Philadelphia the locals know. The gritty waterfront district, the vital farming suburbs and the immigrant communities of Germantown and Kensington are all part of the hometown face of Philly. From the bustling streets of the downtown of today and yesteryear to the bingo halls of Allentown and the Middletown Grange Fair, this collection takes the reader on a nostalgic journey through the cityscapes and suburbs. Sixteen of Pennsylvanias finest creative nonfiction writers share their stories of taking SEPTA buses, riding the Wanamakers monorail and kayaking the Schuylkill. This collection of vignettes masterfully reveals the unforgettable histories and colorful traditions that make up the City of Neighborhoods.
Author : John S. Barrett
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1649792158
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (497 download)
Download or read book Beyond the Hedge of Thorns written by John S. Barrett and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2022-12-16 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond the Hedge of Thorns recounts the small moments in the everyday life of a boy growing up in a Pennsylvania mining town during the vanished era when the butcher, grocer, and milkman delivered right to the house, television had not yet arrived, and kids played softball on vacant lots, cruised the woods, and got into more or less innocent trouble. Set against the backgrounds of the Second World War, illnesses not yet banished, and anthracite coal mining, with its machinery, scarred landscapes, profoundly influencing the town’s inhabitants, the boyhood described here was nevertheless a happy one, full of modest adventures in unlikely places. John S. Barrett brings it back to life in these pages with a unique voice and a grand gift for remembering the details, colors, and emotions of those times.
Author : Chantel Lavoie
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 1644533219
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (445 download)
Download or read book Writing through Boyhood in the Long Eighteenth Century written by Chantel Lavoie and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing through Boyhood in the Long Eighteenth Century explores how boyhood was constructed in different creative spaces that reflected the lived experience of young boys through the long eighteenth century—not simply in children’s literature but in novels, poetry, medical advice, criminal broadsides, and automaton exhibitions. The chapters encompass such rituals as breeching, learning to read and write, and going to school. They also consider the lives of boys such as chimney sweeps and convicted criminals, whose bodily labor was considered their only value and who often did not live beyond boyhood. Defined by a variety of tasks, expectations, and objectifications, boys—real, imagined, and sometimes both—were subject to the control of their elders and were used as tools in the cause of civil society, commerce, and empire. This book argues that boys in the long eighteenth century constituted a particular kind of currency, both valuable and expendable—valuable because of gender, expendable because of youth.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Pennsylvania-German written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants.
Author : Leonard Harris
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226317803
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)
Download or read book Alain L. Locke written by Leonard Harris and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-04-02 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alain L. Locke (1886-1954), in his famous 1925 anthology TheNew Negro, declared that “the pulse of the Negro world has begun to beat in Harlem.” Often called the father of the Harlem Renaissance, Locke had his finger directly on that pulse, promoting, influencing, and sparring with such figures as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Jacob Lawrence, Richmond Barthé, William Grant Still, Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Bunche, and John Dewey. The long-awaited first biography of this extraordinarily gifted philosopher and writer, Alain L. Locke narrates the untold story of his profound impact on twentieth-century America’s cultural and intellectual life. Leonard Harris and Charles Molesworth trace this story through Locke’s Philadelphia upbringing, his undergraduate years at Harvard—where William James helped spark his influential engagement with pragmatism—and his tenure as the first African American Rhodes Scholar. The heart of their narrative illuminates Locke’s heady years in 1920s New York City and his forty-year career at Howard University, where he helped spearhead the adult education movement of the 1930s and wrote on topics ranging from the philosophy of value to the theory of democracy. Harris and Molesworth show that throughout this illustrious career—despite a formal manner that many observers interpreted as elitist or distant—Locke remained a warm and effective teacher and mentor, as well as a fierce champion of literature and art as means of breaking down barriers between communities. The multifaceted portrait that emerges from this engaging account effectively reclaims Locke’s rightful place in the pantheon of America’s most important minds.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book New England Stationer and Printer written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
