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So Great a Proffit: How the East Indies Trade Transformed Anglo-American Capitalism. By James R. Fichter
Get PDFSo Great a Proffit is an ambitious book that brings together a tremendous amount of meticulously researched economic data to demonstrate the global scope of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century trade in the East Indies and its impact on American and British business methods. Essentially, James Fichter argues that as competition for the East India trade heightened at the turn of the nineteenth century, both America and Great Britain had to readjust their commercial policies and business models to remain competitive. Although less experienced and initially ill-financed, American merchants remained flexible tochanging business conditions on the ground thanks to the presence of individual supercargo agent
Northerners at War: Reflections on the Civil War Home Front. By J. Matthew Gallman
No full textJ. Matthew Gallman\u27s new collection of essays, Northerners at War, is as much a work of academic autobiography as it is of historical scholarship. Gallman has brought together a collection of eleven previously published essays that, over the years, have not only contributed to our understanding of the Northern home front during the Civil War, but also map out the academic journey and various intellectual pursuits of one of the leading scholars of Pennsylvania\u27s Civil War experience
America\u27s Longest Run: A History of the Walnut Street Theatre. By Andrew Davis
No full textIn this lavishly produced, beautifully illustrated, extensive study of Philadelphia\u27s famous Walnut Street Theatre, Andrew Davis offers scholars of American theater history, architecture, and drama a detailed account of more than two hundred years of survival and transformation in the nation\u27s oldest standing playhouse
Global Philadelphia: Immigrant Communities Old and New. Edited by Ayumi Takenaka and Mary Johnson Osirim
Get PDFPhiladelphia has rarely figured centrally in histories of U.S. immigration; nevertheless the city has been a destination for immigrants for three centuries, and immigrants have played a central role in the region\u27s development. Global Philadelphia explores how Philadelphia has affected immigrants\u27 lives, and how they have in turn shaped Philadelphia. This collection of case studies, gleaned from two Bryn Mawr College conferences in 2005 and 2006, taps into several trends in recent immigration studies: a focus on the transnational, relationships within and between ethnic groups,and a comparative connection between contemporary and historical contexts
Addendum
Get PDFTHIS ADDENDUM addresses several questions regarding the physical disposition of the documents in the James Wilson archive at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and elsewhere: What is the provenance of the Wilson manuscripts? How did they come to the Historical Society and other Philadelphia archives? How did the current ordering of the Committee of Detail documents come about? Because these questions have not been addressed in printed literature and because they provide helpful and relevant insight for scholars interested in Wilson, I attempt briefly to say what is known about these matters
Civil War Issues in Pennsylvania: A Review Essay
Get PDFThe following is an assessment of historical interpretations of Pennsylvania\u27s Civil War in modern literature on the subject. Readers should not expect to see the results of archival discovery or of research in original sources in this article. Nor is this meant to be a bibliography. It is, rather, an appraisal of the problems of interpreting Pennsylvania\u27s role in the Civil War and of the solutions to the problems offered by modern historical writing on the subject. The military contribution of Pennsylvania to the Civil War is likewise beyond our reach here. The bibliography on the Battle of Gettysburg alone would swamp this little article. The focus will be decidedly on the home front—on politics, society, and the economy
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 135, no. 2, April 2011 (Full Issue)
No full textinclude articles:Taming Wild Girls: The Midnight Mission and the Campaign to Reform Philadelphia\u27s Moral Fabric, 1915-1918 (James Adams)Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson\u27s "The Deserted Wife" (Rodney Mader)Exhibit Review: Our House? THe President\u27s House at Independence National Historical Park (Steven Conn), and16 Book Review
David Franks: Colonial Merchant. By Mark Abbott Stern
Get PDFDavid Franks (1720–1793) was one of Philadelphia\u27s earliest Jewish residents and among the region\u27s premier merchants. From the time of the French and Indian War until his death, much of his business activity coincided with political events. Despite Franks\u27s central role in commerce in Pennsylvania, his membership in Philadelphia\u27s elite circles, and his family\u27s prominence in trans-Atlantic trade, no full-length treatment of his life had previously been published. The reason for this omission is likely the absence of any large archival collection dedicated to Franks, making it difficult to compile a coherent record. Mark Abbott Stern,a retired engineer, has located scattered sources and reconstructed the details of Franks\u27s life
Introduction
Get PDFAs the nation launches into a wide array of celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, we are pleased to present this special issue on Pennsylvania during the Civil War. The format we have selected is a bit unusual. Our goal in preparing this volume has been to offer the reader a taste of the vast scholarship on the Keystone State during the war, while also providing some valuable tools for future scholars of all stripes