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Vorort in der Stadt: Chestnut Hill, Phildelphia, 1850-1990 (Taschenbuch oder Softback
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- Artikelzustand
- ISBN
- 081420581X
- EAN
- 9780814205815
- Manufacturer
- Ohio State University Press
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- Ohio State University Press
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- TP
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Ohio State University Press
ISBN-10
081420581X
ISBN-13
9780814205815
eBay Product ID (ePID)
24038844270
Product Key Features
Book Title
Suburb in the City : Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, 1850-1990
Number of Pages
351 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1995
Topic
United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa)
Features
Reprint
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Book Series
Urban Life and Urban Landscape Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
18.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
92-009820
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
In Suburb in the City, David Contosta tells the story of how Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, once a small milling and farming town, evolved to become both a suburban enclave for wealthy Philadelphians and a part of the city itself. In 1854, the railroad connected Philadelphia and Chestnut Hill and the village was annexed by the city. Attuned to the romantic currents of the age, the wealthy men and women who moved to Chestnut Hill believed that the village's semi-rural surroundings might uplift them physically, spiritually, emotionally, and morally. At the same time, they wanted to continue to enjoy the best that the city had to offer while escaping from its more unpleasant aspects: dirt, crime, disease, and other shortcomings. They thus cultivated a dual identity with both suburb and city. Ironically, this led to a sense of division as prosperous suburbanites held themselves aloof from the resident shopkeepers and domestic servants who provided so many of their creature comforts. Being a suburb in the city also meant that Chestnut Hill could not control its political destiny, as communities outside the municipal limits could. In response, residents developed a number of civic organizations that became a sort of quasi government. Contosta's study of Chestnut Hill thus illuminates the divided and often ambivalent feelings that American hold about their great cities. He includes anecdotes gleaned from dozens of interviews with men and women of many backgrounds--lawyers, nuns, debutantes, grocers, craftsmen, and former servants--who tell of their lives in Chestnut Hill. More than one hundred photographs, many never before published, further enliven this analysis of suburban America. David R. Contosta is Professor of History at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia and is the author of Henry Adams and the American Experiment; Rise to World Power: Selected Letters of Whitelaw Reid, 1895-1912; American in the Twentieth Century; and A Philadelphia Family: The Houstons and Woodwards of Chestnut Hill.
LC Classification Number
F158.68.C45C66 1992
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