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Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia Philadelphia Topics Work in Progress, April 16, 2009 This document is a topical survey of publications and public history work in and about Philadelphia. So far, the survey includes books, articles, and dissertations with the keyword “Philadelphia” listed in the database America: History and Life (1998-2008) and web sites of historic places linked to gophila.com. This is not a table of contents for the encyclopedia, but a tool for identifying topics of interest and other topics that need greater attention. This project is shared with organizations and the public in keeping with the Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia’s commitment to return benefits to the community. Comments and suggestions are welcome. The survey is available in the form of an Excel database on the web site: http://www.philadelphiaencyclopedia.org Funded by the University of Pennsylvania Press with further support from student assistants at Villanova and St. Joseph’s Universities. Bibliographers: Hillary S. Kativa, Claire Bohall, and Tory O. Harrington Metropolitan Keywords Author or Web Site Sponsor Citation Associated Dates Connections Abele, Julian Tifft, Susan E. "Out of the Shadows." Smithsonian 35 (2005): 100‐106. 1906‐1950 "The First Protest against Slavery in America: Germantown, April 18, 1688." Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society Abolitionism Abel, Michael 107 (2005): 188‐193. 1688‐1750 Germantown But One Race: The Life of Richard Purvis. Albany: State Univ. of Abolitionism Bacon, Margaret Hope New York Press, 2007. 1810‐1898 In the Shadow of the Civil War: Passmore William and the Brandt, Nat and Brandt, Yanna Rescue of Jane Johnson . Columbia: Univ. of South Carolina Abolitionism Kroyt Press, 2007. 1855 "The Pennsylvania Origins of British Abolitionism." Historian 93 Abolitionism Carey, Brycchan (2007): 6‐11. 1680s‐1807 Britain "The Root of Evil: Free Produce and Radical Antislavery, 1820‐ Abolitionism Faulkner, Carol 1860." Journal of the Early Republic 27 (2007): 377‐405. 1820‐1860 Great Britain "'We are Against the Traffik of Men‐Body:' the Germantown Quaker Protest of 1688 and the Origins of Amer. Abolitionism." Abolitionism Gerbner, Katharine PA History 74 (2007): 149‐172. 1688 Germantown "The Life of Elizabeth McClintock Phillips, 1821‐1896: A Story of Family, Friends, Community, and a Self‐Made Woman." Univ. of Abolitionism Hawkes, Andrea Constantine Maine, 2005. 1821‐1896 "'Stranger, Buy…Lest our Mission Fail:' the Complex Culture of Women's Abolitionist Fairs." Amer. Nineteenth‐Century History Abolitionism Jeffrey, Julie Roy 4 (2003): 1‐24. 1830s‐1850s "A Friend Among Quakers." Pennsylvania Heritage 30 (2004): 6‐ Abolitionism Kashatus, William C. 9. 1735‐1784 "Philadelphia Emigrationist Petition, Circa 1792: an Abolitionism Newman, Richard S. Introduction." William and Mary Quarterly 64 (2007): 161‐166. 1792 "Black Hands, Blue Seas: Sailmaker James Forten." Sea History Abolitionism O'Regan, Deirdre 116 (2006): 16‐17. 1800s‐1842 "Africans in the Quaker Image: Anthony Benezet, African Travel Narratives, and Revolutionary‐Era Antislavery." Journal of Early Abolitionism Sassi, Jonathan D. Modern History 10 (2006): 95‐130. 1720s‐1770s Africa "'From Motives of Generosity, as Well as Self‐Preservation:' Thomas Branagan, Colonization, and the Gradual Emancipation Movement." Amer. Nineteenth‐Century History 6 (2005): 121‐ Abolitionism Tomek, Beverly 147. 1804‐1839 Louisiana Purchase "Anthony Benezet's Transformation of Anti‐Slavery Rhetoric." Abolitionism Crosby, David L. Slavery and Abolition 23 3 (2002): 39‐58. 1759‐1760s Douglass, Sarah Mapps and "New Light on Sarah Mapps Douglass and Her Reconciliation Abolitionism Beacon, Margaret Hope with Friends." Quaker History 90 1 (2001): 28‐49. 1830s‐1882 "African Americans in the Early Republic." OAH Magazine of Abolitionism Nash, Gary B. History 14 2 (2000): 12‐16. 1776‐1820s "Not the Only Story in 'Amistad': The Fictional Joadson and the Abolitionism Newman, Richard Real James Forten." Pennsylvania History 67 2 (2000): 218‐239. 1830s‐1840s "She Voted with Her Voice." Civil War Times Illustrated 38 4 Abolitionism Duffy, Joe (1999): 50‐54. 1860‐1932 "The Social and Intellectual Origins of Anthony Benezet's Antislavery Radicalism." Pennsylvania History 66 Supplement Abolitionism Jackson, Maurice (1999): 86‐112. 1742‐1784 "Poetic Justice: Sarah Forten, Eliza Earl and the Paradox of Intellectual Property." New England Quarterly 71 2 (1998): 229‐ Abolitionism Gernes, Todd S. 265. 1830s‐19840s "Politics in a Box: Sarah Mapps Douglass and the Female Literary Association, 1831‐1833. Pennsylvania History 65 3 (1998): 263‐ Abolitionism Lindhorst, Marie 278. 1831‐1833 "John Wanamaker's 'Temple of Patriotism' Defines Early 20th Century Advertising and Brochures." American Journalism 15 2 Advertising Bradley, Patricia (1998): 15‐35. 1861‐1910s Bryn Mawr College Library Special Advertising Collections http://triptych.brynmawr.edu/cdm4/tradecard.php 19c Bryn Mawr "Richard Nixon and the Origins of Affirmative Action." Historian Affirmative Action Kotlowski, Dean J. 60 3 (1998): 523‐541. 1969‐1972 Washington, D.C. "Between the Wars: Life in Germantown between WWI and African American Experience Alexander, Alyce Jackson WWII." Germantown Crier 56 (2006): 44‐49. 1923‐1946 "'The Negro Excursions:' Recreational Outings among African Americans, 1876‐1926." PA Magazine of History and Biography African American Experience Alnutt, Brian E. 129 (2005): 73‐104. 1876‐1926 "Leaving His Mark." American Legacy: Celebrating African African American Experience Elwes, Rachel Layton American History and Culture 10 (2004): 22‐28. 1783‐1850 Caribbean "'Excellence is the Highest Form of Resistance:' African American Reformers in the Pre‐Civil War North." Univ. of Massachusetts, African American Experience Etienne, Germaine Amherst, 2005. 1800‐1850 New York City "'The Pen is Ours to Wield:' Black Literary Society Women in African American Experience Garfield, Michelle Nichole 1830s Philadelphia." Duke University, 2002. 1830s "Race and Tourism in America's First City." Journal of Urban African American Experience Grant, Elizabeth History 31 (2005): 850‐871. 1980s‐2002 Philadelphia's 'Black Mafia:' A Social and Political History. African American Experience Griffin, Sean Patrick Boston: Kluwer Academy, 2003. 1968‐2002 Colored Amazons: Crime, Violence, and Black Women in the City African American Experience Gross, Kali N. of Brotherly Love, 1880‐1910. Durham: Duke Univ. Press, 2006. 1880‐1910 "Searching for Red Lines: Spacial Analysis of Lending Patterns in African American Experience Hillier, Amy Philadelphia, 1940‐1960." PA History 72 (2005): 25‐47. 1940‐1960 "Police‐Black Community Relations in Postwar Philadelphia: Race and Criminalization in Urban Social Spaces, 1945‐1960." African American Experience Johnson, Karl E. Journal of African‐Amer. History 89 (2004): 118‐134. 1945‐1960 "Black Baseball Entrepreneurship in the Quaker City: the Philadelphia Giants and the Rise and Fall of the NACBC." Sports African American Experience Lomax, Michael E. History Review 37 (2006): 100‐129. 1902‐1912 Cuba "Rethinking the End of Black Voting Rights in Antebellum Pennsylvania: Racial Ascriptivism, Partisanship, and Political Development in the Keystone State." Pennsylvania History 72 African American Experience Malone, Christopher (2005): 466‐504. 18c‐1857 Washington, D.C. "The Sultry and Soulful Miss Ethel Waters." Pennsylvania African American Experience McCann, Edward Heritage 29 (2003): 6‐11. 1896‐1977 Chester County "'Men of Colour:' Race, Riots, and Black Firefighters' Struggle for Equality from the AFA to the Valiants." Journal of Social History African American Experience McWilliams, John C. 41 (2007): 105‐125. 1818‐2007 Freedom's Prophet: Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black Founding Fathers. New York: New York University African American Experience Newman, Richard S. Press, 2008. 1760‐1831 "Philadelphia Emigrationist Petition, Circa 1792: an African American Experience Newman, Richard S. Introduction." William and Mary Quarterly 64 (2007): 161‐166. 1792 "The 'Not‐Buying Power' of the Black Community: Urban Boycotts and Equal Employment Opportunity, 1960‐1964." African American Experience Sewell, Stacy Kinlock Journal of African American History 89 (2004): 135‐151. 1960‐1964 Brooklyn "'Moses Williams, Cutter of Profiles:' Silhouettes and African American Identity in the Early Republic." Proceedings of the African American Experience Shaw, Gwendolyn DuBois American Philosophical Society 149 (2005): 22‐39. 1780s‐1803 "Rescuing African American Kidnapping Victims in Philadelphia as Documented in the Joseph Watson Papers at the Hist. Soc. of African American Experience Smith, Eric Ledell PA." PA Magazine of History and Bio 129 (2005): 317‐345. 1826‐1828 Delaware, Maryland "Fanny M. Jackson Coppin and Philadelphia's Institute for African American Experience Smith, Eric Ledell Colored Youth." Pennsylvania Heritage 29 (2003): 6‐11 1866‐1901 "Affirmative Action from Below: Civil Rights, the Building Trades, and the Politics of Race Equality in the Urban North, 1945‐ African American Experience Sugrue, Thomas J. 1969." Journal of Amer. History 91 (2004): 145‐173. 1945‐1969 "Puttin' On a Show: Rituals and Traditions in African American Williams‐Witherspoon, Kimmika L. Theater: Deconstructing the Hidden Transcript in Public African American Experience H. Discourse." Temple University, 2002. 2000‐2001 "The Making and Meaning of James Forten's 'Letters from a Man African American
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