Author: Pekin Community High School (Pekin, Ill.). Beginning Civics ClassPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
History of Pekin, Illinois
Author: Pekin Community High School (Pekin, Ill.). Beginning Civics ClassPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Pekin, Illinois
Author: History of Tazewell County, Illinois
Author: Place Names of Illinois
Author: Edward CallaryPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252090705
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
This extensive guide shows how the history and culture of Illinois are embedded in the names of its towns, cities, and other geographical features. Edward Callary unearths the origins of names of nearly three thousand Illinois communities and the circumstances surrounding their naming and renaming. Organized alphabetically, the entries are concise, engaging, and full of fascinating detail revealing the rich ethnic history of the state, the impact of industrialization and the coming of the railroads, and insight into local politics and personalities. Many entries also provide information on local pronunciation, the name’s etymology, and the community’s location, all set in historical and cultural context. A general introduction locates Illinois place names in the context of general patterns of place naming in the United States. An extremely useful reference for scholars of American history, geography, language, and culture, Place Names of Illinois also offers intriguing browsing material for the inquisitive reader and the curious traveler.
Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois
Author: Newton BatemanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
The Pekin Centenary 1849-1949: A Souvenir Book Commemorating 100 Years of Community Progress in the City of Pekin, Illinois
Author: Thomas H. HarrisPublisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN: 9780353320888
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Pekin History
Author: Rob CliftonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pekin (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Sundown Towns
Author: James W. LoewenPublisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1620974541
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
"Powerful and important . . . an instant classic." —The Washington Post Book World The award-winning look at an ugly aspect of American racism by the bestselling author of Lies My Teacher Told Me, reissued with a new preface by the author In this groundbreaking work, sociologist James W. Loewen, author of the classic bestseller Lies My Teacher Told Me, brings to light decades of hidden racial exclusion in America. In a provocative, sweeping analysis of American residential patterns, Loewen uncovers the thousands of "sundown towns"—almost exclusively white towns where it was an unspoken rule that blacks weren't welcome—that cropped up throughout the twentieth century, most of them located outside of the South. Written with Loewen's trademark honesty and thoroughness, Sundown Towns won the Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award, received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and Booklist, and launched a nationwide online effort to track down and catalog sundown towns across America. In a new preface, Loewen puts this history in the context of current controversies around white supremacy and the Black Lives Matter movement. He revisits sundown towns and finds the number way down, but with notable exceptions in exclusive all-white suburbs such as Kenilworth, Illinois, which as of 2010 had not a single black household. And, although many former sundown towns are now integrated, they often face "second-generation sundown town issues," such as in Ferguson, Missouri, a former sundown town that is now majority black, but with a majority-white police force.
The Pekin Centenary 1849-1949
Author: Thomas H HarrisPublisher: Scholar's Choice
ISBN: 9781297030963
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
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Pekin
Author: G. Bradley Publishing, IncorporatedPublisher:
ISBN: 9780943963655
Category : Pekin (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
In 1680 a legendary explorer stood on a high bluff and looked out over the Illinois River. His eyes beheld an abundant land rich in natural resources, a place where a family could live and prosper. He was Sieur LaSalle. Almost 150 years later, Jonathan Tharp and his family, recently arrived from Ohio, planted, endured and laid the foundation of a dynamic community. Far-sighted entrepreneurs like Teis Smith, George Herget, and George Ehrlicher helped make Pekin a thriving city of small businesses and major industry. At the turn of the century, with an abundance of grain, an excellent water supply and rail facilities, Pekin was awash with "rivers of beer and oceans of whiskey." The making of Pekin was not only defined in smokestacks and industry, but also in the diversity of its people; blue-shirted workmen like some in the German community that occupied "Bean Town" and the Italians that worked the mines. Today, Pekin residents now take pride in their churches, schools, social services, exciting sports' programs, music and entertainment. They also take pride in their independent, creative leaders: like political great Everett Dirksen; nationally recognized Richard Stolley and John McNaughton; and Pekin's own "top gun" Scott Altman. There is much to be proud of in Pekin. And the original pioneers would be surprised and proud of the city's annual Marigold Festival with its 100,000 visitors. Within the pages of this book, the 175 years of Pekin's rich history comes alive through photographs which serve as windows on the past. These time capsules help us to share in the excitement and vitality of a city on the grow.--Book jacket.