Author: Emerson I. MossPublisher:
ISBN: 9780937537022
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
African-Americans in the Wyoming Valley, 1778-1990
Author: Emerson I. MossPublisher:
ISBN: 9780937537022
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Wilkes-Barre
Author: Elena CastrignanoPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738597775
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Wilkes-Barre, founded in 1769, is a city of changes: environmental changes brought on by the Susquehanna River and industrial changes that transformed a quiet farming community into a busy breaker town. When anthracite coal was discovered in the 1800s and massive coal breakers were built, immigrants from eastern, western, and southern Europe began to arrive. As these immigrants arrived, they changed the face of the city, creating their own communities and hamlets. Fortunately for the citizens of the Wyoming Valley, changes continue today, thanks to many forward-thinking men and women who see the potential in something old and take the time to make it new again.
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History
Author: Jack SalzmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Jane Jacobs's First City
Author: Glenna LangPublisher: New Village Press
ISBN: 1613321392
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
A thorough investigation of how Jane Jacobs’s ideas about the life and economy of great cities grew from her home city, Scranton Jane Jacobs’s First City vividly reveals how this influential thinker and writer’s classic works germinated in the once vibrant, mid-size city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, where Jane spent her initial eighteen years. In the 1920s and 1930s, Scranton was a place of enormous diversity and opportunity. Small businesses of all kinds abounded and flourished, quality public education was available to and supported by all, and even recent immigrants could save enough to buy a house. Opposing political parties joined forces to tackle problems, and citizens worked together for the public good. Through interviews with contemporary Scrantonians and research of historic newspapers, city directories, and vital records, author Glenna Lang has uncovered Scranton as young Jane experienced it and shows us the lasting impact of her growing up in this thriving and accessible environment. Readers can follow the development of Jane’s acute observational abilities from childhood through her passion in early adulthood to understand and write about what she saw. Reflecting Jane’s belief in trusting one’s own direct observation above all, this volume has been richly illustrated with historic and modern color images that help bring alive a lost Scranton. The book demonstrates why, at the end of Jacobs’s life, her thoughts and conversations increasingly returned to Scranton and the potential for cohesion and inclusiveness in all cities.
The African American Ethnicity
Author: James Wesley ChesterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
The History of Northeastern Pennsylvania, the Last 100 Years
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ISBN:
Category : Anthracite coal industry
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Dear Mary, Dear Luther
Author: Jill Marie SnyderPublisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496963717
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Dear Mary, Dear Luther reveals through letters the emotional track of a 1930s courtship that leads to a lasting, loving marriage. Luther is the pursuer, always being honest with Mary about where she stands. Step by step, he proclaims his feelings as he progresses from attraction to love. The media often portray African American males as brutes, lacking feelings and deep emotions. Luther’s authentic expressions of romantic love will be a revelation for many. Mary—sassy, feisty and mercurial—is a very smart young lady. She continues to date others until Luther makes it clear she is the only one. She accepts his evolving emotional state, never pushing for a greater commitment than he’s ready to make. It is wonderful to witness this couple’s burgeoning relationship over a period of three and one-half years. Gradually, their intimacy deepens until they reach a point when they both know they’re ready to become man and wife. These letters prove that a great love is attainable by everyone regardless of color or class. We need only the courage to patiently let it bloom.
America, History and Life
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Article abstracts and citations of reviews and dissertations covering the United States and Canada.
Living Here, Profile 1999
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wyoming Valley (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Forgotten Patriots
Author: Eric GrundsetPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
By offering a documented listing of names of African Americans and Native Americans who supported the cause of the American Revolution, we hope to inspire the interest of descendents in the efforts of their ancestors and in the work of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.