This book recreates the daily lives of laboring men and women in America's premier urban center during the second half of the eighteenth century. Billy G. Smith demonstrates how the "lower sort" (as t
The meaning of American history has rarely been contested more fiercely than during the current "culture wars" as Americans battle to define their past.Life in Early Philadelphia can
First published by Penn State Press in 1992, The Infortunate has become a staple for teachers and students of American history. William Moraley's firsthand account of bound servitude provides a rare g
