The Baltimore Book

The Baltimore Book
Author: Elizabeth Fee
Publisher: Temple University Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1993-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1566391849

Baltimore has a long, colorful history that traditionally has been focused on famous men, social elites, and patriotic events. The Baltimore Book is both a history of "the other Baltimore" and a tour guide to places in the city that are important to labor, African American, and women's history. The book grew out of a popular local bus tour conducted by public historians, the People's History Tour of Baltimore, that began in 1982. This book records and adds sites to that tour; provides maps, photographs, and contemporary documents; and includes interviews with some of the uncelebrated people whose experiences as Baltimoreans reflect more about the city than Francis Scott Key ever did.The tour begins at the B&O Railroad Station at Camden Yards, site of the railroad strike of 1877, moves on to Hampden-Woodbury, the mid-19th century cotton textile industry's company town, and stops on the way to visit Evergreen House and to hear the narratives of ex-slaves. We travel to Old West Baltimore, the late 19th-century center of commerce and culture for the African American community; Fells Point; Sparrows Point; the suburbs; Federal Hill; and Baltimore's "renaissance" at Harborplace. Interviews with community activists, civil rights workers, Catholic Workers, and labor union organizers bring color and passion to this historical tour. Specific labor struggles, class and race relations, and the contributions of women to Baltimore's development are emphasized at each stop. Author note: Elizabeth Fee is Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management of The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health.Linda Shopes is Associate Historian at the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.Linda Zeidman is Professor of History and Economics at Essex Community College.

William and Henry Walters, the Reticent Collectors

William and Henry Walters, the Reticent Collectors
Author: William R. Johnston
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 352
Release: 1999-10-25
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780801860409

Surprisingly, the story of how William Walters and his son Henry created one of the finest privately assembled museums in the United States has not been told."--BOOK JACKET.

Financial History of the United States

Financial History of the United States
Author: Paul Studenski
Publisher: Beard Books
Total Pages: 548
Release: 2003-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781587981753

An examination of how political issues influence public finance.

The Financial History of Baltimore (Classic Reprint)

The Financial History of Baltimore (Classic Reprint)
Author: J. H. Hollander
Publisher:
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2016-06-27
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781332793358

Excerpt from The Financial History of Baltimore Hon. Ferdinand C. Latrobe has discussed many phases Of the work in the light of a long and intimate acquaintance with municipal affairs. Hon. Thomas G. Hayes has made repeated sacrifices of time and effort to elucidate legal aspects of municipal development. Hon. Alcaeus Hooper, Mr. Mendes Cohen, Mr. Theodore Marburg, Mr. E. Glenn Perine have read portions Of the monograph in manuscript or in proof and have made helpful criticisms. Mr. N. Mur ray Oi the Johns Hopkins University has given valuable suggestions as to form and arrangement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.