Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1353/pmh.2023.a909544
Phillip Reid
Abstract: The story of the George in 1805–6 drives home what "British Atlantic" really means. The owner and crew of this ordinary US merchant vessel tried the North Atlantic and Caribbean to make a profit buying, shipping, and selling products—and people—in a commercial environment so dominated by the world's greatest maritime empire that those excluded from the privileges of membership in that empire faced far more adversity than the already considerable hazards posed by the sea and the vagaries of the market. The concerns, ambitions, and challenges of the men of the George , and of those with whom they interacted, come through clearly in a narrative revealed almost completely by surviving primary documents, allowing us aboard the George as the snow's crew experienced the British Atlantic from North America to Ireland to the Caribbean.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1353/pmh.2023.a909546
Reviewed by: Monument Lab:Creative Speculations for Philadelphia ed. by Paul M. Farber and Ken Lum, and: The Battles of Germantown: Effective Public History in America by David W. Young Abby R. Eron Monument Lab: Creative Speculations for Philadelphia. Edited by Paul M. Farber and Ken Lum (Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2020. 336 pp. Illustrations. Cloth, $35.) The Battles of Germantown: Effective Public History in America. By David W. Young. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2019. 294 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. Paper, $29.95; cloth, $109.50; ebook, $29.95.) Contemporary artist Karyn Olivier stepped into one of public history's particularly contentious arenas with her The Battle is Joined (2017), one of twenty Monument Lab commissions documented in the present exhibition catalog. Spread across Philadelphia's public spaces, this nontraditional exhibition revolved around the question, "What is an appropriate monument for the current city of Philadelphia?" In response, Olivier used acrylic mirrors to encase a 1903 memorial to the Battle of Germantown in Vernon Park, located in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. Her visually and conceptually intriguing intervention, though only temporary, disturbed some, as the installation's reflective surface seemed to disappear the hundred-plus-year-old memorial it enclosed. Americans lost the 1777 Battle of Germantown, but it provided momentum for eventual victory in the Revolutionary War. In The Battles of Germantown: Effective Public History in America, which features an image of Olivier's work on its book cover, David W. Young diagnoses Germantown's public history apparatus with an overly narrow focus on this battle and on white colonial history, to the exclusion of more chronologically, racially, and otherwise diverse narratives. Young writes as former executive director of two of Germantown's historic house museums. His book examines, through a series of "battles," the successes and failures of over a century of public history. He offers Germantown as a case study, arguing that the neighborhood has begun to practice "effective public history," that which fosters dialogue and addresses contemporary problems while confronting and amending the historical record's gaps and biases. [End Page 69] Chapter one looks at how Cliveden house and the Historic Germantown consortium revised their interpretative approaches in the first decades of the twenty-first century to reflect Germantown's majority African American population more meaningfully and truthfully. Chapter two considers the Negro Achievement Week celebration in Germantown in 1928. This event was significant as a predecessor to Black History Month, as an expression of Harlem Renaissance artistry and philosophy, and as "the first modern public history program in America" (38). Young analyzes why it was forgotten and discusses how it has since been remembered. Chapter three looks at a failed attempt to enact a Colon
由:纪念碑实验室:创造性的推测费城由保罗M.法伯和肯Lum编辑，和:日耳曼战役:有效的公共历史在美国由大卫W.杨艾比R. Eron纪念碑实验室:创造性的推测费城。Paul M. Farber和Ken Lum编辑(费城:天普大学出版社，2020年)。336页插图。布,35美元)。日耳曼战役:美国有效的公共历史。大卫·w·杨著。(费城:天普大学出版社，2019)294页。插图、地图、注释、参考书目、索引。纸,29.95美元;布,109.50美元;电子书,29.95美元)。当代艺术家Karyn Olivier带着她的作品The Battle is Joined(2017)步入了公共历史上特别有争议的舞台之一，这是本展览目录中记录的20个纪念碑实验室委托之一。这个非传统的展览遍布费城的公共空间，围绕着这样一个问题:“对于现在的费城来说，什么是合适的纪念碑?”作为回应，Olivier用丙烯酸镜子包裹了一座1903年日耳曼战役的纪念碑，该纪念碑位于费城的日耳曼城部分的弗农公园。她在视觉上和概念上的介入虽然只是暂时的，但却扰乱了一些人，因为装置的反射表面似乎消失了它所包含的一百多年历史的纪念。美国人输掉了1777年的日耳曼敦战役，但它为独立战争的最终胜利提供了动力。在《日耳曼战役:美国有效的公共历史》一书中，大卫·w·杨(David W. Young)在书的封面上展示了奥利维尔的作品，他认为日耳曼的公共历史机构过于狭隘地关注这场战役和白人殖民历史，而排除了更多按时间顺序、种族和其他不同的叙述。杨曾担任日耳曼敦两家历史建筑博物馆的执行董事。他的书通过一系列的“战斗”考察了一个多世纪以来公共历史的成功与失败。他以日耳曼镇为例，认为该社区已经开始实践“有效的公共历史”，即在面对和修正历史记录的差距和偏见的同时，促进对话，解决当代问题。第一章着眼于Cliveden house和Historic Germantown财团如何在21世纪的头几十年修改他们的解释方法，以更有意义和真实地反映日耳曼镇的大多数非裔美国人。第二章是1928年日耳曼镇黑人成就周的庆祝活动。这个活动作为黑人历史月的前身，作为哈莱姆文艺复兴艺术和哲学的表达，以及作为“美国第一个现代公共历史项目”，意义重大(38)。杨分析了它被遗忘的原因，并讨论了它是如何被记住的。第三章考察了20世纪五六十年代在日耳曼敦实施威廉斯堡式殖民开发项目的失败尝试。第四章叙述了约翰逊大厦作为地下铁路车站获得认可的过程。作为通往自由的中转站，这个地方的成功取决于它的保密性，这种半隐蔽性给历史学家带来了挑战。第五章着眼于日耳曼城如何解决“空”空间，包括破败的市政厅、停业的房屋博物馆、克莱夫登厨房和一个废弃的住房项目，该项目建在一个陶工的田野(公共墓地)上。对于后者，人们希望更多地了解当地可负担住房的可用性，以及记忆正义和住房正义之间可能存在的紧张关系或融合。不过，总的来说，杨并不回避他工作中的现实。通过他对档案研究和他的选民的承诺，杨为公共历史的实践者树立了一个鼓舞人心的榜样。纪念碑实验室:创造性的猜测费城提出了一个独特的艺术展览的优秀记录。该书的编辑保罗·m·法伯(Paul M. Farber)和肯·林(Ken Lum)教授领导了这个项目。他们和费城壁画艺术的负责人，他们在展览中的合作伙伴，为该卷的第一部分贡献了文章。他们批评这座城市目前的纪念碑收藏，因为他们排除了哪些人和哪些人。目录的大部分，即第二部分，包括20个纪念碑委员会的作品，称为“原型”，然后是反思……
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1353/pmh.2023.a909542
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1353/pmh.2023.a909545
Benjamin J. Swenson
Abstract: During the Mexican-American War (1848–1846), Pennsylvania native and literary giant George Lippard promoted the nation-changing conflict by invoking the heroes and villains of the revolutionary era—most notably Benedict Arnold. An active member of the urban Democratic movement Locofocoism, Lippard used Arnold's infamy to paint political opponents and Mexican War skeptics as traitors while actively seeking to recruit the conflict's hero, General Zachary Taylor, for the presidential election of 1848 as a non-party candidate and antebellum era George Washington. Disillusioned by Taylor's affiliation with the Whig Party, Lippard went on before his death to form a secret society to further his expansionist goals. Although previous historians have examined Lippard's political activities, scholars have overlooked his role in propagating Arnold's traitorous legacy during a contentious period in American history.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1353/pmh.2023.a909547
Reviewed by: Arlen Specter: Scandals, Conspiracies, and Crisis in Focus by Evan Edward Laine, and: Philadelphia Battlefields: Disruptive Campaigns and Upset Elections in a Changing City by John Kromer John J. Kennedy Arlen Specter: Scandals, Conspiracies, and Crisis in Focus. By Evan Edward Laine. (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021. 248 pp. Notes, index. Cloth, $40 ; ebook, $38.) Philadelphia Battlefields: Disruptive Campaigns and Upset Elections in a Changing City. By John Kromer. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2020. 340 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. Paper, $37.95; cloth, $115.50; ebook, $37.95.) Two recent publications add to the growing list of books on topics related to Philadelphia and Pennsylvania politics—one relatively narrow in scope, the other with a much broader focus. Simply titled Arlen Specter, a new biography by Evan Edward Laine, associate professor of history at Thomas Jefferson University and director of the Arlen Specter Center, [End Page 71] examines the complex man who was elected a record five times to the US Senate from the Commonwealth. The book unfolds nonchronologically, exploring Specter's role through various policy debates (the stimulus vote, stem cell research, and LGBTQ rights), interactions with other leaders (Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat, Fidel Castro, and a particularly poignant section on his relationship with Joe Biden), and political challenges (changing parties—several times). In some of these events, such as Iran-Contra, Specter was only a peripheral figure and not central to the overarching story. However, the author wisely begins the book with two separate chapters that effectively outline his considerable impact on American politics and history, while also highlighting the complexity of the person who at times pleased and infuriated both his supporters and critics. Specter was certainly one of the pivotal figures in the rejection of Robert Bork's nomination to the United States Supreme Court in 1987, with the failed nominee himself later reflecting that Specter had played a key role and "did a great deal" to prevent his confirmation. Specter's opposition so enraged many conservatives that, in its aftermath, one representative from central Pennsylvania recommended that Specter stay out of his area at least through hunting season. Another state representative notified Specter of his thoughts in one succinct letter: "Dear Benedict: Go to Hell!" In the final analysis, Laine makes a strong case that the Bork confirmation hearings represented "a watershed change in the landscape of political battles," moving political conflict from behind closed doors to no-holds-barred public spotlight (15). The following chapter details how the tables turned during Clarence Thomas's nomination battle three years later. Assigned by his Republican colleagues on the judiciary committee as the chief inquisitor of Anita Hill (a former aide to Thomas who accused him of sexual harassment), Specter pilloried
书评:艾伦·斯佩克特:丑闻、阴谋和危机聚焦，作者:埃文·爱德华·莱恩;费城战场:在一个变化的城市里，破坏性的竞选和令人不安的选举，作者:约翰·克罗默。埃文·爱德华·莱恩著。(匹兹堡:匹兹堡大学出版社，2021。248页，注释，索引。布料，40美元;电子书,38美元。)费城战场:在一个变化的城市里，破坏性的竞选和令人不安的选举。约翰·克罗默著。(费城:天普大学出版社，2020。340页。插图、注释、索引。纸,37.95美元;布,115.50美元;电子书,37.95美元)。最近出版的两本关于费城和宾夕法尼亚州政治的书又添了一笔——一本涉及面相对狭窄，另一本涉及面更广。托马斯·杰斐逊大学历史学副教授、阿伦·斯佩克特研究中心主任埃文·爱德华·莱恩(Evan Edward Laine)的新传记《阿伦·斯佩克特》(Arlen Specter)的名字很简单，这本传记考察了这位曾创纪录地五次从英联邦当选美国参议院议员的复杂人物。这本书以非时间顺序展开，通过各种政策辩论(刺激计划投票、干细胞研究和LGBTQ权利)、与其他领导人的互动(比尔·克林顿、亚西尔·阿拉法特、菲德尔·卡斯特罗，以及他与乔·拜登关系的一个特别尖锐的章节)和政治挑战(多次改变政党)来探索斯佩克特的角色。在其中一些事件中，比如伊朗门事件，斯佩克特只是一个边缘人物，而不是整个故事的中心人物。然而，作者明智地用两个单独的章节开始了这本书，有效地概述了他对美国政治和历史的重大影响，同时也强调了这个人的复杂性，他有时会让他的支持者和批评者既高兴又愤怒。1987年，罗伯特·博克(Robert Bork)被提名为美国最高法院大法官，但遭到否决，斯佩克特无疑是其中的关键人物之一。后来，被提名失败的博克本人也反映，斯佩克特在阻止他获得确认方面发挥了关键作用，“做了很多事情”。斯佩克特的反对激怒了许多保守派，结果，宾夕法尼亚州中部的一位代表建议斯佩克特至少在狩猎季节不要进入他的地区。另一位州代表在一封简洁的信中告诉了斯佩克特他的想法:“亲爱的本尼迪克特:去死吧!”在最后的分析中，莱恩提出了一个强有力的理由，即博克的确认听证会代表了“政治斗争格局的分水岭变化”，将政治冲突从闭门造车转移到毫无限制的公众聚光灯下(15)。接下来的章节详细描述了三年后克拉伦斯·托马斯的提名之战是如何发生变化的。被司法委员会的共和党同僚指派为安妮塔·希尔(Anita Hill，指控托马斯性骚扰的前助手)的首席检察官，斯佩克特嘲笑她，甚至指责希尔“彻头彻尾的伪证”，并吹嘘希尔的“信誉已经被他的质询摧毁”。回想起来，整个事件是#MeToo运动的先驱，斯佩克特在其中扮演的角色将被许多人铭记，特别是在他在2010年春天改变政党并在民主党初选中失败之后，这次失败为他的政治生涯画上了句号。尽管莱恩做了很多尝试，但最大的问题仍然没有答案。为什么斯佩克特要动用他高超的起诉技巧来破坏博克的提名，然后不久又利用它来为托马斯谋利?有一种解释是，斯佩克特认为法官不应该仅仅基于资格，而应该基于司法哲学而被拒绝，这种解释似乎相当naïve，特别是因为托马斯(尽管他缺乏经验)在整个诉讼过程中几乎没有试图隐藏他的观点，而他的观点与博克的观点并没有明显不同。最后，这一集揭示了一个政治家的特点，他可能有时会让两党选民感到困惑，但毫无疑问，他对美国人的生活产生了非凡的影响，即使对一位美国参议员来说也是如此。另一本书《费城战场》(Philadelphia Battlefields)引人入胜地回顾了这座城市过去几十年里一些最著名和最臭名昭著的政治斗争和怨恨。作者约翰·克罗默(John Kromer)是宾夕法尼亚大学(University of Pennsylvania)的一名讲师，此前曾担任该校主任。
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1353/pmh.2023.a909543
Kerr Houston
Abstract: In his 1682 Frame , in which he outlined his vision for Pennsylvania's government, William Penn wrote that " Governments , like Clocks, go from the motion Men give them." The simile has been occasionally acknowledged by scholars, but no one has considered it closely. An attentive analysis of the passage, though, reveals that it meaningfully related to both republican notions of responsible governance and relevant developments in horology, which had recently yielded increasingly accurate timepieces and a nascent literature recommending specific strategies for regular maintenance in response to changing conditions. Penn's simile thus united two discourses in a deliberate manner that illuminates his moderate republicanism, embodies his interest in appealing to wealthy investors, and suggests that he anticipated that the Pennsylvania government would require periodic interventions.
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Pub Date : 2018-03-15DOI: 10.1525/nr.2012.16.1.135
Elizabeth Lewis Pardoe
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Pub Date : 2017-05-25DOI: 10.5215/pennmaghistbio.135.3.0239
Willian Ewald, Lorianne Updike Toler
photos, transcripts, and notes from: Document I: Twenty-Four Referred Resolutions from the Committee of the Whole Document II: Resolutions Taken from the Proceedings of the Convention July 24–July 26 Document III: Wilson’s Copy of the Pinckney Plan Document IV: Randolph’s Sketch of the Constitution Document V: “Beginning of a Draft with an Outline of the Continuation”
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In Dangerous to Know ,Susan Branson presents the fascinating story of Ann Carson and the author who documented her extraordinary tale, Mary Clark. Born of middle-class parents, Carson experienced the challenges associated with maintaining that identity in the tumultuous economy of the early republic. When her father fell ill and could no longer work, the family was subject to eviction. Carson struck out on her own, opening a china shop while clinging to her middling status. She married John Carson, a sea captain, drunk, and abusive spouse. One can only imagine Carson’s sigh of relief when John went missing for two years and was presumed dead. Carson, vulnerable as a single, working mother, decided to move on with her life and married Richard Smith. But John Carson wasn’t actually dead.
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