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OverviewBetween 1845 and 1855, 2 million Irish men and women fled their famine-ravaged homeland, many to settle in large British and American cities that were already wrestling with a complex array of urban problems. In this innovative work of comparative urban history, Matthew Gallman looks at how two cities, Philadelphia and Liverpool, met the challenges raised by the influx of immigrants. Gallman examines how citizens and policymakers in Philadelphia and Liverpool dealt with such issues as poverty, disease, poor sanitation, crime, sectarian conflict, and juvenile delinquency. By considering how two cities of comparable population and dimensions responded to similar challenges, he sheds new light on familiar questions about distinctive national characteristics--without resorting to claims of """"American exceptionalism."""" In this critical era of urban development, English and American cities often evolved in analogous ways, Gallman notes. But certain crucial differences--in location, material conditions, governmental structures, and voluntaristic traditions, for example--inspired varying approaches to urban problem solving on either side of the Atlantic. |This work of comparative history looks at how two rapidly growing cities, Philadelphia and Liverpool, coped with the urban challenges raised by the influx of Irish immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century. Full Product DetailsAuthor: J. Matthew GallmanPublisher: The University of North Carolina Press Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.458kg ISBN: 9780807848456ISBN 10: 080784845 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 31 May 2000 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews[This book] makes an important contribution to both immigration and urban history as well as to the history of public welfare. Reviews in American History Gallman engages in a fascinating way with big questions of the national characters of the United States and Britain.Jon Gjerde, University of California, Berkeley A book that makes a welcome contribution to our understanding of nineteenth-century urban history. Historian This is a truly impressive study of comparative urban development.Roger Lane, Haverford College This book makes an important contribution to both immigration and urban history as well as to the history of public welfare. Reviews in American History Gallman engages in a fascinating way with big questions of the national characters of the United States and Britain.Jon Gjerde, University of California, Berkeley A book that makes a welcome contribution to our understanding of nineteenth-century urban history. Historian This is a truly impressive study of comparative urban development.Roger Lane, Haverford College [This book] makes an important contribution to both immigration and urban history as well as to the history of public welfare.<p> Reviews in American History [This book] makes an important contribution to both immigration and urban history as well as to the history of public welfare. Reviews in American History A book that makes a welcome contribution to our understanding of nineteenth-century urban history. Historian Gallman engages in a fascinating way with big questions of the national characters of the United States and Britain.Jon Gjerde, University of California, Berkeley This is a truly impressive study of comparative urban development.Roger Lane, Haverford College YThis book makes an important contribution to both immigration and urban history as well as to the history of public welfare. Reviews in American History Gallman engages in a fascinating way with big questions of the national characters of the United States and Britain.Jon Gjerde, University of California, Berkeley This is a truly impressive study of comparative urban development.Roger Lane, Haverford College A book that makes a welcome contribution to our understanding of nineteenth-century urban history. Historian Author InformationJ. Matthew Gallman is Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania. His books include Mastering Wartime: A Social History of Philadelphia During the Civil War. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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