| City Contented, City Discontented: A History of Modern Harrisburg Contributor(s): Beers, Paul (Author), Barton, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 098395710X ISBN-13: 9780983957102 Publisher: Midtown Scholar Press OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) |
| Physical Information: 1.34" H x 5.9" W x 8.55" (1.44 lbs) 424 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In City Contented, City Discontented: A History of Modern Harrisburg, award-winning journalist Paul Beers (1931-2011) reveals how contemporary Harrisburg came to be what it is. In a masterful series of essays, Beers charts the capital's development from a City Beautiful, with its celebrated public spaces and premier educational institutions, through the fractures of race riots and the catastrophic challenges of flood and near-nuclear meltdown. Beers employs the well-honed skills of a veteran reporter to craft fascinating character sketches of prominent leaders and humble citizens alike, intertwining their dramatic personal stories with a compelling survey of the region's society, politics, and culture in the twentieth century. |
Contributor Bio(s): Beers, Paul: - Paul Beers (1931-2011) won awards for his reporting from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association and the American Political Science Association. He was a Pulitzer Prize nominee and a Professional Journalism Fellow at Stanford. In 1980, Penn State Press published his Pennsylvania Politics Today and Yesterday: The Tolerable Accommodation.Barton, Michael: - Michael Barton is Professor of American Studies and Social Science and Director of the Center for Pennsylvania Culture Studies at Penn State Harrisburg. |