Philadelphia is thick with American firsts. Some—including the first zoo, first hospital, first public library, first university, first computer—are well kn
"It is a rare achievement for a historian to match his account of the history of a major site in terms of its original significance with an equally good study o
Offering a new view into the lives and experiences of plebeian men and women, and a provocative exploration of the history of the body itself, Embodied History