Reconstructing the social and architectural landscape of Southwark, Philadelphia, 1795-1800
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1991
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University of Delaware
Abstract
This paper investigates the demographic and architectural landscapes of Southwark, Philadelphia, in the 1790's and suggests the inter-relationship of the human and built environments in an urban area. ☐ Employing the method of limited prosopography, this study draws on a database representing all taxable properties and reported residents of Southwark. Three street directories and two property tax lists were entered into two computer databases, one for demographic data and the other for architectural data. The two databases were merged yielding a comprehensive body of data on individuals in Southwark, and revealing patterns of housing, occupation, and gender interpreted in relation to the topography of the urban district. ☐ Findings include the observation that occupational class and housing conditions were closely linked and organized across the streetscape in relationship to prominent work sites. Waterfront maritime trade and inland craft production were pivotal to the architectural and demographic organization of Southwark.
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"Copyrighted materials in this document have not been filmed at the request of the author. They are available for consultation, however, in the author’s university library. [Omitted are] P. 30-37: Figures 1-9; P. 57-61: Figures 10-14"--Two unnumbered pages inserted by UMI between pages 29 and 38 and between pages 56 and 62.