Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Walking the Streets 2. Deaths and Births in an Immigrant City 3. Laboring People and the Urban Economy 4. Material Conditions 5. Careers 6. Migration, Housing, and Poverty 7. Family Lives 8. Conclusion Appendixes A. Limited Prosopography B. Demographic Conditions of Philadelphia C. Occupational Structure of Philadelphia D. Maritime Economy of Philadelphia E. Distribution of Taxable Wealth in Philadelphia F. Wages and Prices G. Residential Segregation in Philadelphia Index