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Philadelphia : a 300 year history / editor, Russell F. Weigley, associate editors, Nicholas B. Wainwright, Edwin Wolf, 2nd.
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--History.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Athenaeum of Philadelphia--Members--Works.
- Athenaeum of Philadelphia.
- Local Subjects:
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--History.
- Genre:
- History
- Physical Description:
- x, 842 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : W.W. Norton
- Summary:
- In this book, the first comprehensive history of Philadelphia to be written in nearly three-quarters of a century, the reader will discover a rich and colorful portrait of one of America's most vital, interesting, and illustrious cities. Philadelphia: A 300-Year History traces the political, artistic, physical, and social evolution of the city and illumines its very special spirit--how it has changed in response to the demands of three centuries, and how, in many fascinating respects, it has remained the same as it was in William Penn's day.
- Contents:
- The founding / Mary Maples Dunn and Richard S. Dunn
- Village into town / Edwin B. Bronner
- Town into city / Theodore Thayer
- The revolutionary city / Harry M. Tinkcom
- The federal city / Richard G. Miller
- The Athens of America / Edgar P. Richardson
- The age of Nicholas Biddle / Nicholas B. Wainwright
- Industrial development and social crisis / Elizabeth M. Geffen
- The border city in Civil War / Russell F. Weigley
- The centennial city / Dorothy Gondos Beers
- The iron age / Nathaniel Burt and Wallace E. Davies
- Progressivism / Lloyd M. Abernethy
- The city embraces "normalcy" / Arthur P. Dudden
- Depression and war / Margaret B. Tinkcom
- Rally and relapse / Joseph S. Clark and Dennis J. Clark
- The bicentennial city / Stephanie G. Wolf
- Epilogue / Edwin Wolf.
- Notes:
- "A Barra Foundation book."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- British Library not licensed to copy 0.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Copy 2 (RBC): illuminated presentation copy from the Barra Foundation .
- Edwin Wolf, 2nd was a member of the Athenaeum.
- ISBN:
- 0393016102
- 9780393016109
- OCLC:
- 8532897
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