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Allegheny City : a history of Pittsburgh's North Side / Dan Rooney and Carol Peterson ; with a foreword by Brian O'Neill.
Van Pelt Library F159.P66 A448 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rooney, Dan, 1932-2017.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Neighborhoods.
- History.
- Historic buildings.
- North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)--History.
- North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
- Pittsburgh (Pa.)--History.
- Pittsburgh (Pa.).
- Manchester (Pittsburgh, Pa.)--History.
- Manchester (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
- Buildings--North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
- Buildings.
- Buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Buildings--Manchester (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
- Historic buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Neighborhoods--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--History.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 250 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2013]
- Contents:
- Beginnings in wilderness: the Colonial Era to 1840
- Allegheny's early boom: the 1840s to the Civil War
- Conflict and newfound prosperity: Allegheny in the Civil War
- The boom continues: the Civil War to 1877
- The heyday of the middle class: 1877-1890
- The city of millionaires: Allegheny's elite, 1890-1910
- Annexation: 1907
- Middle-class and working-class Allegheny: 1890-1910
- Maturity and stability: 1910-1930
- The Great Depression and World War: 1930-1950
- Decline and rejuvenation: 1950 to the present
- Afterword.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780822944225
- 0822944227
- OCLC:
- 822028652
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