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Philadelphia : a 300 year history / editor, Russell F. Weigley, associate editors, Nicholas B. Wainwright, Edwin Wolf, 2nd.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton, c1982.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 842 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0393016102
  • 9780393016109
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • F158.3 .P5664 1982
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.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks F158.3.P5664 1982 1 Available 33710001256192

"A Barra Foundation book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.