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Philadelphia : a 300 year history

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Contributors: Weigley, Russell Frank., Wainwright, Nicholas B., Wolf, Edwin, 1911-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton, c1982.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects and Genres:
Philadelphia (Pa.) > History.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia, 1681-1982
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Table of 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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