The private city : Philadelphia in three periods of its growth

Author(s)

• Warner, Sam Bass

Bibliographic Information

The private city : Philadelphia in three periods of its growth

Sam Bass Warner, Jr.

University of Pennsylvania Press, c1987

2nd ed.

• : pbk.

Note

Bibliography: p. 225-244

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: pbk. ISBN 9780812212433

Description

This award-winning book charts the unfolding, from the Revolutionary War to the Great Depression, of the American tradition of city building and city living, using Philadelphia as a resonant example.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Intorduction to the Second Edition PART ONE: THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY TOWN 1- The Environment of Private Opportunity 2- War and the Limits of the Tradition PART TWO: THE BIG CITY 1830-1860 3- Spatial Patterns of Rapid Growth 4- Industrialization 5- The Specialization of Leadership 6- Municipal Institutions 7- Riots and the Restoration of Public Order PART THREE: THE INDUSTRIAL METROPOLIS 8- The Structure of the Metropolis 9- Some Metropolitan Districts 10- The Industrial Metropolis as an Inheritance Bibliography of Recent Philadelphia Books Notes to Tables in Text

Volume

ISBN 9780812280616

Description

This award-winning book charts the unfolding, from the Revolutionary War to the Great Depression, of the American tradition of city building and city living, using Philadelphia as a resonant example.

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Details

• NCID: BA04327979
• ISBN:
  • 081228061X
  • 0812212436
• LCCN: 86025124
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Philadelphia
• Pages/Volumes: xxvi, 256 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : F158.3
  • DC19 : 974.8/11
  • NDLC : GH161
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History