The Private City: Philadelphia in Three Periods of Its Growth

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University of Pennsylvania Press, 1987 - History - 256 pages
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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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A look at the social history of Philadelphia in three time spans, Revolutionary War time, 1840's and 50's, and 1920's, illustrating how the American attitude of money and business first (thus private property) has run the growth and development of the city. Read full review

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I purchased this book for a Grad-level history course. I have to say that this book is dramatically out of date. For instance (p. xii) "... Today the housekeeping and child raising falls to Women in Philadelphia's families." Well, they probably did IN 1969!!! This book is missing the entire last half century. To say this provides an understanding of the development of Philly is a joke. No idea why this is so often lauded.  

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PART
27
The Big City
48
PART THREE
159
Bibliography of Recent Philadelphia Books
225
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The Private City: Philadelphia in Three Periods of Its Growth
Sam Bass Warner
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Sam Bass Warner
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Sam Bass Warner
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TitleThe Private City: Philadelphia in Three Periods of Its Growth
AuthorSam Bass Warner
Editionillustrated, reprint, revised
PublisherUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, 1987
ISBN0812212436, 9780812212433
Length256 pages
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History / United States / State & Local / General
Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
Social Science / Sociology / Urban
  
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