The Private City: Philadelphia in Three Periods of Its Growth by Jr., Sam Bass Warner Jr.

The Private City: Philadelphia in Three Periods of Its Growth

Jr., Sam Bass Warner Jr.

256 pages first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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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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