PITTSBURGH: THE STORY OF AN AMERICAN CITY By Stefan Lorant - Hardcover
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Hardcover
- Publication Name
- Derrydale Press
- ISBN-10
- 0967410304
- ISBN
- 9780967410302
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Derrydale Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0967410304
ISBN-13
9780967410302
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1625589
Product Key Features
Edition
5
Book Title
Pittsburgh, the Story of an American City : the Millennium Edition
Number of Pages
776 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / State & Local / General, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa)
Publication Year
2000
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.7 in
Item Weight
0.1 Oz
Item Length
11.2 in
Item Width
8.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
99-066641
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
974.8/86
Edition Description
Enlarged edition,Revised edition
Table Of Content
Chapter 1 Forts in the Wilderness Chapter 2 Gateway to the West Chapter 3 The City Grows Chapter 4 The Civil War and its Aftermath Chapter 5 The Hearth pof the Nation Chapter 6 Problems of Labor Chapter 7 The Entrepreneurs Chapter 8 The Muckracking Era Chapter 9 Between Two Wars Chapter 10 Rebirth Chapter 11 Levelling Off Chapter 12 The City of Champions Chapter 13 Renaissance II Chapter 14 The Great Transformation in the Eighties 15 The Best is Yet to Come
Synopsis
This book is based on years of research and includes contributions by such noted American historians as Henry Steele Commager and Oscar Handlin., Pittsburgh: The Story of an American City follows Pittsburgh from its frontier beginnings through its evolution into the most heavily industrialized city in the world, to the city's renewal of itself as America's Most Livable City. This beautiful volume though, is much more than the story of a single city; it is the history of the United States. This book is based on years of research and includes contributions by such noted American historians as Henry Steele Commager and Oscar Handlin. More than 1100 pictures recreate the city's dramatic 200+year history. Featured are photographs by W. Eugene Smith, Margaret Bourke-White, Norman W. Schumm, Lorant himself and others. A chronology of events from 1717 offers historical snapshots in the day to day life of the archetypical American city., Pittsburgh: The Story of an American City follows Pittsburgh from its frontier beginnings through its evolution into the most heavily industrialized city in the world, to the city's renewal of itself as "America's Most Livable City." This beautiful volume though, is much more than the story of a single city; it is the history of the United States. This book is based on years of research and includes contributions by such noted American historians as Henry Steele Commager and Oscar Handlin. More than 1100 pictures recreate the city's dramatic 200+year history. Featured are photographs by W. Eugene Smith, Margaret Bourke-White, Norman W. Schumm, Lorant himself and others. A chronology of events from 1717 offers historical snapshots in the day to day life of the archetypical American city.
LC Classification Number
F159.P657L67 1999
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