Main entry:

Warner, Sam Bass, 1928-2023, author.

Title & Author:

The private city : Philadelphia in three periods of its growth / Sam Bass Warner, Jr.

Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1968]

Description:

xii, 236 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references. and index.
The environment of private opportunity -- War and the limits of the tradition -- Spatial patterns of rapid growth -- Industrialization -- The specialization of leadership -- Municipal institutions -- Riots and the restoration of public order -- The structure of the metropolis -- Some metropolitan districts -- The industrial metropolis as an inheritance.
Albert J. Beveridge Award, 1969

Summary:

The author claims that twentieth-century America presents to the historian a picture of endlessly repeated failures. To explore the historical reasons for these failures, the author examines the history of a single city--Philadelphia. Selecting three periods, 1770-1780, 1830-1860, and 1920-1930, the author follows the history of the city from the nation's founding to the eve of the Great Depression.

Subject:

Philadelphia (Pa.) History.
Philadelphie (Penns.) Histoire.
Pennsylvania Philadelphia
United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia History.

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 209527
Call No.: F158.3 .W18 1968
Status: Available