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Philadelphia: A 300-Year History
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 974.811
EAN: 9780393016109
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 0393016102
Label: W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 842
Publication Date: 1982-09
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Studio: W. W. Norton & Company
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Rating: - Excellent History of One of America's Finest Cities!
This book is a valuable tool in understanding the dynamics of a dynamic city. I bought this book years ago to understand America's city of brotherly love which is it's nickname. Philadelphia is still a center but not like New York City or nearby Washington D.C. Philadelphia is no longer the capital of the new world but it was during the plague which killed thousands. Philadelphia is historic because of it's role in the formation of our country. This book details the history of this complicated city ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent history of Philadelphia
The series of articles by well-qualified authors gives an accurate and readable picture of a fascinating city. Thorough and well-documented.
Rating: - Hard to Imagine this Book Being Better
As a recent transplant to Philadelphia, I wanted to become more familiar with the history of my new home. Philadelphia: A 300-Year History, edited by Russell F. Weigley, is an exhaustive but readable (and extremely enjoyable) chronology of the events that shaped the City of Brotherly Love.
One beneficial characteristic of this book is that it is an edited volume. Various authors contributed pieces on the reasonably short time period of their specialty. These chapters form a temporal progression, ... Read More
Rating:  - Buy extra copies for others
This is the fourth time I am buying this book. Being a non-native Philadelphian, I wanted to know more about why the City developed the way it has. I was amazed at the information contained in the book. As an example it explains why the City neighborhoods have such narrow but deep lots. Since first reading the book ten years ago I have given copies to several co-workers. If you want to understand current Philadelphia and its culture this is a must read. The book was written by several Philadelphia ... Read More
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