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Pittsburgh, the Story of an American City : The Millennium Edition by Henry Steele Commager, Bruce D. Campbell, J. Cutler Andrews, Stefan Lorant and John M. Blum (2000, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherDerrydale Press, T.H.E.

ISBN-100967410304

ISBN-139780967410302

eBay Product ID (ePID)1625589

Product Key Features

Edition5

Book TitlePittsburgh, the Story of an American City : the Millennium Edition

Number of Pages776 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicUnited 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 Year2000

IllustratorYes

GenreTravel, History

AuthorHenry Steele Commager, Bruce D. Campbell, J. Cutler Andrews, Stefan Lorant, John M. Blum

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.7 in

Item Weight0.1 Oz

Item Length11.2 in

Item Width8.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN99-066641

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal974.8/86

Edition DescriptionEnlarged edition,Revised edition

Table Of ContentChapter 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

SynopsisThis 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 NumberF159.P657L67 1999