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In union there is strength : Philadelphia in the age of urban consolidation /

A bold new interpretation of a crucial period in Philadelphia's history, In Union There Is Strength examines the social and spatial reconstruction of an American city in the decades on either side of the American Civil War. Andrew Heath follows Philadelphia's fortunes over the course of fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Heath, Andrew (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019]
Series:	America in the nineteenth century.
Subjects:	Philadelphia (Pa.) > History > 19th century. Philadelphia (Pa.) > Politics and government > 19th century. Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions > 19th century. Urbanization > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 19th century.

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