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.

Table of Contents:

Introduction. Philadelphia in an Age of Consolidation
"A Great City Is a Great Study"
"The Guilty and Blood-Stained City": Radicals and the Second American Republic
"The Manifest Destiny of Philadelphia" : Making Antebellum Growth Politics
"To Give Shape to the Destinies of Our City": Molding the Metropolis
Out of Many, One: Remaking the Polity
Consolidating City and Nation: Philadelphia in Civil War and Reconstruction
Philadelphia Redeemed.