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The Paris of Appalachia : Pittsburgh in the twenty-first century /

"Maybe you never wondered if any metro area nearly straddles the borders of three major regions of the country, but The Paris of Appalachia: Pittsburgh in the Twenty-First Century tells us why this city is a place apart. It's not East Coast, Midwest, or Southern, but the rest of America ca...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Neill, Brian, 1956-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh : Carnegie Mellon University Press, [2026]
Subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.) > Description and travel.
Pittsburgh (Pa.) > Economic conditions.
Pittsburgh (Pa.) > Social conditions.
Pittsburgh (Pa.) > Social life and customs.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface (2026)
  • Preface (2009)
  • The Paris of Appalachia
  • Steeltown blues
  • The Third bear
  • Don't mess with Pittsburgh
  • "Hunky soul food"
  • The Geography of friendship
  • Saving the best
  • Thanks, I'd rather walk
  • Pirates and Steelers and Penguins, Oh My
  • Coming home
  • I love Pittsburgh like a brother
  • Pittsburgh : you're my density
  • Fractured fairy tale
  • Kilbuck loses in a landslide
  • The Whitest large metro area in the country
  • The Deer people.