Pittsburgh
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....
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This book is based on years of research and includes contributions by such noted American historians as Henry Steele Commager and Oscar Handlin.
Foreword6Pittsburgh at 20008Chapter 1Forts in the Wilderness9Chapter 2Gateway to the West47Chapter 3The City Grows81Chapter 4The Civil War and its Aftermath129Chapter 5The Hearth of the Nation177Chapter 6Problems of Labor209Chapter 7The Entrepreneurs219Chapter 8The Muckracking Era261Chapter 9Between Two Wars321Chapter 10Rebirth373Chapter 11Levelling Off449Chapter 12The City of Champions537Chapter 13Renaissance II533Chapter 14The Great Transformation in the Eighties593Chapter 15The Best Is Yet to Come641Chronology of Events from 1717 Till 1999673Bibliography759Index of Photographers766Index766
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