Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-300) and index.
Contents
Penn's green country town (1682 to 1775) -- Athens of America (1776 to 1820) -- City in transition (1821 to 1860) -- Workshop of the world (1861 to 1900) -- The consumer city (1901 to 1940) -- Renaissance and retrenchment (1940 to the present) -- Projected Philadelphia.