In union there is strength : Philadelphia in the age of urban consolidation /
Andrew Heath shows how Philadelphians looked to consolidate their city across internal social and sectional divisions as the republic fell apart in the Civil War era. Rallying to the cry ""In Union There Is Strength, "" their battles over what a modern metropolis ought to be reve...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | America in the nineteenth century.
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| Online Access: | Full text (Emerson users only) Full text (Emmanuel users only) Full text (NECO users only) Full text (MCPHS users only) Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Summary: | Andrew Heath shows how Philadelphians looked to consolidate their city across internal social and sectional divisions as the republic fell apart in the Civil War era. Rallying to the cry ""In Union There Is Strength, "" their battles over what a modern metropolis ought to be reveals how a city of mobs became a city of neighborhoods. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780812295818 0812295811 |