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Arcadia Publishing, Arcadia Publishing Inc., BC, HIS036080, PHO019000, PHO023100, TRV019000
Penfield
Penfield began as a milling town in the early 1800s, evolved into a farming community by the 1850s, and grew into one of Rochester’s finest suburbs in the 1900s. Within…
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Arcadia Publishing, Arcadia Publishing Inc., BC, HIS036080, PHO019000, PHO023100, TRV019000
Perth Amboy
Perth Amboy, New Jersey-purchased from Native Americans by European settlers in 1651-began its life as a colonial seaport, becoming the tidewater terminus of the Lehigh Valley Railroad in 1876. In…
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BC, HIS036000, HIS036080, Paperback - Trade, University of Pittsburgh Press
Pioneer Life In Western Pennsylvania
A fascinating look at life during pioneer times in western Pennsylvania. Describes the hardship, danger and drudgery of day-to-day life on the frontier. Topics include cabin raising, crop harvests, tanning,…
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BC, HIS036080, Paperback - Trade, University of Pittsburgh Press
Pittsburgh
Originally published in 1937, [t]his standard history of Pittsburgh tells the city’s story from its violent days as an eighteenth-century outpost of empire to the onset of its great age of…
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BC, HIS036080, Paperback - Trade, SOC050000, University of Pittsburgh Press, University of Pittsburgh Press
Pittsburgh Surveyed
From 1909-1914 the Pittsburgh Survey brought together statisticans, social workers, engineers, lawyers, physicians, economists, and city planners to study the effects of industrialization on the city of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Surveyed…
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BB, BUS073000, Hardback, HIS036080, Rutgers University Press
Port Newark and the Origins of Container Shipping
Container shipping is a vital part of the global economy. Goods from all around the world, from vegetables to automobiles, are placed in large metal containers which are transported across…
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BC, BIO010000, BIO013000, HarperCollins, HIS036080, TradePB, William Morrow
Rudy Giuliani
During his reign as the mayor of New York, the controversial Giuliani has been called many names. But after September 11, 2001, New York had new words to descibe him.In…
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Arcadia Publishing, Arcadia Publishing Inc., BC, HIS036080, PHO019000, PHO023100, TRV019000
Sandy Hook
Sandy Hook, a peninsula on the northern Atlantic coast, is a magnificent ocean beach and the most visited site in Monmouth County. For generations,residents and visitors have enjoyed the area’s…
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BC, HIS036080, Paperback - Trade, SOC026030, University of Pittsburgh Press
Singing The City
Singing the City is an eloquent tribute to a way of life largely disappearing in America, using Pittsburgh as a lens. Graham is not blind to the damage industry has…
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BC, BIO003000, HIS036080, Paperback - Trade, University of Pittsburgh Press
Steel Titan
Business genius and hedonist, Charles Schwab entered the steel industry as an unskilled laborer and within twenty years advanced to the presidency of Carnegie Steel. He later became the first…
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Arcadia Publishing, Arcadia Publishing Inc., BC, HIS036080, PHO023100, TRV019000
Syracuse
With Syracuse, readers can explore the architecture, lifestyles, landscapes, and transportation modes of this city from before the Civil War to the mid-1970s.As we approach the twenty-first century, many people…