Metropolitan Philadelphia: Living with the Presence of the Past

by Steven Conn

Book Overview

As America's fifth largest city and fourth largest metropolitan region, Philadelphia is tied to its surrounding counties and suburban neighborhoods. It is this vital relationship, suggests Steven Conn, that will make or break greater Philadelphia.

The Philadelphia region has witnessed virtually every major political, economic, and social transformation of American life. Having once been an industrial giant, the region is now struggling to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812219430
• ISBN13: 9780812219432
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Good short history of Philadelphia

I really enjoyed this short but interesting and rather comprehensive economic and social history of Philadelphia.