The Landscape of Modernity
The Landscape of Modernity

Author: David Ward

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 1997-04-23

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9780801856099

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Creating the modern city - Planning for New York City - Real estate values, zoning, density, intervention - Building the vertical city - Empire State Building - Going from home to work - Subways, transit politics - Sweatshop migration - Identity - Little Italy's decline - Jewish neighbourhoods - Cities of light - Street lighting.

Pennsylvania's Revolution
Pennsylvania's Revolution

Author: William Pencak

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 0271035803

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"A collection of essays on the American Revolution in Pennsylvania. Topics include the politicization of the English- and German-language press and the population they served; the Revolution in remote areas of the state; and new historical perspectives on the American and British armies during the Valley Forge winter"--Provided by publisher.