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Posted by on Nov 30, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bookshelf Life and Architecture in Pitts­burgh by James D. Van Trump Pittsburgh His­tory and Landmarks Foun­dation, 1983 (395 pages, cloth,$18.95) Through vivid, often keenly personal observations and intimate recollections, the man considered Pittsburgh’s su­preme architectural historian shares his thoughts about the use and origins of Pitts­burgh’s significant architecture and offers candid...
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Posted by on Nov 30, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bookshelf David F. Long, professor of history at the University of New Hampshire and a published author, has utilized unpublished family correspondence, naval records, diplomatic dispatches. newspapers and numerous other sources to complete Sailor-Diplomat: A Biog­raphy of Commodore James Biddle, 1783-1848. The 312-page work covers 1he commodore’s illustrious forty-eight year naval career and is not...
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Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bookshelf Outposts of the War for Empire by Charles Morse Stotz Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, 1985 (203 pages, cloth, $24.95) For the type and scale of study it undertakes, this massive – larger than “coffee table” type – volume proves as enjoyable as it is informative and educational. Divided into three sections, it concerns the crucial years between 1749 and 1764,...
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Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bookshelf Philadelphians and the China Trade, 1784-1844 by Jean Gordon Lee University of Pennsylvania Press, 1984 (232 pages, cloth, $45.00) Two hundred years ago, the first American ship sailed for China and returned laden with tea, exotic spices and a sampling of the splen­did arts of the Far East. This lavishly illustrated catalogue, featuring an essay by Philip Chadwick Foster Smith, describes more...
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Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bookshelf Protecting Historic Properties: A Guide to Research and Preservation by Brandywine Conservancy staff Brandywine Conservancy, 1984 (151 pages, paper, $15.00) Showcasing examples from Pennsylvania’s historic and beautiful Delaware Valley, the Brandywine Conservancy’s detailed and informative guide to research and preservation is a step-by-step analysis of the preservation process. The...
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Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bookshelf Buggy Town: An Era in American Transportation by Charles M. Snyder Oral Traditions Project, 1983 (80 pages, paper, $8.95) Part of an ongoing series dealing with rural and smalltown handcraft industries which flourished in Pennsyl­vania during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, this contribution by historian Charles Snyder presents a compelling and beautifully illustrated portrait of a...
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Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bookshelf Livable West Chester: An Architectural Overview by Alice Kent Schooner Chester County Historical Society, 1985 (83 pages, paper, $13.50) In celebration of West Ches­ter’s two hundredth anniver­sary as county seat, the Chester County Historical Society has published an over­view of the architectural devel­opment of the community. The volume is the result of two publicly supported projects...
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Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bookshelf The Ephrata Commune: An Early American Counterculture by E.G. Alderfer University of Pitts­burgh Press, 1985 (273 pages, paper, $8.95) Based on six years of pains­taking research. The Ephrata Commune is both a scholarly study and a dramatic chronicle of a unique social order and religious experiment formed on the eighteenth-century frontier in Lancaster County. Ephrata was established upon the...
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Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bookshelf A Vigorous Spirit of Enterprise by Thomas M. Doerflinger University of North Carolina Press, 1986 (413 pages, cloth, $32.00) Subtitled Merchants and Economic Development in Revolu­tionary Philadelphia, this book offers a social, economic and political study of Philadel­phia’s merchants and their role in American economic devel­opment from the mid­-eighteenth century through the...
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Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bookshelf Who Are the Amish? by Merle Good Good Books, 1985 (128 pages, paper, $15.95) Brimming with bright, warm and expressive photo­graphs, and supplemented by informative commentary, this photo-essay serves as an excellent primer to under­standing the Amish way of life. The author, long respected for his work with Amish and Mennonite socie­ties, has provided a genuine service to both the Amish and the...
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