Urban Capitalists
Entrepreneurs and City Growth in Pennsylvania’s Lackawanna and Lehigh Regions 1800-1920
Distributed for University of Scranton Press
220 pages
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6 x 9
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© 2001
Burton W. Folsom, Jr. provides analysis of the role of entrepreneurs in the urban development of Pennsylvania's Lackawanna and Lehigh regions from 1800 to 1920.
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
1. The First Towns in Northeast Pennsylvania, 1800-1850
2. From Nails to Rails: The Scrantons' Improbable Experiment Creates a City
3. The Making of a Regional Capital: Scranton, 1850-18880
4. The Captains of Industry: Scranton, 1880
5. The Two Different Worlds of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre: A Look at Economic Leaders in Relatively Open and Closed Systems
6. The Rise of an Urban Network in Lackawanna Valley
7. Like Fathers, Unlike Sons: The Fragmentation of Scranton's Early Economic Leadership, 1880-1920
8. Bold Guys Finish First: Ethnic Groups, Entrepreneurs, and Cities in the Lehigh Valley, 1800-1920
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliographic Essay
Index
List of Illustrations
Maps
Figure
Photographs
List of Tables
Preface
Introduction
1. The First Towns in Northeast Pennsylvania, 1800-1850
2. From Nails to Rails: The Scrantons' Improbable Experiment Creates a City
3. The Making of a Regional Capital: Scranton, 1850-18880
4. The Captains of Industry: Scranton, 1880
5. The Two Different Worlds of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre: A Look at Economic Leaders in Relatively Open and Closed Systems
6. The Rise of an Urban Network in Lackawanna Valley
7. Like Fathers, Unlike Sons: The Fragmentation of Scranton's Early Economic Leadership, 1880-1920
8. Bold Guys Finish First: Ethnic Groups, Entrepreneurs, and Cities in the Lehigh Valley, 1800-1920
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliographic Essay
Index
List of Illustrations
Maps
Figure
Photographs
List of Tables
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