Harrisburg, Pa. : Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Date of Publication
1979.
Physical Description
ix, 305 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
This book was derived from the author's PhD thesis, "Conestoga Crossroads: The Rise of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1730-1789", call number 974.815 LACI W876t.
LCHS copy inscribed by author.
"Notes and bibliographical essay": p. 257-296.
Summary
PART ONE- Concentrates on the political and administrative history of Lancaster as a borough. PART TWO- Discusses the town's economic structure and it's role as a regional marketing center and "western emporium " including a description of the structure of inland trade. PART THREE- Focuses on the economic class structure of the community, on the characteristics of it's religious life, on the social and cultural interaction between "Dutchmen" and "Engellanders" and on the role of the town as an intellectual center.
An exhibition and catalogue researched and prepared by Anita Schorsch. March 28 through May 23, 1976, William Penn Memorial Museum, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. June 1 through July 15, 1976, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York.
Edition
[First ed.
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Publisher
The Main Street Press,
Date of Publication
1976]
Physical Description
unpaged [86] p. : 75 figures (some col.) ; 21 x 21 cm.
