Bibliography of Philadelphia

List of works, arranged chronologically

Published in the 18th century

• Published in the 19th century

1800s-1840s

• City Directory. ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

• 1850s-1890s

• City Directory. ; ; ; ;
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• Published in the 20th century

1900s-1940s

• Joseph Jackson. Encyclopedia of Philadelphia. 1931
• Ellis Oberholtzer. Philadelphia: A History of the City and Its People.
• Bridenbaugh, Carl. Cities in the Wilderness-The First Century of Urban Life in America 1625–1742
• Herman Collins. Philadelphia: A Story of Progress.

• 1950s-1990s

• Bridenbaugh, Carl. Cities in Revolt: Urban Life in America, 1743–1776
• Philadelphia the Fabulous City of Firsts. 1976.
• Ershkowitz, Herbert. John Wanamaker: Philadelphia Merchant

  Published in the 21st century

• Arrigale, Lawrence M., and Thomas H. Keels. Philadelphia's Golden Age of Retail.
• Abigail Perkiss,. Making Good Neighbors: Civil Rights, Liberalism, and Integration in Postwar Philadelphia. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
• Adams, James H.. Urban Reform and Sexual Vice in Progressive-Era Philadelphia: The Faithful and the Fallen. Lanham, MD: Lexington.