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Founding Families of Pittsburgh: The Evolution of a Regional Elite 1760-1910

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Founding Families of Pittsburgh: The Evolution of a Regional Elite 1760-1910 - Rishel, Joseph F, Dr.
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A study of twenty wealthy upper-class families during Pittsburgh's growth into an important commerical and industrial center. It shows how they succeeded in creating the institutions needed to sustain a local aristocracy and possessed the ability to adapt its accumulated advantages to social and economic changes.

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Founding Families of Pittsburgh: The Evolution of a Regional Elite 1760-1910 2005, University of Pittsburgh Press, PIttsburgh

ISBN-13: 9780822958789

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