Bibliography History of Pittsburgh

baldwin, leland d. pittsburgh: story of city university of pittsburgh press, 1937
bauman, john f.; edward k. muller (2006). before renaissance: planning in pittsburgh, 1889–1943 . university of pittsburgh press. p. 331. retrieved february 10, 2014. 
cannadine, david. mellon: american life (2006), major biography of thomas mellon , andrew mellon, top financial leaders
carson, carolyn leonard. healing body, mind, , spirit: history of st. francis medical center, pittsburgh, pennsylvania. carnegie mellon u. press, 1995. 246 pp.
couvares, francis g. (1984). remaking of pittsburgh: class , culture in industrializing city 1877–1919 . state university of new york press. 
cowan, aaron. nice place visit: tourism , urban revitalization in postwar rustbelt (2016) compares cincinnati, st. louis, pittsburgh, , baltimore in wake of deindustrialization.
crowley, gregory j. politics of place: contentious urban redevelopment in pittsburgh. u. of pittsburgh press, 2005. 207 pp.
devault, ileen a. sons , daughters of labor: class , clerical work in turn-of-the-century pittsburgh. cornell u. press, 1991. 194 pp.
dieterich-ward, allen beyond rust: metropolitan pittsburgh , fate of industrial america. university of pennsylvania press, 2016. 347pp. online review
glasco, laurence a., ed. wpa history of negro in pittsburgh. (u. of pittsburgh press, 2004). 422 pp.
greenwald, maurine w. , margo anderson, eds. pittsburgh surveyed: social science , social reform in twentieth century. u. of pittsburgh press, 1996. 292 pp.
grinder, robert dale. insurgency efficiency: smoke abatement campaign in pittsburgh before world war i. western pennsylvania historical magazine (1978) 61#3 pp 187–202.
hays, samuel p., ed. city @ point: essays on social history of pittsburgh. u. of pittsburgh press, 1989. 473 pp.
heineman, kenneth j. (1999). catholic new deal: religion , reform in depression pittsburgh . pennsylvania state u. press. p. 287. 
hinshaw, john. steel , steelworkers: race , class struggle in twentieth-century pittsburgh. state u. of new york press, 2002. 348 pp.
hoerr, john. , wolf came: decline of american steel. u. of pittsburgh press, 1988. 689 pp.
holt, michael. forging majority: formation of republican party in pittsburgh, 1848-18 (1969).
ingham, john n. making iron , steel: independent mills in pittsburgh, 1820–1920. ohio state u. press, 1991. 297 pp.
kleinberg, s. j. shadow of mills: working-class families in pittsburgh, 1870–1907. u. of pittsburgh press, 1989. 414 pp.
kobus, kenneth j. city of steel: how pittsburgh became world s steelmaking capital during carnegie era (2015) 320pp.
krause, paul. battle homestead, 1880–1892: politics, culture, , steel. u. of pittsburgh press, 1992. 548 pp.
lopez, steven henry. reorganizing rust belt: inside study of american labor movement. u. of california press, 2004. 314 pp.
lorant, stefan. pittsburgh: story of american city, (1964), written, heavily illustrated popular history
lubove, roy. twentieth century pittsburgh: government, business, , environmental change (1969).

lubove, roy. twentieth-century pittsburgh. vol. 2: post-steel era. u. of pittsburgh press, 1996. 413 pp. major scholarly synthesis.


nasaw, david. andrew carnegie (2006), major scholarly biography.
rishel, joseph f. founding families of pittsburgh: evolution of regional elite, 1760–1910. u. of pittsburgh press, 1990. 241 pp.
rose, james d. duquesne , rise of steel unionism. u. of illinois press, 2001. 284 pp.
ruck, rob. sandlot seasons: sport in black pittsburgh. u. of illinois press, 1987. 238 pp.
seely, bruce e., ed. iron , steel in twentieth century. facts on file, 1994. 512 pp.
slavishak, edward steven. bodies of work: civic display , labor in industrial pittsburgh (2008)
smith, arthur g. pittsburgh: , now. u. of pittsburgh press, 1990. 336 pp.
smith, george david. monopoly competition: transformation of alcoa, 1888–1986. cambridge u. press, 1988. 554 pp.
stave, bruce m. pittsburgh , new deal, in john braeman et al. eds. new deal: volume 2 – state , local levels (1975) pp 376–406
tarr, joel a., ed. (2003). devastation , renewal: environmental history of pittsburgh , region . u. of pittsburgh press. p. 312. retrieved february 10, 2014. 
trotter, joe w., , jared n. day. race , renaissance: african americans in pittsburgh since world war ii (university of pittsburgh press; 2010) 328 pages. draws on journalism, oral histories, , other sources study city s black community, including experience of city s industrial decline , rebirth.
wade, richard c. urban frontier: rise of western cities, 1790–1830. (1959)
wall, joseph. andrew carnegie (1970). 1137 pp.; major scholarly biography
warren, kenneth. triumphant capitalism: henry clay frick , industrial transformation of america. u. of pittsburgh press, 1996.
weber, michael p. don t call me boss: david l. lawrence, pittsburgh s renaissance mayor. u. of pittsburgh press, 1988. 440 pp.

primary sources

lubove, roy, ed. pittsburgh 1976. 294 pp. short excerpts covering main themes
kellogg, paul underwood, ed. (1914). pittsburgh survey: findings in 6 volumes. charities publication committee. retrieved february 10, 2014. famous in-depth study of society , government 
thomas, clarke m. ed. front-page pittsburgh: 2 hundred years of post-gazette. u. of pittsburgh press, 2005. 332 pp. readable copies of key front pages
the pittsburgh directory 1815, pittsburgh: printed james m. riddle, compiler , publisher, 1815, oclc 21956933 
the pittsburgh directory 1819, pittsburgh: printed butler & lambdin, 1819, oclc 30696960 
pittsburgh , american advertising directory, manufacturers , dealers in american goods, new york: jocelyn, darling & co., 1831, oclc 1018684 
harris pittsburgh & allegheny directory, pittsburgh: printed a.a. anderson, 1839, oclc 22234968 
harris business directory of cities of pittsburgh & allegheny, pittsburgh: printed a.a. anderson, 1844 
historic pittsburgh general text collection . retrieved february 10, 2014. digital library, 500 published works 19th , 20th centuries document pittsburgh history. scope of collection includes poetry, fiction, genealogy , biography. contains both primary , secondary sources. 




^ pittsburgh: story of city . retrieved february 10, 2014.