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

• Giberti, Bruno. Designing the Centennial: a history of the 1876 International Exhibition in Philadelphia.
• Phillips, Anne E. "A history of the struggle for school desegregation in Philadelphia, 1955–1967." Pennsylvania History 72.1 : 49-76.
• Arrigale, Lawrence M., and Thomas H. Keels. Philadelphia's Golden Age of Retail.
• Jordan, David M. Occasional Glory: The History of the Philadelphia Phillies.
• 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.
• Wilson, Arthur Herman. A History of the Philadelphia Theatre, 1835-1855.
• Golden, Janet, and Charles E. Rosenberg. Pictures of health: A photographic history of health care in Philadelphia, 1860-1945
• Harris, Michael C. Germantown: A Military History of the Battle for Philadelphia, October 4, 1777.