George E. Thomas is Lecturer of Historical Preservation and Urban Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Frank Furness: The Complete Works and William L. Price: From Arts and Crafts to Modern Design. David B. Brownlee is Professor of the History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania. His books include The Law Courts: The Architecture of George Edmund Street and Friedrich Weinbrenner, Architect of Karlsruhe.
"More than a guide, this is a thorough and engaging study of a great American institution."--Choice "George Thomas's and David Brownlee's Building America's First University is one of the best books on an American college... Their affectionate but comprehensive portrait of Penn demonstrates that the university is more than bricks and mortar: it is an expression of three centuries of idealism, compromise, aspiration, disappointment, and triumph."--Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
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