Download or read book A History of Pennsylvania written by Philip Shriver Klein and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed as the standard history of the Keystone State, this book has been updated to cover the 1978 gubernatorial election as well as other developments&—political, economic, social, and cultural&—during the six years since publication of the original edition. Dozens of new illustrations have been added throughout the book, and both the text and the chapter-end bibliographies take account of significant recent scholarship.