First city : Philadelphia and the forging of historical memory / Gary B. Nash.

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Nash, Gary B.

Title & Author:

First city : Philadelphia and the forging of historical memory / Gary B. Nash.

Publication:

Description:

383 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm.

Series:

Early American studies

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indes.
Pieces of the colonial past -- Recalling a commercial seaport -- The Revolution's many faces -- A new city of a new nation -- A city in flux -- Reforming Philadelphia -- In Civil War and reconstruction -- Workshop of the world, schoolhouse of history -- Restoring memory.
English.

Summary:

Covering more than two centuries of social, economic, and political change, and offering a challenging, innovative approach to urban as well national history, First City tells the Philadelphia story through the wealth of material culture its citizens have chosen to preserve.

Resources:
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Inhaltsverzeichnis

ISBN:

0812236300 (alk. paper)
9780812236309 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Historic preservation Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Memory Social aspects Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Patrimoine historique Pennsylvanie Philadelphie.
Mémoire Aspect social Pennsylvanie Philadelphie.
Préservation historique Pennsylvanie Philadelphie.
15.85 history of America.
Historic preservation.
Historiography.
Memory Social aspects.
Societies.
Geschichtsbewusstsein
Sozialstruktur
Kollektives Gedächtnis
Geschiedschrijving.
Sociologie urbaine États-Unis États.
Mémoire collective Etats-Unis Philadelphie (Pa.)
Philadelphia (Pa.) History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) Historiography.
Philadelphia (Pa.) History Societies, etc.
Philadelphia (Pa.) History Revolution, 1775-1783.
Philadelphie (Penns.) Histoire 1775-1783 (Révolution)
Philadelphie (Penns.) Historiographie.
Philadelphie (Penns.) Histoire Associations.
Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Pa.
USA
Philadelphie (Pa.) Histoire.
Philadelphie (Pa.) Historiographie.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Early American studies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 219688
Call No.: F158.3 .N3 2002
Status: Available

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