First City : Philadelphia and the Forging of Historical Memory.
Nash, Gary B.
First City : Philadelphia and the Forging of Historical Memory. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (394 pages) - Early American Studies . - Early American Studies .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction Making History Matter -- Chapter 1 Pieces of the Colonial Past -- Chapter 2 Recalling a Commercial Seaport -- Chapter 3 The Revolution's Many Faces -- Chapter 4 A New City for a New Nation -- Chapter 5 A City in Flux -- Chapter 6 Reforming Philadelphia -- Chapter 7 In Civil War and Reconstruction -- Chapter 8 Workshop of the World, Schoolhouse of History -- Chapter 9 Restoring Memory -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Permissions.
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.
9780812202885
Historic preservation-Pennsylvania-Philadelphia.
Memory-Social aspects-Pennsylvania-Philadelphia.
Philadelphia (Pa.)-History.
Philadelphia (Pa.)-Historiography.
Philadelphia (Pa.)-History-Societies, etc.
Electronic books.
F158.3 -- .N37 2006eb
974.8/11
First City : Philadelphia and the Forging of Historical Memory. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (394 pages) - Early American Studies . - Early American Studies .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction Making History Matter -- Chapter 1 Pieces of the Colonial Past -- Chapter 2 Recalling a Commercial Seaport -- Chapter 3 The Revolution's Many Faces -- Chapter 4 A New City for a New Nation -- Chapter 5 A City in Flux -- Chapter 6 Reforming Philadelphia -- Chapter 7 In Civil War and Reconstruction -- Chapter 8 Workshop of the World, Schoolhouse of History -- Chapter 9 Restoring Memory -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Permissions.
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.
9780812202885
Historic preservation-Pennsylvania-Philadelphia.
Memory-Social aspects-Pennsylvania-Philadelphia.
Philadelphia (Pa.)-History.
Philadelphia (Pa.)-Historiography.
Philadelphia (Pa.)-History-Societies, etc.
Electronic books.
F158.3 -- .N37 2006eb
974.8/11