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.
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