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University of Pennsylvania Press
Language
English
Pages
383

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Subjects
Historiography, Historic preservation, Social aspects of Memory, Memory, History, Societies, Pennsylvania, history, United states, antiquities, Social aspects
Places
Philadelphia (Pa.), Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

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First city: Philadelphia and the forging of historical memory
2006, University of Pennsylvania Press
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First city: Philadelphia and the forging of historical memory
2002, University of Pennsylvania Press
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First City: Philadelphia and the Forging of Historical Memory (Early American Studies)
November 2001, University of Pennsylvania Press
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Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: Introduction Making History Matter i
Chapter 1 Pieces of the Colonial Past 14
Chapter 2 Recalling a Commercial Seaport 45
Chapter 3 The Revolution's Many Faces 79
Chapter 4 A New Cityfor a New Nation Io8
Chapter 5 A City in Flux 144
Chapter 6 Reforming Philadelphia I76
Chapter 7 In Civil War and Reconstruction 223
Chapter 8 workshop of the world, Schoolhouse of History 26I
Chapter 9 Restoring Memory 314.

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Includes bibliographical references and indes.

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Philadelphia
Series
Early American studies

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Dewey Decimal Class
974.8/11/0072073
Library of Congress
F158.3 .N37 2002, F158.3.N37 2001

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383 p. :
Number of pages
383

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OL3951907M
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ISBN 10
0812236300
LCCN
2001047082
OCLC/WorldCat
47705387
Library Thing
759363
Goodreads
1733872

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First Sentence

"Pennsylvania was the product of Quaker beliefs and aspirations, and Philadelphia became its pulsebeat on the banks of the Delaware River."

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