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First City : Philadelphia and the forging of historical memory / Gary B. Nash.
University Archives UPP9404 N249 2002
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LIBRA F158.3 .N37 2002
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- Format:
- Archive
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nash, Gary B.
- Series:
- Early American studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Memory--Social aspects.
- Memory.
- Historic preservation.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--History.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Historiography.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Societies, etc.
- Historic preservation--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Memory--Social aspects--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Physical Description:
- 383 pages : illustrations, portrait, map ; 27 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2002]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-349) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.
- Given to the Penn Libraries by Margy Ellin Meyerson in memory of her husband, President Emeritus Martin Meyerson.
- ISBN:
- 0812236300
- OCLC:
- 47705387
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