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Upon the ruins of liberty : slavery, the President's House at Independence National Historical Park, and public memory / Roger C. Aden.
Van Pelt Library F158.8.P86 A34 2015
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection F158.8.P86 A34 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aden, Roger C., 1962- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Independence National Historical Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)--Antiquities.
- Independence National Historical Park (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Antiquities.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- President's House (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Washington, George, 1732-1799--Homes and haunts--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Washington, George.
- Adams, John, 1735-1826--Homes and haunts--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Adams, John.
- Washington, George, 1732-1799.
- Slavery--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--18th century.
- Slavery.
- Lost architecture--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Lost architecture.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Adams, John, 1735-1826.
- Antiquities.
- Buildings.
- Homes.
- Relations with slaves.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Independence National Historical Park.
- Genre:
- History
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 243 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- The 2002 revelation that George Washington kept slaves in his executive mansion at Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park in the 1790s prompted an eight-year controversy about the role of slavery in America's commemorative landscape. When the President's House installation opened in 2010, it became the first federal property to feature a slave memorial. In Upon the Ruins of Liberty, Roger Aden offers a compelling account that explores the development of this important historic site and how history, space, and public memory intersected with contemporary racial politics.
- Contents:
- 1 Discovering the Truth: The Revelation of Ugly History 1
- 2 Re-collecting the Past: The Complexity of Public Memory 11
- 3 Displacing the Inconvenient: The Incomplete Story of Liberty 31
- 4 Honoring the Ancestors: The Quest for Acknowledgment 61
- 5 Shaping the Place: The Design Competition 83
- 6 Revealing the Foundations: The Excavation of the Site 113
- 7 Telling the Stones: The Opening of the Installation 133
- 8 Continuing the Conversation: The Legacy of the Presidents House 173.
- Discovering the truth: the revelation of ugly history
- Re-collecting the past: the complexity of public memory
- Displacing the inconvenient: the incomplete story of liberty
- Honoring the ancestors: the quest for acknowledgement
- Shaping the place: the design competition
- Revealing the foundations: the excavation of the site
- Telling the stories: the opening of the installation
- Continuing the conversation: the legacy of the President's House.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gemmill fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781439911990
- 1439911991
- 9781439912003
- 1439912009
- OCLC:
- 900176752
- Publisher Number:
- 40024466935
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