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The battles of Germantown : effective public history in America / David W. Young.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Member Lounge F159.G3 Y68 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Young, David W., 1964- author.
- Series:
- History and the public.
- History and the public
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public history.
- Methodology.
- Community life.
- Collective memory.
- Historic preservation.
- Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)--Historiography.
- Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Public history--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Historic preservation--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Collective memory--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Community life--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Historiography.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Public history--United States--Methodology--Case studies.
- Historiography.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Germantown.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Examines Philadelphia's Germantown neighborhood as a case in the study of American public history practices, and what the shape, scope, and contests over those efforts in this neighborhood can tell us about the evolution of public history in the United States"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Conversations : experiences with Germantown's community of memory
- Amnesia : Negro Achievement Week, 1928
- Authority : which Germantown history
- and who decides?
- Integrity : making the Johnson House the heart of historic Germantown
- Projections : empty buildings of Germantown.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-265) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gemmill fund bookplate.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Young, David W., 1964- author. Battles of Germantown
- ISBN:
- 9781439915547
- 1439915547
- 9781439915554
- 1439915555
- OCLC:
- 1081337088
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