Greater Philadelphia and the nation / edited by Charlene Mires and Jean R. Soderlund.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mires, Charlene, editor.

Soderlund, Jean R., 1947- editor.

Series:

A new history for the twenty-first century ; volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philadelphia (Pa.)--History.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Civilization.

Philadelphia Region (Pa.)--History.

Philadelphia Region (Pa.).

Philadelphia Region (Pa.)--Civilization.

Genre:

encyclopedias.

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

xv, 332 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2026]

Summary:

"For the nation's 250th anniversary, the editorial team of The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia presents a new history of Philadelphia across its many dimensions: the region, the nation, and the world. With the city at the center, topics range from pre-colonial times to the present to animate the region spanning southeastern Pennsylvania, South Jersey, and northern Delaware. Informed by the most advanced contemporary scholarship and richly illustrated, Greater Philadelphia and the Nation opens with Philadelphia's important role during the American Revolution and its place as the nation's capital and as a capital for Black America. For the first time, these topics are combined with the ongoing dynamics of citizenship and nationhood as they unfolded in the Philadelphia region from the nineteenth through twenty-first centuries. The volume also follows the region's reach through transportation, communications, and popular culture. From revolutionaries to Rocky, readers will be immersed in Greater Philadelphia's role in creating, challenging, and sustaining the nation"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Challenging the nation's paradox : freedom seekers and entrepreneurs / Jean R. Soderlund

Chapter 2. A nation's past, the region's legacy / Charlene Mires

Chapter 3. Nation founded

Chapter 4. Nation's capital

Chapter 5. Revolution remembered

Chapter 6. Contradictions of enslavement and servitude

Chapter 7. Capital of Black America

Chapter 8. Contesting and expanding the nation

Chapter 9. Defending the nation

Chapter 10. The region's reach to the nation

Chapter 11. Philadelphia in American popular culture.

Notes:

"Published in association with The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia"--Page [vii].

"This book and its companions encompass not only the city but also a "Greater Philadelphia" extending across eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and northern Delaware"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781512826630

1512826634

OCLC:

1493445728

Publisher Number:

90102544009