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First city : Philadelphia and the forging of historical memory /
With its rich foundation stories, Philadelphia may be the most important city in America's collective memory. By the middle of the eighteenth century William Penn's "greene countrie town" was, after London, the largest city in the British Empire. The two most important documents...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Early American studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction Making History Matter; Chapter 1 Pieces of the Colonial Past; Chapter 2 Recalling a Commercial Seaport; Chapter 3 The Revolution's Many Faces; Chapter 4 A New City for a New Nation; Chapter 5 A City in Flux; Chapter 6 Reforming Philadelphia; Chapter 7 In Civil War and Reconstruction; Chapter 8 Workshop of the World, Schoolhouse of History; Chapter 9 Restoring Memory; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; Permissions.