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The written suburb : an American site, an ethnographic dilemma /
Chadds Ford, an upscale suburb in southeastern Pennsylvania, devotes a lot of energy to creating a historical identity. Numerous institutions participate in this task, including museums, a land conservancy dedicated to the preservation of its historical landscape, and the Historical Society, which i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©1989.
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| Colección: | Contemporary ethnography series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Chadds Ford, an upscale suburb in southeastern Pennsylvania, devotes a lot of energy to creating a historical identity. Numerous institutions participate in this task, including museums, a land conservancy dedicated to the preservation of its historical landscape, and the Historical Society, which is responsible for an annual community celebration. Larger institutions related to regional tourism and suburban development generate a steady flow of texts about Chadds Ford in the form of glossy travel magazines, pamphlets, brochures, and gallery displays. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 220 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-217) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585199760 9780585199764 9780812208443 0812208447 |