Metropolitan Philadelphia : Living with the Presence of the Past /

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Conn examines the shifting meaning of the region's history, the utopian impulse behind its founding, the role of the region in creating the American middle class, the regional watershed, and the way art and cultural institutions have given shape to a resident identity.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Conn, Steven
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social conditions
Middle class.
Human geography.
Civilization.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Middle class > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia Metropolitan Area.
Human geography > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia Metropolitan Area.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia Region.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Civilization.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Prologue: The Naked City
  • Chapter One. Echoes of William Penn
  • Chapter Two. The Ghosts That Haunt Us
  • Chapter Three. The Delaware Valley Makes the Middle Class
  • Chapter Four. Two Rivers Run Through It
  • Chapter Five. In the Mind's Eye: Imagining the Philadelphia Region
  • Epilogue: The Naked City and the Story of Decline
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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