{"product_id":"first-city-philadelphia-and-the-forging-of-historical-memory-paperback-softback-9780812219425","title":"First City; Philadelphia and the Forging of Historical Memory (Paperback \/ softback) 9780812219425","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFirst City\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePhiladelphia and the Forging of Historical Memory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGary B. Nash (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812219425\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 April 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e392 pages, 134 illus.\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A wonderful volume, filled with stories of historical discovery, describing the preservation of Philadelphia's past for the benefit of all. . . . \u003ci\u003eFirst City\u003c\/i\u003e is a first-rate piece of historical interpretation that will be a great contribution to America's cultural history.\"-\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Early Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A synthetic history of what is arguably the nation's most historically conscious city. . . . It represents well the tensions and opportunities that await writers seeking to push the craft of history to a new level of self-awareness and creativity.\"-\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A remarkable book.\"-\u003ci\u003ePublic Historian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 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 in the history of the United States, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, were drafted and signed in Philadelphia. The city served off and on as the official capital of the young country until 1800, and was also the site of the first American university, hospital, medical college, bank, paper mill, zoo, sugar refinery, public school, and government mint. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFirst City\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed historian Gary B. Nash examines the complex process of memory making in this most historic of American cities. Though history is necessarily written from the evidence we have of the past, as Nash shows, rarely is that evidence preserved without intent, nor is it equally representative. Full of surprising anecdotes, \u003ci\u003eFirst City\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how Philadelphians-from members of elite cultural institutions, such as historical societies and museums, to relatively anonymous groups, such as women, racial and religious minorities, and laboring people-have participated in the very partisan activity of transmitting historical memory from one generation to the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Making History Matter\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCh. 1. Pieces of the Colonial Past\u003cbr\u003e Ch. 2. Recalling a Commercial Seaport\u003cbr\u003e Ch. 3. The Revolution's Many Faces\u003cbr\u003e Ch. 4. A New City for a New Nation\u003cbr\u003e Ch. 5. A City in Flux\u003cbr\u003e Ch. 6. Reforming Philadelphia\u003cbr\u003e Ch. 7. In Civil War and Reconstruction\u003cbr\u003e Ch. 8. Workshop of the World, Schoolhouse of History\u003cbr\u003e Ch. 9. Restoring Memory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Permissions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555686478104,"sku":"9780812219425","price":21.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/first-city-philadelphia-and-the-forging-of-historical-memory-paperback-softback-9780812219425","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}