First City: Philadelphia and the Forging of Historical Memory - Paperback
by Gary B. Nash
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Availability:In StockContributor:Gary B. NashSeries:Early American StudiesPublish date:2006-04-05Pages:392
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812219425ISBN-10:812219422UPC:9780812219425Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:10.00 x 7.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.5013Product ID:SCQK36M7F5
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 in the history of the United States, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, were drafted and signed in...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812219425ISBN-10:812219422UPC:9780812219425Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:10.00 x 7.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.5013Product ID:SCQK36M7F5
Gary B. Nash is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, and author of many books, including The Unknown American Revolution: The Unruly Birth of Democracy and the Struggle to Create America and History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past.
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