Pennsylvania in Public Memory

Reclaiming the Industrial Past

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

What stories do we tell about America’s once-great industries at a time when they are fading from the landscape? Pennsylvania in Public Memory attempts to answer that question, exploring the emergence of a heritage culture of industry and its loss through the lens of its most representative industrial state. Based on news coverage, interviews, and more than two hundred heritage sites, this book traces the narrative themes that shape modern public memory of coal, steel, railroading, lumber, oil, and agriculture, and that collectively tell a story about national as well as local identity in a changing social and economic world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-09-15
Mått:152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt:408 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Pennsylvania State University Press
ISBN:9780271052205

Utforska kategorier

Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Carolyn Kitch is Professor of Journalism in the School of Communications and Theater at Temple University.

Recensioner i media

“This is a fascinating book that will make a major original contribution to the overlapping fields of public history, deindustrialization, and tourism studies.”—Steven High, Concordia University, author of Industrial Sunset

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Public Memory and the Legacies of Labor1 “Almost a Nation”: The History of Industrial Heritage in Pennsylvania2 “A Journey That Will Inspire”: Regions, Routes, and Rails3 “Overcomin’ What Nature Put in Your Way”: Rural Heritage and Pioneer Mythology4 “Where I Came From, How I Got Here”: Ethnic Diversity, Cultural Tourism, and the Memory of Immigration5 “Deep Veins of Loss”: Sacrifice and Heroism in Coal Country6 “From Our Family to Yours”: Personal Meanings of Work in Factory Tourism7 “Steel Made This Town”: An Unfinished Story in Uncertain Times8 “What’s the Use of Wond’rin’?”: The Questions of Industrial HeritageEpilogue: The Future of Pennsylvania’s PastNotesBibliographyIndex