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Independence Hall in American Memory

Title
Independence Hall in American Memory [electronic resource] / Charlene Mires.
Author
Mires, Charlene.
Publication
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2002.

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Additional Authors
Project Muse.
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 350 p. :) : ill., map.
Uniform Title
  • Independence Hall in American Memory (Online)
  • Book collections on Project MUSE.
Alternative Title
Independence Hall in American Memory (Online)
Subject
  • Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) > History
  • National characteristics, American
  • Historic sites > Social aspects > United States
  • Public history > United States
  • Memory > Social aspects > United States
  • Philadelphia (Pa.) > History
  • Philadelphia (Pa.) > Buildings, structures, etc
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-327) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on print version record.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. Landmark: A British Home for the American Revolution 1 2. Workshop: Building a Nation 31 3. Relic: Survival in the City 57 4. Shrine: Slavery, Nativism, and the Forgotten History of the Nineteenth Century 80 5. Legacy: Staking Claims to the Past Through Preservation 114 6. Place and Symbol: The Liberty BellAscendant 147 7. Treasure: Eighteenth-Century Building, Twentieth-Century City 182 8. Anchor:A Secure Pastfor Cold WarAmerica 213 9. Prism: Redefining Independence for a Third Century 242 10. Memory: The Truths We Hold to Be Self-Evident 268.
OCLC
ssj0001589886
Author
Mires, Charlene.
Title
Independence Hall in American Memory [electronic resource] / Charlene Mires.
Imprint
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2002. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Series
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-327) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Note
Description based on print version record.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Project Muse.
LCCN
2002069583
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