UID:
almafu_9958352315202883
Format:
1 online resource (288 pages) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Edition:
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ISBN:
9780812204087
Series Statement:
Metropolitan Portraits
Content:
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.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Prologue: The Naked City --
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Chapter One. Echoes of William Penn --
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Chapter Two. The Ghosts That Haunt Us --
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Chapter Three. The Delaware Valley Makes the Middle Class --
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Chapter Four. Two Rivers Run Through It --
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Chapter Five. In the Mind’s Eye: Imagining the Philadelphia Region --
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Epilogue: The Naked City and the Story of Decline --
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Notes --
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Index --
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Acknowledgments.
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.9783/9780812204087
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812204087
