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Author Kitch, Carolyn L.

Title Pennsylvania in public memory : reclaiming the industrial past / Carolyn Kitch.

Publication Info. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 260 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary "Looks at sites and events in Pennsylvania to explore the emergence of heritage culture about industry and its loss in America. Traces the shaping of public memory of coal, steel, railroading, lumber, oil, and agriculture, and the story it tells about both local and national identity"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-240) and index.
Contents Introduction: Public Memory and the Legacies of Labor -- "Almost a Nation" : The History of Industrial Heritage in Pennsylvania -- "A Journey That Will Inspire" : Regions, Routes, and Rails -- "Overcomin' What Nature Put in Your Way" : Rural Heritage and Pioneer Mythology -- "Where I Came From, How I Got Here" : Ethnic Diversity, Cultural Tourism, and the Memory of Immigration -- "Deep Veins of Loss" : Sacrifice and Heroism in Coal Country -- "From Our Family to Yours" : Personal Meanings of Work in Factory Tourism -- "Steel Made This Town" : An Unfinished Story in Uncertain Times -- "What's the Use of Wond'rin'?" : The Questions of Industrial Heritage -- Epilogue: The Future of Pennsylvania's Past.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Industrial archaeology -- Pennsylvania.
Industrial archaeology.
Pennsylvania.
Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration -- Pennsylvania.
Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration.
Collective memory -- Pennsylvania.
Collective memory.
Heritage tourism -- Pennsylvania.
Heritage tourism.
Industries -- Pennsylvania -- History.
Industries.
History.
Working class -- Pennsylvania -- History.
Working class.
Deindustrialization -- Pennsylvania -- History.
Deindustrialization.
Pennsylvania -- Economic conditions.
Economic conditions.
Pennsylvania -- Social conditions.
Social conditions.
Pennsylvania -- History, Local.
Local history.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Local history.
Other Form: Print version: Kitch, Carolyn L. Pennsylvania in public memory. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2012 9780271052199 (DLC) 2011029070 (OCoLC)744975300
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