First City Philadelphia and the Forging of Historical Memory Gary
B. Nash "A wonderful volume, filled with stories of historical
discovery, describing the preservation of Philadelphia's past for
the benefit of all. . . . "First City" is a first-rate piece of
historical interpretation that will be a great contribution to
America's cultural history."--"Journal of the Early Republic" "A
synthetic history of what is arguably the nation's most
historically conscious city. . . . It represents well the tensions
and opportunities that await writers seeking to push the craft of
history to a new level of self-awareness and
creativity."--"American Historical Review" "A remarkable
book."--"Public Historian" 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 Philadelphia. The city
served off and on as the official capital of the young country
until 1800, and was also the site of the first American university,
hospital, medical college, bank, paper mill, zoo, sugar refinery,
public school, and government mint. In "First City," acclaimed
historian Gary B. Nash examines the complex process of memory
making in this most historic of American cities. Though history is
necessarily written from the evidence we have of the past, as Nash
shows, rarely is that evidence preserved without intent, nor is it
equally representative. Full of surprising anecdotes, "First City"
reveals how Philadelphians--from members of elite cultural
institutions, such as historical societies and museums, to
relatively anonymous groups, such as women, racial and religious
minorities, and laboring people--have participated in the very
partisan activity of transmitting historical memory from one
generation to the next. 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." Early American
Studies 2001 392 pages 7 x 10 134 illus. ISBN 978-0-8122-3630-9
Cloth $59.95s 39.00 ISBN 978-0-8122-1942-5 Paper $26.50s 17.50 ISBN
978-0-8122-0288-5 Ebook $26.50s 17.50 World Rights American History
Short copy: Covering more than two centuries of social, economic,
and political change, and offering a challenging, innovative
approach to urban as well national history, "First City" tells the
Philadelphia story through the wealth of material culture its
citizens have chosen to preserve.
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