Pennsylvania in Public Memory

Reclaiming the Industrial Past

Nonfiction, History, Modern, 20th Century, Americas, United States
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Author: Carolyn Kitch ISBN: 9780271068855
Publisher: Penn State University Press Publication: February 14, 2012
Imprint: Penn State University Press Language: English
Author: Carolyn Kitch
ISBN: 9780271068855
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Publication: February 14, 2012
Imprint: Penn State University Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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