Pennsylvania in Public Memory
Download or Read eBook Pennsylvania in Public Memory PDF written by Carolyn Kitch and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Carolyn Kitch |
| Publisher | : Penn State Press |
| Total Pages | : 434 |
| Release | : 2015-06-26 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780271068855 |
| ISBN-13 | : 027106885X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Pennsylvania in Public Memory by : Carolyn Kitch
Book excerpt: 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.
