First City
Subtitle: Philadelphia and the Forging of Historical Memory (Early American Studies)
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: November 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780812236309
Subjects: American history; American studies; Study & Teaching; Pennsylvania; History - U.S.; History; Societies, etc; History: World; Philadelphia; United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic; History / United States / State & Local; Historic preservation; Historiography; Memory; Philadelphia (Pa.); Social aspects
First sentence: Pennsylvania was the product of Quaker beliefs and aspirations, and Philadelphia became its pulsebeat on the banks of the Delaware River.