Independence Hall in American memory
By: Charlene Mires.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- History.; Memory -- Social aspects -- United States.; Public history -- United States.; Historic sites -- Social aspects -- United States.; National characteristics, American.; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-327) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Landmark: A British Home for the American Revolution 1 2. Workshop: Building a Nation 31 3. Relic: Survival in the City 57 4. Shrine: Slavery, Nativism, and the Forgotten History of the Nineteenth Century 80 5. Legacy: Staking Claims to the Past Through Preservation 114 6. Place and Symbol: The Liberty BellAscendant 147 7. Treasure: Eighteenth-Century Building, Twentieth-Century City 182 8. Anchor:A Secure Pastfor Cold WarAmerica 213 9. Prism: Redefining Independence for a Third Century 242 10. Memory: The Truths We Hold to Be Self-Evident 268.