Pennsylvania in public memory
Subtitle: reclaiming the industrial past
By: Carolyn Kitch
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780271052199
Subjects: Collective memory; Industries; Conservation and restoration; Historic sites; Heritage tourism; Local History; Industrial archaeology; Economic conditions; Social conditions; History; Working class; Deindustrialization
Description: "Looks at sites and events in Pennsylvania to explore the emergence of heritage culture about industry and its loss in America. Traces the shaping of public memory of coal, steel, railroading, lumber, oil, and agriculture, and the story it tells about both local and national identity"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references( p.[219]-240) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Public Memory and the Legacies of Labor; title: "Almost a Nation" : The History of Industrial Heritage in Pennsylvania; title: "A Journey That Will Inspire" : Regions, Routes, and Rails; title: "Overcomin' What Nature Put in Your Way" : Rural Heritage and Pioneer Mythology; title: "Where I Came From, How I Got Here" : Ethnic Diversity, Cultural Tourism, and the Memory of Immigration; title: "Deep Veins of Loss" : Sacrifice and Heroism in Coal Country; title: "From Our Family to Yours" : Personal Meanings of Work in Factory Tourism; title: "Steel Made This Town" : An Unfinished Story in Uncertain Times; title: "What's the Use of Wond'rin'?" : The Questions of Industrial Heritage; title: Epilogue: The Future of Pennsylvania's Past.