 | Independence Hall in American Memory 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 structure; "This is a book I have long awaited, one that tells the life of a single building so as to illuminate American history from almost every angle--cultural, social, and political."--Mary Ryan, author of Civic Wars: Democracy and Public Life in the American City During the Nineteenth Century A former editor for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Charlene Mires is Associate Professor of History at Rutgers-Camden, Director of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities, and a corecipient of the Pulitzer Prize in journalism. |
