First City: Philadelphia and the Forging of Historical Memory

by Gary B. Nash

Book Overview

With its rich foundation stories, Philadelphia may be the most important city in America's collective memory. By the middle of the eighteenth century William Penn's "greene countrie town" was, after London, the largest city in the British Empire. The two most important documents in the history of the United States, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, were drafted and signed in Philadelphia. The city served off and on as the official...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812219422
• ISBN13: 9780812219425
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.0"