The battles of Germantown : effective public history in America /

Examines Philadelphia's Germantown neighborhood as a case in the study of American public history practices, and what the shape, scope and contests over those efforts in this neighborhood can tell us about the evolution of public history in the United States.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Young, David W., 1964- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2019.
Series:History and the public.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Conversations : experiences with Germantown's community of memory
  • Amnesia : Negro Achievement Week, 1928
  • Authority : which Germantown history
  • and who decides?
  • Integrity : making the Johnson House the heart of historic Germantown
  • Projections : empty buildings of Germantown.