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Author:   Carolyn Kitch (Temple University)
Publisher:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Imprint:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780271052199

ISBN 10:   0271052198
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   23 January 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Public Memory and the Legacies of Labor 1 “Almost a Nation”: The History of Industrial Heritage in Pennsylvania 2 “A Journey That Will Inspire”: Regions, Routes, and Rails 3 “Overcomin’ What Nature Put in Your Way”: Rural Heritage and Pioneer Mythology 4 “Where I Came From, How I Got Here”: Ethnic Diversity, Cultural Tourism, and the Memory of Immigration 5 “Deep Veins of Loss”: Sacrifice and Heroism in Coal Country 6 “From Our Family to Yours”: Personal Meanings of Work in Factory Tourism 7 “Steel Made This Town”: An Unfinished Story in Uncertain Times 8 “What’s the Use of Wond’rin’?”: The Questions of Industrial Heritage Epilogue: The Future of Pennsylvania’s Past Notes Bibliography Index

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This is a fascinating book that will make a major original contribution to the overlapping fields of public history, deindustrialization, and tourism studies. --Steven High, Concordia University, author of Industrial Sunset

As Kitch incorporates many colorful examples and writes eloquently but without pretense, undergraduate as well as graduate students would enjoy this book, which easily could be incorporated into media history, American studies, public history, tourism, and labor history classes. Paulette D. Kilmer, Journalism History

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Carolyn Kitch is Professor of Journalism in the School of Communications and Theater at Temple University.

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