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.
Brief description: Carolyn Kitch is Professor of Journalism in the School of Communications and Theater at Temple University.
Review Quotes:
"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