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"--

About the author

David W. Young is the Executive Director of the Delaware Historical Society. He previously served as Executive Director of Cliveden, a historic site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the Johnson House Historic Site, both located in the Germantown section of Philadelphia.

Product details

• Authors: David W. Young
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781439915554
• ISBN: 978-1-4399-1555-4
• No. of pages: 286
• Series: History and the Public; History and the Public
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Regional and national histories; Amerikanische Geschichte, USA Nordosten, Mid-Atlantic States, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Historiography, History - U.S., HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)