LEADER 04470nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910812185003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8122-0408-5 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812204087 035 $a(CKB)2670000000418264 035 $a(OCoLC)859160946 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748546 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001053167 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11606609 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001053167 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11084442 035 $a(PQKB)11751297 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse26102 035 $a(DE-B1597)449414 035 $a(OCoLC)1013940884 035 $a(OCoLC)979578066 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812204087 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442136 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10748546 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682416 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442136 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000418264 100 $a20051219d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMetropolitan Philadelphia $eliving with the presence of the past /$fSteven Conn 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (285 p.) 225 0 $aMetropolitan portraits 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a1-322-51134-9 311 $a0-8122-1943-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 253-263) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPrologue: The Naked City --$tChapter One. Echoes of William Penn --$tChapter Two. The Ghosts That Haunt Us --$tChapter Three. The Delaware Valley Makes the Middle Class --$tChapter Four. Two Rivers Run Through It --$tChapter Five. In the Mind's Eye: Imagining the Philadelphia Region --$tEpilogue: The Naked City and the Story of Decline --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aAs America's fifth largest city and fourth largest metropolitan region, Philadelphia is tied to its surrounding counties and suburban neighborhoods. It is this vital relationship, suggests Steven Conn, that will make or break greater Philadelphia. The Philadelphia region has witnessed virtually every major political, economic, and social transformation of American life. Having once been an industrial giant, the region is now struggling to fashion a new identity in a postindustrial world. On the one hand, Center City has been transformed into a vibrant hub with its array of restaurants, shops, cultural venues, and restored public spaces. On the other, unchecked suburban sprawl has generated concerns over rising energy costs and loss of agriculture and open spaces. In the final analysis, the region will need a dynamic central city for its future, while the city will also need a healthy sustainable region for its long-term viability. Central to the identity of a twenty-first century Metropolitan Philadelphia, Conn argues, is the deep and complicated interplay of past and present. Looking at the region through the wide lens of its culture and history, Metropolitan Philadelphia moves seamlessly between past and present. Displaying a specialist's knowledge of the area as well as a deep personal connection to his subject, Conn examines the shifting meaning of the region's history, the utopian impulse behind its founding, the role of the region in creating the American middle class, the regional watershed, and the way art and cultural institutions have given shape to a resident identity. Impressionistic and beautifully written, Metropolitan Philadelphia will be of great interest to urbanists and at the same time accessible to the wider public intrigued in the rich history and cultural dynamics of this fascinating region. What emerges from the book is a wide-ranging understanding of what it means to say, "I'm from Philadelphia." 606 $aHuman geography$zPennsylvania$zPhiladelphia Region 606 $aMiddle class$zPennsylvania$zPhiladelphia Region 607 $aPhiladelphia (Pa.)$xCivilization 607 $aPhiladelphia (Pa.)$xSocial conditions 607 $aPhiladelphia (Pa.)$xHistory 615 0$aHuman geography 615 0$aMiddle class 676 $a974.8/11 686 $aZH 9400$2rvk 700 $aConn$b Steven$01602496 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812185003321 996 $aMetropolitan Philadelphia$93973808 997 $aUNINA