Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction: Making History Matter 1
4. Chapter 1. Pieces Of The Colonial Past 14
5. Chapter 2. Recalling A Commercial Seaport 45
6. Chapter 3. The Revolution’S Many Faces 79
7. Chapter 4. A New City For A New Nation 108
8. Chapter 5. A City In Flux 144
9. Chapter 6. Reforming Philadelphia 176
10. Chapter 7. In Civil War And Reconstruction 223
11. Chapter 8. Workshop Of The World, Schoolhouse Of History 261
12. Chapter 9. Restoring Memory 314
13. Abbreviations 330
14. Notes 331
15. Acknowledgments 353
16. Index 355
17. Permissions 381