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3 “Overcomin’ What Nature Put in Your Way”: Rural Heritage and Pioneer Mythology
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction: Public Memory and the Legacies of Labor 1
- 1 ''Almost a Nation”: The History of Industrial Heritage in Pennsylvania 21
- 2 “A Journey That Will Inspire”: Regions, Routes, and Rails 41
- 3 “Overcomin’ What Nature Put in Your Way”: Rural Heritage and Pioneer Mythology 57
- 4 “Where I Came From, How I Got Here”: Ethnic Diversity, Cultural Tourism, and the Memory of Immigration 77
- 5 “Deep Veins of Loss”: Sacrifice and Heroism in Coal Country 91
- 6 “From Our Family to Yours”: Personal Meanings of Work in Factory Tourism 109
- 7 “Steel Made This Town”: An Unfinished Story in Uncertain Times 129
- 8 “What’s the Use of Wond’rin’?”: The Questions of Industrial Heritage 153
- Epilogue: The Future of Pennsylvania’s Past 169
- Notes 181
- Bibliography 219
- Index 241
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction: Public Memory and the Legacies of Labor 1
- 1 ''Almost a Nation”: The History of Industrial Heritage in Pennsylvania 21
- 2 “A Journey That Will Inspire”: Regions, Routes, and Rails 41
- 3 “Overcomin’ What Nature Put in Your Way”: Rural Heritage and Pioneer Mythology 57
- 4 “Where I Came From, How I Got Here”: Ethnic Diversity, Cultural Tourism, and the Memory of Immigration 77
- 5 “Deep Veins of Loss”: Sacrifice and Heroism in Coal Country 91
- 6 “From Our Family to Yours”: Personal Meanings of Work in Factory Tourism 109
- 7 “Steel Made This Town”: An Unfinished Story in Uncertain Times 129
- 8 “What’s the Use of Wond’rin’?”: The Questions of Industrial Heritage 153
- Epilogue: The Future of Pennsylvania’s Past 169
- Notes 181
- Bibliography 219
- Index 241