Showdown in Center City: Staging redevelopment and citizenship in Bicentennial Philadelphia, 1974-1977

Journal of Urban History

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 791-825

  Feffer, Andrew ^a  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicentennial; Celebrations; Philadelphia; Spectacle; Urban renewal

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; ECONOMIC REGENERATION; HERITAGE TOURISM; URBAN RENEWAL;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344677040     PISSN: 00961442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0096144204263814     Document Type: Article

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