The Liberty Bell by Gary B Nash
Since its original casting in England in 1751, the Liberty Bell has survived a precarious journey on the road to becoming a symbol of the American identity. A cultural history rooted in detailed research, this book explores the impetus behind the bell's creation, as well as its evolutions in meaning through successive generations.
"It is an unlikely central character for a book: a silent, 250-year-old bellYet in The Liberty Bell, a biography of our nation's 'nearly sacred totem', Gary B. Nash provides a stirring historical account of the icon that is America's 'Rosetta Stone or... Holy Grail.'" (T. Rees Shapiro, Washington Post)"
Gary B. Nash is professor of history and director of the National Center for History in the Schools at UCLA. He is former president of the Organization of American Historians, and his 1979 book The Urban Crucible: Social Change, Political Consciousness, and the Origins of the American Revolution was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history. He lives in Los Angeles.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300171426 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300171420 |
| Title | The Liberty Bell |
| Author | Gary B Nash |
| Series | Icons Of America |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2011-02-22 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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