Greater Philadelphia and the Nation

"For the nation's 250th anniversary, the editorial team of The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia presents a new history of Philadelphia across its many dimensions: the region, the nation, and the world. With the city at the center, topics range from pre-colonial times to the present to animate the region spanning southeastern Pennsylvania, South Jersey, and northern Delaware. Informed by the most advanced contemporary scholarship and richly illustrated, Greater Philadelphia and the Nation opens with Philadelphia's important role during the American Revolution and its place as the nation's capital and as a capital for Black America. For the first time, these topics are combined with the ongoing dynamics of citizenship and nationhood as they unfolded in the Philadelphia region from the nineteenth through twenty-first centuries. The volume also follows the region's reach through transportation, communications, and popular culture. From revolutionaries to Rocky, readers will be immersed in Greater Philadelphia's role in creating, challenging, and sustaining the nation"-- Provided by publisher.

Charlene Mires is Professor of History at Rutgers University-Camden and Editor-in-Chief of The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia.
Jean R. Soderlund is Professor of History Emeritus at Lehigh University. Her books include Lenape Country: Delaware Valley Society Before William Penn (2015).