Boston National Historical Park: Three Paths to Authorization (entire)

During 2016-2020, Temple University historian Seth C. Bruggeman researched and wrote an administrative history of the Boston National Historical Park, sponsored by the Organization of American Historians - National Park Service Collaboration. Here he reflects on the project and his findings toward helping NPS staff imagine new possibilities for doing history in Boston. Topics include urban renewal, heritage tourism, histories of race and power, the economics of American nationalism after World War II, and the contrivance of Revolutionary memory during the twentieth century.
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