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

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