A Tale of Two Taverns and the Growth of Philadelphia
Rebecca Yamin
152 pages
| 5 x 8
| 55 color photos, 2 figures, 8 halftones, 6 maps
Effective Public History in America
David W. Young
Lessons from Philadelphia's Germantown neighborhood on how the public engages the past
294 pages
| 6 x 9
| 5 figures, 17 halftones, 2 maps
Using Public History to Revitalize Inner Cities
Andrew Hurley
A framework for stabilizing and strengthening inner-city neighborhoods through the public interpretation of historic landscapes
248 pages
| 6 x 9
| 3 maps 14 halftones
Waves of Change in the Birthplace of American Rowing
Dotty Brown
A magisterial history of Philadelphia's iconic Boathouse Row
288 pages
| 10 x 8
| 63 color photos, 3 line drawings, 110 halftones
The Crisis of Prophetic Black Politics
Stephen H. Marshall
A compelling conversation between African American political intellectuals and the canon of western political philosophy
250 pages
| 6 x 9
The Black Freedom Struggle in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Todd E Robinson
A view of the civil rights movement in the crucible of the North
248 pages
| 6 x 9
| 3 tables, 12 halftones
Constructing Chinese American Identities during the Exclusion Era
Edited by K. Scott Wong, and Sucheng Chan
A collection of essays that recovers the lives and experiences of individuals who staked their claim to Chinese American identity
226 pages
| 6 x 9
| 4 tables
Chinese Indentured Laborers and African Slaves in Cuba
Lisa Yun
A remarkable examination of bondage in Cuba that probes questions of slavery, freedom, and race
336 pages
| 6 x 9
| 6 tables, 3 figures, 1 halftone
Lessons from Vancouver on Building a Livable City
Nathanael Lauster
A detailed study of how Vancouver moved away from the single-family house and the effects of this transformation, detailed by interviews with residents
262 pages
| 6 x 9
| 7 tables, 11 figures, 4 halftones, 6 maps
Flight Attendant Activism, Family Politics, and Workplace Justice
Ryan Patrick Murphy
How flight attendants have drawn on feminist and LGBTQ activist legacies to challenge big business's rise to power after 1970
252 pages
| 6 x 9
From Charity to Confrontation
Doris Zames Fleischer and Frieda Zames
A newly updated account of the struggle for disability rights in the U.S.
360 pages
| 7 x 10
Blurring the Lines of Identity
Edited by Jeffrey A. Brune and Daniel J. Wilson
Why passing is a crucial concept in disability studies
216 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 1 halftone
Beth Kephart
A young adult novel set during the height of Philadelphia's industrial age
198 pages
| 5.5 x 8.5
Tân-Singing, Chutney, and the Making of Indo-Caribbean Culture
Peter Manuel
An introduction to the music of Indo-Caribbean culture
288 pages
| 7 x 10
| 1 map 34 figures 18 halftones
Black Americans and the End of Slavery
Deborah Willis and Barbara Krauthamer
What freedom looked like for black Americans in the Civil War era
240 pages
| 7 x 10
| 150 halftones
Investing in America Fifty Years after the Kerner Report
Edited by Fred Harris and Alan Curtis
Examining inequality in America fifty years after the Kerner Report
488 pages
| 6 x 9
| 9 tables, 54 figures
Charting the Future of Teaching the Past
Sam Wineburg
How do historians know what they know?
272 pages
| 6 x 9
| 8 tables 3 figures 3 halftones
Michael E. Brown
A major reorientation of scholarly thought about communism and contemporary social movements
264 pages
| 6 x 9
The Argentine Puzzle in Context
Claudia Kedar
Chronicling the sometimes questionable relationship between the International Monetary Fund and Latin America from 1944 to the present
264 pages
| 6 x 9
| 2 tables
Ivory Perry and the Culture of Opposition
George Lipsitz
The life story of a grassroots, civil rights activist
320 pages
| 6 x 9
Mike Wallace
A long-awaited dispatch from the history front in today's culture war
336 pages
| 6 x 9
| 5 figures, 10 halftones
Urban Space and Organized Resistance in New Haven
Mandi Isaacs Jackson
A lively account of social protest and urban renewal in a struggling American city
296 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 table, 5 figures, 45 halftones
Elevated Highways, Architecture, and Urban Change in Pre-Interstate America
Amy D. Finstein
How American cities used elevated highways as major architectural statements about local growth and modernization before 1956
304 pages
| 7 x 10
| 103 halftones, 12 maps
Creative Speculations for Philadelphia
Edited by Paul M. Farber and Ken Lum
A living handbook for vital perspectives on public art and history
336 pages
| 6.75 x 9.375
| 160 color photos, 82 halftones
Edited by John McMillian, and Paul Buhle
You didn't have to be there
280 pages
| 7 x 10
Darrel Wanzer-Serrano
A landmark history of the New York Young Lords, and what their activism tells us about contemporary Latino/a politics
248 pages
| 6 x 9
| 11 figures, 6 halftones
Intellectual Disability and Civil Rights in Twentieth-Century America
Allison C. Carey
The history of civil rights for people with intellectual disabilities in 20th century America
240 pages
| 6 x 9
| 4 figures
Campaign Oratory and Democracy in the United States, Britain, and Australia
Sean Scalmer
The story of how the “stump speech” was created, diffused, and helped to shape the modern democracies of the Anglo-American world
232 pages
| 6 x 9
| 8 halftones
A Labor History of Queer America
Miriam Frank
A groundbreaking history of queer activists who advanced the causes of labor organizing and LGBT rights
240 pages
| 6 x 9
Homosexuality, Prostitution, and Urban Culture in Nineteenth-Century Paris
Andrew Israel Ross
How female prostitutes and men who sought sex with other men shaped the history and emergence of modern Paris in the nineteenth century
264 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 figure, 7 halftones, 2 maps
Historical Perspectives
Edited by Carmen Teresa Whalen and Víctor Vázquez-Hernández
Histories of the Puerto Rican experience
320 pages
| 6 x 9
| 5 tables, 20 halftones
The Afterlife of the Cold War in Cambodia
Y-Dang Troeung
Exploring key works that have emerged out of the Cambodian refugee archive
262 pages
| 6 x 9
| 28 color photos, 6 halftones
Civil Liberties Debates from the Internment to McCarthyism and the Radical 1960s
Masumi Izumi
Now in Paperback—Dissecting the complex relationship among race, national security, and civil liberties in “the age of American concentration camps”
268 pages
| 6 x 9
| 3 halftones
German Cinema in the Shadow of the Third Reich
Robert R Shandley
An insightful analysis of German film in the immediate postwar era
240 pages
| 6 x 9
| 19 halftones
France Meets Philadelphia
Lynn Miller and Therese Dolan
Chronicling the French presence and impact on Philadelphia through its art and artists, as well as through the city’s political and social culture
416 pages
| 7 x 10
| 169 color photos, 2 halftones, 1 map
Globalization and Local Politics in Manchester and Philadelphia
Jerome I. Hodos
How Philadelphia and Manchester have successfully grappled with globalization, carving out a series of distinctive niche roles for themselves over time
264 pages
| 6 x 9
| 8 tables, 3 figures, 13 halftones, 5 maps
Globalization and Local Politics in Manchester and Philadelphia
Jerome I. Hodos
How Philadelphia and Manchester have successfully grappled with globalization, carving out a series of distinctive niche roles for themselves over time
264 pages
| 6 x 9
| 8 tables, 3 figures, 13 halftones, 5 maps
Studies in the Historical Fiction Film
Leger Grindon
A new genre of film is identified and explored
264 pages
| 6 x 9
| 19 halftones
A Social History of Tobacco
Eric Burns
From the author of The Spirits of America, an energetic history of tobacco use
296 pages
| 6 x 9
A Social History of Alcohol
Eric Burns
A history of "the great American thirst"
344 pages
| 6 x 9
Faith in Action for 250 Years
Cordelia Frances Biddle, Elizabeth S. Browne, Alan J. Heavens, and Charles P. Peitz
A history of the second-oldest Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, published in honor of its 250th anniversary
272 pages
| 8 x 10
| 125 color illustrations
Work, Kin, and Community in Autotown, U.S.A.
Lisa M. Fine
A collision of history and memory
256 pages
| 6 x 9
| 7 tables, 17 halftones
From Kelly Girls to Permatemps in Postwar America
Erin Hatton
How the temp industry undermined the idea that workers are a company's chief asset
232 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 2 tables, 7 halftones
A Century of <u>National Geographic</u>'s Representation of the Arab World
Linda Steet
Critically unpacks National Geographic's portrayal of the Arab World
224 pages
| 6 x 9
| 34 halftones
Paul K. Longmore
"Personal inclination made me a historian. Personal encounter with public policy made me an activist."
288 pages
| 6 x 9
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