The Occupy Movement, Feminism, and Intersectionality
Heather McKee Hurwitz
Intersectionality lessons for contemporary “big-tent” organizing
208 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 2 tables
Relief, Unemployment, and Reform during the Great Depression
Abigail Trollinger
Chronicles Americans’ shift in thinking about government social insurance programs during the Great Depression
232 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 1 table, 4 halftones
The Battle to Protect the Rights of the Accused in Philadelphia
Edward W. Madeira Jr. and Michael D. Schaffer
A vibrant history of the Defender Association of Philadelphia—dubbed “the best lawyers money can’t buy”
256 pages
| 6 x 9
| 11 halftones
Learning to Raise Black Children in White Spaces
Valerie I. Harrison and Kathryn Peach D'Angelo
192 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 2 color illustrations
How Public Employees Win and Lose the Right to Bargain
Dominic D. Wells
Analyzes the expansion and restriction of collective bargaining rights for public employees
198 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 22 tables, 1 figure, 9 maps
Filipino America and the Politics of Diaspora Giving
L. Joyce Zapanta Mariano
Explores transnational giving practices as political projects that shape the Filipino diaspora
200 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
Precarity and Gender in India and the Diaspora
Kavita Daiya
Examines “what remains” in migration stories surrounding the 1947 Partition of India
246 pages
| 6 x 9
| 20 halftones
A Brief History of Medicine, Public Health, and Disease in Pennsylvania
James E. Higgins
138 pages
| 6 x 9
| 11 halftones
Globalization, Incorporation, and Placemaking in Queens, New York
Edited by Tarry Hum, Ron Hayduk, Francois Pierre-Louis Jr., and Michael Alan Krasner
Highlights immigrant engagement in urban development, policy, and social movements
392 pages
| 6 x 9
| 25 tables, 10 figures, 8 halftones, 4 maps
Overcoming Administrative Silos to Achieve Functional Collective Action
Rachel M. Krause and Christopher V. Hawkins
How cities organize to design and implement sustainability
282 pages
| 6 x 9
| 28 tables, 24 figures, 3 maps
People, Planning, Preservation, and Urban Renewal, 1915-2020
Dennis E. Gale
Reframing our understanding of the roles of gentrification and urban renewal in the revitalization of American cities
254 pages
| 6 x 9
| 4 tables, 16 halftones, 3 maps
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
How States Push Mothers Out of Employment
Leah Ruppanner
Challenging preconceived notions of the states that support working mothers
186 pages
| 6 x 9
| 14 tables, 4 figures, 36 maps
Disruptive Campaigns and Upset Elections in a Changing City
John Kromer
How upstart political candidates achieved spectacular successes over Philadelphia’s entrenched political establishment
340 pages
| 6 x 9
| 35 tables, 12 halftones, 23 maps
A Hmong Fighter Pilot's Story of Escaping Death and Confronting Life
Chia Youyee Vang
The life of Pao Yang, whose experiences defy conventional accounts of the Vietnam War
168 pages
| 5.25 x 8.5
| 22 halftones