Fall 2022

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Are All Politics Nationalized?

Evidence from the 2020 Campaigns in Pennsylvania

Edited by Stephen K. Medvic, Matthew M. Schousen, and Berwood A. Yost

Do local concerns still play a significant role in campaigns up and down the ballot?

258 pages | 6 x 9 | 30 tables, 6 figures, 5 halftones

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Beauty and Brutality

Manila and Its Global Discontents

Edited by Martin F. Manalansan IV, Robert Diaz, and Rolando B. Tolentino

Diverse perspectives on Manila that suggest the city’s exhilarating sights and sounds broaden how Philippine histories are defined and understood

346 pages | 6 x 9 | 22 halftones, 1 map

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BLAM! Black Lives Always Mattered!

Hidden African American Philadelphia of the Twentieth Century

Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection

The historic accomplishments of 14 notable Black Philadelphians from the twentieth-century—in graphic novel form

164 pages | 9 x 13.5

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Blue-State Republican

How Larry Hogan Won Where Republicans Lose and Lessons for a Future GOP

Mileah K. Kromer

What the story of Maryland's two-term Republican governor can teach us about winning elections

208 pages | 5.5 x 8.25 | 13 tables

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Bringing the Civic Back In

Zane L. Miller and American Urban History

Edited by Larry Bennett, John D. Fairfield, and Patricia Mooney-Melvin

A critical appraisal of the career of Zane L. Miller, one of the founders of the new urban history

226 pages | 5.5 x 8.25

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Cultures Colliding

American Missionaries, Chinese Resistance, and the Rise of Modern Institutions in China

John R. Haddad

Why American missionaries started building schools, colleges, medical schools, hospitals, and YMCA chapters in China before 1900

350 pages | 6 x 9 | 1 map

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Divide & Conquer

Race, Gangs, Identity, and Conflict

Robert D. Weide

Argues that contemporary identity politics divides gang members and their communities across racial lines

284 pages | 6 x 9 | 6 tables, 14 halftones, 1 map

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Engaging Place, Engaging Practices

Urban History and Campus-Community Partnerships

Edited by Robin F. Bachin and Amy L. Howard

How public history can be a catalyst for stronger relationships between universities and their communities

218 pages | 5.5 x 8.25 | 19 color photos, 7 halftones, 2 maps

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An Epidemic among My People

Religion, Politics, and COVID-19 in the United States

Edited by Paul A. Djupe and Amanda Friesen

Did religion make the pandemic worse or help keep it contained?

322 pages | 6 x 9 | 4 tables, 38 figures, 1 map

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Gendered Places

The Landscape of Local Gender Norms across the United States

William J. Scarborough

Reveals how distinct cultural environments shape the patterns of gender inequality

256 pages | 6 x 9 | 8 tables, 49 figures

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A Good Place to Do Business

The Politics of Downtown Renewal since 1945

Roger Biles and Mark H. Rose

How six industrial cities in the American Rust Belt reacted to deindustrialization in the years after World War II

360 pages | 6 x 9 | 4 halftones, 6 maps

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Justice Outsourced

The Therapeutic Jurisprudence Implications of Judicial Decision-Making by Nonjudicial Officers

Edited by Michael L. Perlin and Kelly Frailing

Examines the hidden use of nonjudicial officers in the criminal justice system

290 pages | 6 x 9 | 5 tables, 6 figures

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Memory Passages

Holocaust Memorials in the United States and Germany

Natasha Goldman

Now in Paperback—Considers Holocaust memorials in the United States and Germany, postwar to the present

250 pages | 6 x 9 | 10 color photos, 23 halftones

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The Mouse Who Played Football

Written by Brian Westbrook Sr. and Lesley Van Arsdall; Illustrated by Mr. Tom

Who would ever think that a mouse could play football?

32 pages | 10 x 8 | 23 color illustrations, 1 halftone

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Never Ask "Why"

Football Players' Fight for Freedom in the NFL

Ed Garvey; Edited by Chuck Cascio

An inside look at the struggles Ed Garvey faced in bringing true professionalism to football players

230 pages | 6 x 9 | 1 table, 13 halftones

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