Spring 2023

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All-American Massacre

The Tragic Role of American Culture and Society in Mass Shootings

Edited by Eric Madfis and Adam Lankford

Looking beyond guns and mental illness to the deeper causes of mass shootings

362 pages | 6 x 9 | 5 tables, 15 figures

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Brothers

A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Race

Nico Slate

A White historian’s heartbreaking quest to make sense of the death of his mixed-race older brother

248 pages | 6 x 9 | 15 halftones

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Clean Air and Good Jobs

U.S. Labor and the Struggle for Climate Justice

Todd E. Vachon

Examining the growing participation by labor activists, leaders, and unions in the fight to address climate change, jobs, and justice

296 pages | 6 x 9 | 4 tables, 9 figures

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The Collected Short Stories of Bharati Mukherjee

Edited by Ruth Maxey

All 35 of Bharati Mukherjee’s sophisticated short stories—some never before published—now in one volume

Cover illustration: Manhattan Mall by The Singh Twins, 1997 Copyright © The Singh Twins: www.singhtwins.co.uk

408 pages | 6 x 9

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The Compassionate Court?

Support, Surveillance, and Survival in Prostitution Diversion Programs

Corey S. Shdaimah, Chrysanthi S. Leon, and Shelly A. Wiechelt

Shines a light on women who surveil and are surveilled in U.S. prostitution diversion programs within punishing economic, social, and carceral systems

204 pages | 6 x 9 | 3 tables, 2 figures

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Disability Services in Higher Education

An Insider’s Guide

Kirsten T. Behling, Eileen H. Bellemore, Lisa B. Bibeau, Andrew S. Cioffi, and Bridget A. McNamee

A blueprint for disability service providers on how institutions can and must support students with disabilities

356 pages | 6 x 9 | 40 tables, 27 figures, 1 map

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Gender and Violence against Political Actors

Edited by Elin Bjarnegård and Pär Zetterberg

An interdisciplinary, global examination of political violence through a gendered lens

312 pages | 6 x 9 | 16 tables, 18 figures

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The History of Temple University Japan

An Experiment in International Education

Richard Joslyn and Bruce Stronach

How Temple University successfully established an innovative international branch campus in Japan that endured against the odds

292 pages | 6 x 9 | 61 color photos, 3 tables

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The Impact of College Diversity

Struggles and Successes at Age 30

Elizabeth Aries

Revealing the benefits of learning from peer diversity during college and the effect that has on graduates' lives

226 pages | 6 x 9

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Jewish Self-Determination beyond Zionism

Lessons from Hannah Arendt and Other Pariahs

Jonathan Graubart

A compelling diagnosis of the long-reigning pathologies and practices of Zionism and a prescription for reforming Jewish self-determination

218 pages | 6 x 9

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The Many Geographies of Urban Renewal

New Perspectives on the Housing Act of 1949

Edited by Douglas R. Appler

Reveals crucial yet previously unexplored facets of the American federal urban renewal program

232 pages | 6 x 9 | 2 tables, 4 figures, 25 halftones

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"Mr. Taxpayer versus Mr. Tax Spender"

Taxpayers’ Associations, Pocketbook Politics, and the Law during the Great Depression

Linda Upham-Bornstein

Traces the history and lasting impact of the taxpayers' association movement of the 1930s

220 pages | 6 x 9

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The NFL Off-Camera

An A–Z Guide to the League's Most Memorable Players and Personalities

Bob Angelo

Insider stories of gridiron grit, heroism, and tragedy—as well as egos run amok

266 pages | 6 x 9

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One Last Read

The Collected Works of the World's Slowest Sportswriter

Ray Didinger

Now Available in Paperback...
Essays from Philadelphia’s most beloved sportswriter—with a new afterword by the author

394 pages | 6 x 9 | 10 halftones

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Philadelphia, Corrupt and Consenting

A City’s Struggle against an Epithet

Brett H. Mandel

How corruption in Philadelphia harms the city, why it endures, and what can be done to move toward a better future

272 pages | 6 x 9 | 2 tables

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