How Engagement Strengthens Members, Places of Worship, and Society
Rebecca A. Glazier
Forthcoming Spring 2024
Showing how community engagement can build stronger congregations and improve democracy
262 pages
| 6 x 9
| 47 tables, 14 figures
City and Country in Environmental and Political Disorder
John D. Fairfield
Forthcoming Spring 2024
Forging a path forward toward modes of production and ways of life, less dependent on despoliation and manic consumption, that will be genuinely sustaining
316 pages
| 6 x 9
Beyond the Boardwalk
James T. Sears
Forthcoming Spring 2024
How a conservative southern Delaware beach town was transformed into a major East Coast summer queer resort
341 pages
| 6 x 9
| 22 halftones
Modern Workers’ Houses in Early Twentieth-Century Detroit
Michael McCulloch
Shows that power is negotiated through housing development, which spatializes race and class relations and is central to workers’ security
242 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 table, 9 figures, 61 halftones
Stories from Philadelphia Archaeology
Second Edition
Rebecca Yamin
New archaeological finds in Philadelphia and state-of-the-art analyses bring more of the city’s unknown past and its people to life
320 pages
| 7 x 10
| 75 color photos, 2 tables, 10 figures, 91 halftones, 9 maps
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
The Elections and Governance of Black Female Mayors
Edited by Sharon D. Wright Austin
Examines the crucial role that Black women have carried out in the cities they govern
332 pages
| 6 x 9
| 22 tables, 14 figures
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
Historic Preservation amid Urban Decline in Cleveland, Ohio
Stephanie Ryberg-Webster
Exploring historic preservation in Cleveland, Ohio during the 1970s and early 1980s, when the city’s urban decline escalated
266 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 table, 4 figures, 19 halftones, 1 map
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
Paul G. Lewis and Nicholas J. Marantz
A cautionary lesson about the dangers of fragmented local authority and the need for an empowered regional institution to address housing crises
116 pages
| 6 x 9
| 4 tables, 2 figures, 4 maps
A Methods Handbook
Edited by Elizabeth R. Groff and Cory P. Haberman
A hands-on introduction to the fundamental techniques and methods used for understanding geography of crime
442 pages
| 7 x 10
| 35 color photos, 27 tables, 51 figures
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
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
Cincinnati’s Religious Landscape, 1788–1873
Matthew Smith
How nineteenth-century Cincinnati tested the boundaries of nativism, toleration, and freedom
260 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 table, 6 figures
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