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From the Steel City to the White City

From the Steel City to the White City

Western Pennsylvania and the World’s Columbian Exposition

How Pittsburgh Positioned Itself as a Center of Culture and Innovation at the Turn of the Century

Making the Frontier Man

Making the Frontier Man

Violence, White Manhood, and Authority in the Early Western Backcountry

Contextualizes the Development of Early American Violence and Gun Culture

Kaufmann’s

Kaufmann’s

The Family That Built Pittsburgh’s Famed Department Store

Traces One Family’s Outsized Influence on Its Community and a Century of National Retail Trends in the Department Store Industry

Fields of Play

Fields of Play

Sport, Race, and Memory in the Steel City

A Pittsburgh Sports History Centering Issues of Race and Economic Disparity

Youghiogheny

Youghiogheny

Appalachian River, Revised Edition

The Fortieth Anniversary Edition of the Classic Exploration of the Youghiogheny River,Updated with a New Introduction and Epilogue

To Risk It All

To Risk It All

General Forbes, the Capture of Fort Duquesne, and the Course of Empire in the Ohio Country

A Comprehensive History Placing Forbes and His Campaign during the Seven Years’ War within the Context of the Eighteenth Century British Empire

Pittsburgh Rising

Pittsburgh Rising

From Frontier Town to Steel City, 1750-1920

Traces the Arc of Pittsburgh’s Rise from Frontier Outpost to Dynamic Industrial Region

Iron Artisans

Iron Artisans

Welsh Immigrants and the American Age of Steel

How Skilled Welsh Workers and Managers Helped Build the American Steel Industry

Donora Death Fog

Donora Death Fog

Clean Air and the Tragedy of a Pennsylvania Mill Town

The Complete Story of the Worst Air Pollution Disaster in US History

The Shale Renaissance

The Shale Renaissance

How Fracking Has Changed Pennsylvania in the Twenty-First Century

Examines the Administrative Challenges and Politics Associated with Fracking in Pennsylvania

Bound in the Bond of Life

Bound in the Bond of Life

Pittsburgh Writers Reflect on the Tree of Life Tragedy

Essays That Confront the Personal and Public Aspects of Surviving Tragedy and Demonstrate How Pittsburgh Is Still Stronger Than Hate

Death of the Daily News

Death of the Daily News

How Citizen Gatekeepers Can Save Local Journalism

Death of the Daily News Sounds a Warning for an Unfolding American Crisis

American Workman

American Workman

The Life and Art of John Kane

A Richly Illustrated Exploration of John Kane’s Life, the Value and Dignity of Labor, and Who Decides What Is Art and What Is Not

Homestead

Homestead

The Households of a Mill Town

The Classic Portrait of Urban Industrial Life in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century, with a New Foreword by Tom Waseleski

Made Free and Thrown Open to the Public

Made Free and Thrown Open to the Public

Community Libraries in Pennsylvania from the Colonial Era through World War II

An Engaging Must-Read History of Public Libraries in Pennsylvania from 1731 through 1945

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