Books Archive - University of Pittsburgh Press

Making the Frontier Man

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

By Matthew C. Ward

Contextualizes the Development of Early American Violence and Gun Culture

Kaufmann’s

The Family That Built Pittsburgh’s Famed Department Store

By Marylynne Pitz, Laura Malt Schneiderman

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

Fields of Play

Sport, Race, and Memory in the Steel City

By Robert T. Hayashi

A Pittsburgh Sports History Centering Issues of Race and Economic Disparity

Youghiogheny

Appalachian River, Revised Edition

By Tim Palmer

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

To Risk It All

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

By Michael McConnell

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

Iron Artisans

Welsh Immigrants and the American Age of Steel

By Ronald L. Lewis

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

Donora Death Fog

Clean Air and the Tragedy of a Pennsylvania Mill Town

By Andy McPhee

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

The Shale Renaissance

How Fracking Has Changed Pennsylvania in the Twenty-First Century

By Jonathan M. Fisk, Soren Jordan, A.J. Good

Examines the Administrative Challenges and Politics Associated with Fracking in Pennsylvania

Bound in the Bond of Life

Pittsburgh Writers Reflect on the Tree of Life Tragedy

Edited By Beth Kissileff, Eric Lidji

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

How Citizen Gatekeepers Can Save Local Journalism

By Andrew Conte

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

American Workman

The Life and Art of John Kane

By Maxwell King, Louise Lippincott

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

The Households of a Mill Town

By Margaret Byington

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

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

By Bernadette A. Lear

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

Bone Wars

The Excavation and Celebrity of Andrew Carnegie's Dinosaur, Twentieth Anniversary Edition

By Tom Rea

A New Edition of the Classic Account of the Early Dinosaur Craze

A Gift of Belief

Philanthropy and the Forging of Pittsburgh

Edited By Kathleen W. Buechel

A New History of Local Philanthropy that Offers New Insights on Its Interplay with Regional Partners, Aspirations, and Progress