History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)

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The Lung Block

The Lung Block

Plagues, Parks, and Power in Progressive-Era New York

Lays Bare the Class Struggles Inherent in Public Health and Urban Parks Campaigns of the Early Twentieth Century

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

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

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

Coastal Metropolis

Coastal Metropolis

Environmental Histories of Modern New York City

An Interdisciplinary Overview of New York City’s Relationship with Its Waterways and Coastlines Since 1889

Irish Presbyterians and the Shaping of Western Pennsylvania, 1770-1830

Irish Presbyterians and the Shaping of Western Pennsylvania, 1770-1830

A Fascinating Study of One of the Earliest and Most Influential Groups to Settle Western Pennsylvania

Nature’s Entrepot

Nature’s Entrepot

Philadelphia’s Urban Sphere and Its Environmental Thresholds

Philadelphia was one of America’s first major cities and an international seaport. Nature’s Entrepot views the planning, expansion, and sustainability of the urban environment of Philadelphia from its inception to the present.

Wealth, Waste, and Alienation

Wealth, Waste, and Alienation

Growth and Decline in the Connellsville Coke Industry
Pennsylvania Farming

Pennsylvania Farming

A History in Landscapes

Pennsylvania Farming presents the first history of Pennsylvania agriculture in more than sixty years. Sally McMurry goes beyond a strictly economic approach and considers the diverse forces that helped shape the farming landscape, from physical factors to cultural repertoires to labor systems. Above all, the people who created and worked on Pennsylvania’s farms are placed at the center of attention. More than 150 photographs inform the interpretation, which offers a sweeping look at the evolution of Pennsylvania’s agricultural landscapes right up to the present day.

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