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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.

Stavans’s Ongoing Quest to Find a Convergence Between the Personal and Historical

The Cosmopolitan and Practical Science of Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Istanbul

Traces the Racial Charge of the Architectural Writings of Five Modern Theorists

The Ending of Tyndall’s Relationship with the Drummond Family, Disputes about His Glaciology Work, and More

Celebrated Pittsburgh Historians Document the City’s Development Over the Last Two Centuries

The Development of a Distinctive Public Science in Nineteenth-Century Australia

The Crucial Role Urban Spaces Played in the Production of Scientific Knowledge in Dublin

A Renowned Pittsburgh-Based Muralist Reflects on His 50-Year Career

Teetering Between Joy and Despair, Faith and Doubt, and the Disconnect Between Lived Experience and the Written Word

Evaluating the Complexity Principle for Scholarship in the History of Science and ReligionEvaluating the Complexity Principle for Scholarship in the History of Science and Religion

Poems that Consider the Disappearance of Language in an Age of Digital Communication

Situates Theater and Performance in Debates on Dominican History and Culture and the Impact of Migration

Mark Collins and Margaret Mary Kimmel detail the story of Pennsylvania native Fred Rogers and his classic PBS children’s program Mister Roger’s Neighborhood. This is an updated edition featuring a new foreword by David “Mr. McFeely” Newell.