Environmental Justice and Racial Injustice in Southwest Philadelphia
by Will Caverly
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781955041140
Pub Date: 2024-12-31
Format: Paperback
320 Pages
When plans to overhaul Southwest Philadelphia in the 1950s scheduled both the integrated neighborhood of Eastwick and the ecologically valuable Tinicum marshes to be razed, two grassroots movements took up the cause—battling eminent domain in the name of environmental conservation and economic injustice.
This is the story of the African-American Montier family, which traces its roots to Philadelphia’s first mayor, a white Quaker named Humphrey Morrey, and includes generations of Black activists, artists and scholars
Original stories that examine the world of Philadelphia’s theater within the broader narrative of American theater history, from the founding of the city to the current day.
Using narratives from fair-goers, this book examines the technological enthusiasm of Victorian society at the 1876 Philadelphia World’s Fair and the resulting transition from agricultural republic to industrial empire.
The Making of America’s First Great City, 1750–1775
by Justin McHenry
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 9781955041201
Pub Date: 2024-10-15
Format: Hardcover
224 Pages
Raising Philadelphia tells the dramatic story of Philadelphia’s rise to become the cultural heart of Colonial America and the lives of the people transforming the city in their image.
One Man’s Journey through the Golden Age of Sports
by Lenny Wagner
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781955041355
Pub Date: 2024-09-15
Format: Hardcover
240 Pages
Before Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders, there were only nineteen men who played in the Major Leagues of baseball and in the NFL in the same season. Only one, Walter French, played for a World Series winner and an NFL Championship team. Little remembered today, his status as a two-sport star had him constantly in the news.
Known as the Threshold to Valley Forge, the Gulph Mills Encampment, December 12–19, 1777 is often forgotten or minimized. Yet during those six days, General George Washington, the new nation, and its foreign allies made decisions that changed the entire course of the Revolutionary War.
The Incredible, Inspiring Story of the 2003-04 Saint Joseph’s Hawks
by Aaron Bracy
Foreword by Joe Lunardi
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 9781955041430
Pub Date: 2025-03-01
Format: Hardcover
288 Pages
In the 2003–04 season, Saint Joseph’s became the most captivating story in college basketball. The underdog Hawks completed a perfect regular season, rose to the No. 1 ranking in the country, and reminded everyone that you don’t have to be the biggest to beat the biggest or have the best to be the best.
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