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.
Environmental Justice and Racial Injustice in Southwest Philadelphia
by Will Caverly
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781955041140
Publisher: Casemate
Pub Date: 2024-12-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Brookline Books
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.
The Making of America’s First Great City, 1750–1775
by Justin McHenry
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 9781955041201
Publisher: Casemate
Pub Date: 2024-10-15
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Brookline Books
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
Publisher: Casemate
Pub Date: 2024-09-15
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Brookline Books
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.
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
From celebrity homing pigeons to the radars that detected the incoming Japanese planes at Pearl Harbor to early space communications and night vision technologies, Fort Monmouth was the birthplace of innovation and technological revolution; the home of a uniquely diverse group of military and civilian heroes and scientists.
A towering figure on a white horse, George Washington led his Continental Army to victory over the British Army in the longest battle of the Revolutionary War on June 28, 1778. This is that story, told by the people who experienced it.
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