Smack Q&A on Digphilly
09/29/2008
Digphilly.com, a local arts, entertainment and culture blog, posted a short Q&A today with Eric C. Schneider, author of Smack: Heroin and the American City. Here's an excerpt from the… READ MORE
Category: American History & Studies
New York Times City Room Blog looks at Bloom
News of Nicholas Dagen Bloom's talk at a recent New York City Housing Authority gathering made its way into The New York Times City Room Blog. Blogger Manny Fernandez referred… READ MORE
Art and the City–Now Available
09/23/2008
Art and the City: Civic Imagination and Cultural Authority in Los Angeles Sarah Schrank 224 pages | 6 x 9 | 42 illus. Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4117-4 | $39.95… READ MORE
In Search of Progressive America–Now Available
09/17/2008
In Search of Progressive America Edited by Michael Kazin. With Frans Becker and Menno Hurenkamp 160 pages | 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Paper 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-2038-4 | $19.95… READ MORE
Lincoln Mitchell Questions the Palin Effect on HuffPost
09/12/2008
"The last few weeks have shaken up the political race, but perhaps not as much as we might think." says Lincoln A. Mitchell in his latest blog entry on The… READ MORE
A Century of Social Work and Social Welfare at Penn–Now Available
09/03/2008
A Century of Social Work and Social Welfare at Penn Ram A. Cnaan, Melissa E. Dichter, and Jeffrey Draine, Editors 632 pages | 7 x 10 | 26 illus. Cloth… READ MORE
‘Progressive America’ Bloggers Make Unconventional Observations
09/02/2008
The blogging contributors to In Search of Progressive America, edited by Michael Kazin, took on the Democratic National Convention last week. This week it’s the Republican Party’s turn. Read what… READ MORE
Brides, Inc.–Now in Paperback
08/29/2008
Brides, Inc.: American Weddings and the Business of Tradition Vicki Howard 320 pages | 6 x 9 | 50 illus. Cloth 2006 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3945-4 | $34.95 | £23.00 Paper… READ MORE
Formative Acts–Now in Paperback
08/21/2008
Formative Acts: American Politics in the Making Edited by Stephen Skowronek and Matthew Glassman 456 pages | 6 x 9 | 4 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4012-2 | $65.00… READ MORE
Many Identities, One Nation–Now in Paperback
08/14/2008
Many Identities, One Nation: The Revolution and Its Legacy in the Mid-Atlantic Liam Riordan 392 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 27 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4001-6… READ MORE
