Coming October 21, 2025 from Penn Press, a landmark book project celebrates Philadelphia’s role as the beating heart of the nation’s story, unearthing the hidden histories, points of pride, people, places, and communities in the city and region we all love.
Informed by current scholarship and richly illustrated with full-color photographs and maps, Greater Philadelphia: A New History for the Twenty-First Century brings to the public an up-to-date, diverse history of Philadelphia across its many dimensions. The project’s three volumes—The Greater Philadelphia Region, Greater Philadelphia and the Nation, and Greater Philadelphia and the World—offer fresh, engaging, and inclusive retellings of our region’s history from leading scholars and local voices. This is Philly as you’ve never read it: complex, interconnected, and globally relevant.
Table of Contents (PDF):
- The Greater Philadelphia Region (Vol.1)
- Greater Philadelphia and the Nation (Vol. 2)
- Greater Philadelphia and the World (Vol. 3)
Use the links below to learn more and preorder each volume or the three-volume set today!
