Lew Freedman. Connie Mack's First Dynasty: The Philadelphia Athletics, 1910-1914. Jefferson: McFarland, 2017. Illustrations. 224 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-7864-9627-3.
Reviewed by Ryan Pettengill (Mountain View College) Published on H-Pennsylvania (March, 2019) Commissioned by Jeanine Mazak-Kahne (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)
William C. Forrey. History of Pennsylvania's State Parks, 1893-1983. Harrisburg: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Resources, Office of Resources Management, Bureau of State Parks, 1984. Illustrations, maps. 110 pp. http://paconservationheritage.org/resources/articles/. William C. Forrey. History of Pennsylvania's State Parks, 1984-2015.
Mark Whitaker. Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2018. Illustrations. xxi + 404 pp. $30.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5011-2239-2.
Reviewed by Kate Lukaszewicz (Sewickely Academy) Published on H-Pennsylvania (September, 2018) Commissioned by Allen J. Dieterich-Ward (Shippensburg University)
Tom Benjey. Glorious Times: Adventures of the Craighead Naturalists. Missoula: University of Montana Press, 2016. 264 pp. $18.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-9909748-9-5.
Reviewed by Brenda Barrett (Living Landscape Observer) Published on H-Pennsylvania (July, 2018) Commissioned by Allen J. Dieterich-Ward (Shippensburg University)
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James Young. Union Power: The United Electrical Workers in Erie, Pennsylvania. New York: Monthly Review Press, 2017. 248 pp. $24.65 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-58367-619-6; $29.00 (paper), ISBN 978-1-58367-617-2.
Reviewed by Robert Shaffer (Shippensburg University) Published on H-Pennsylvania (June, 2018) Commissioned by Allen J. Dieterich-Ward (Shippensburg University)
Ronald E. Ostman, Harry Littell. Wood Hicks and Bark Peelers: A Visual History of Pennsylvania's Railroad Lumbering Communities; The Photographic Legacy of William T. Clarke. Keystone Books Series. University Park: Penn State University Press, 2016. Illustrations. 252 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-271-07207-4.
J. William Thompson. From Memory to Memorial: Shanksville, America, and Flight 93. Keystone Books Series. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2017. 200 pp. $19.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-271-07699-7.
Reviewed by Carolyn Kitch (Temple University) Published on H-Pennsylvania (March, 2018) Commissioned by Allen J. Dieterich-Ward (Shippensburg University)
Jake Oresick. The Schenley Experiment: A Social History of Pittsburgh’s First Public High School. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2017. 240 pp. $19.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-271-07833-5.
Reviewed by Robert Shaffer (Shippensburg University) Published on H-Pennsylvania (February, 2018) Commissioned by Allen J. Dieterich-Ward
S. L. Price. Playing through the Whistle: Steel, Football, and an American Town. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2016. x + 550 pp. $27.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8021-2564-4.
Reviewed by John Bloom (Shippensburg University) Published on H-Pennsylvania (January, 2018) Commissioned by Allen J. Dieterich-Ward
Allen Dieterich-Ward. Beyond Rust: Metropolitan Pittsburgh and the Fate of Industrial America. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. 360 pp. $37.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8122-4767-1.
Reviewed by Mariel Isaacson (Grace Church School) Published on H-Pennsylvania (July, 2017) Commissioned by Tammy Nemeth
Diane Sicotte. From Workshop to Waste Magnet: Environmental Inequality in the Philadelphia Region. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2016. 256 pp. $26.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8135-7419-6.
Reviewed by Richard Newman (Rochester Institute of Technology) Published on H-Pennsylvania (June, 2017) Commissioned by Allen J. Dieterich-Ward
Tracy Neumann. Remaking the Rust Belt: The Postindustrial Transformation of North America. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. 280 pp. $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8122-4827-2.
Reviewed by Robert Gioielli (University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College) Published on H-Pennsylvania (June, 2017) Commissioned by Allen J. Dieterich-Ward
Sarah Crabtree. Holy Nation: The Transatlantic Quaker Ministry in an Age of Revolution. American Beginnings, 1500-1900 Series. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015. 304 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-226-25576-7.
Reviewed by Julie Holcomb (Baylor University) Published on H-Pennsylvania (June, 2017) Commissioned by Allen J. Dieterich-Ward
Andrew R. Murphy. Liberty, Conscience, and Toleration: The Political Thought of William Penn. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. 320 pp. $74.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-027119-0.
Reviewed by Spencer Wells (College of William and Mary) Published on H-Pennsylvania (May, 2017) Commissioned by Allen J. Dieterich-Ward
R. Michael Stewart, Kurt W. Carr, Paul A. Raber, eds. The Nature and Pace of Change in American Indian Cultures: Pennsylvania, 4000 to 3000 BP. University Park: Penn State University Press, 2016. 152 pp. $24.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-271-07095-7.
Reviewed by Karl Lorenz (Shippensburg University) Published on H-Pennsylvania (March, 2017) Commissioned by Allen J. Dieterich-Ward
