Reviews

Author:

Evan Stoddard

Reviewer:

Aaron Cowan

Cowan on Stoddard, 'Transformed: Reinventing Pittsburgh's Industrial Sites for a New Century, 1975-1995'

Evan Stoddard. Transformed: Reinventing Pittsburgh's Industrial Sites for a New Century, 1975-1995. Pittsburgh: Harmony Street Publishers, 2016. Illustrations. 382 pp. $16.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-9983996-0-7.

Reviewed by Aaron Cowan (Slippery Rock University) Published on H-Pennsylvania (December, 2021) Commissioned by Jeanine Mazak-Kahne (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)

Author:

Shanti Gamper-Rabindran, ed.

Reviewer:

Matthew J. Smalarz

Smalarz on Gamper-Rabindran, 'The Shale Dilemma: A Global Perspective on Fracking and Shale Development'

Shanti Gamper-Rabindran, ed. The Shale Dilemma: A Global Perspective on Fracking and Shale Development. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018. 460 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8229-4513-0.

Reviewed by Matthew J. Smalarz (Manor College) Published on H-Pennsylvania (September, 2021) Commissioned by Jeanine Mazak-Kahne (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)

Author:

Timothy W. Kneeland

Reviewer:

Stephen E. Nepa

Nepa on Kneeland, 'Playing Politics with Natural Disaster: Hurricane Agnes, the 1972 Election, and the Origins of FEMA'

Timothy W. Kneeland. Playing Politics with Natural Disaster: Hurricane Agnes, the 1972 Election, and the Origins of FEMA. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2020. xvi + 227 pp. $36.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5017-4853-0.

Reviewed by Stephen E. Nepa (Temple University) Published on H-Pennsylvania (September, 2021) Commissioned by Jeanine Mazak-Kahne (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)

Author:

Dan Berger, Toussaint Losier

Reviewer:

Charlotte Rosen

Rosen on Berger and Losier, 'Rethinking the American Prison Movement'

Dan Berger, Toussaint Losier. Rethinking the American Prison Movement. New York: Routledge, 2017. viii + 206 pp. $135.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-138-78684-4; $39.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-138-78685-1.

Author:

Paul Westhead

Reviewer:

Karen Guenther

Guenther on Westhead, 'The Speed Game'

Paul Westhead. The Speed Game. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2020. x + 187 pp. Ill. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4962-2260-2.

Reviewed by Karen Guenther (Mansfield University) Published on H-Pennsylvania (August, 2021) Commissioned by Jeanine Mazak-Kahne (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)

Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=56380

Author:

Jennifer A. Thompson, Joseph J. Rishel, Eileen Owens, Timothy Rub, eds.

Reviewer:

Nancy Locke

Locke on Thompson and Rishel and Owens and Rub, 'Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art'

Jennifer A. Thompson, Joseph J. Rishel, Eileen Owens, Timothy Rub, eds. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2019. 216 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-87633-289-4.

Author:

Laura M. Holzman

Reviewer:

Jennifer M. Black

Black on Holzman, 'Contested Image: Defining Philadelphia for the Twenty-First Century'

Laura M. Holzman. Contested Image: Defining Philadelphia for the Twenty-First Century. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2019. xi + 198 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4399-1588-2; $99.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4399-1587-5.

Author:

Andrew R. Murphy, John Smolenski, eds.

Reviewer:

Beverly Tomek

Tomek on Murphy and Smolenski, 'The Worlds of William Penn'

Andrew R. Murphy, John Smolenski, eds. The Worlds of William Penn. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2019. 438 pp. $39.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-978801-77-6.

Reviewed by Beverly Tomek (University of Houston-Victoria.) Published on H-Pennsylvania (September, 2020) Commissioned by Jeanine Mazak-Kahne (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)

Author:

Natasha Zaretsky

Reviewer:

Andrew Simpson

Simpson on Zaretsky, 'Radiation Nation: Three Mile Island and the Political Transformation of the 1970s'

Natasha Zaretsky. Radiation Nation: Three Mile Island and the Political Transformation of the 1970s. New York: Columbia University Press, 2018. 312 pp. $35.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-231-17981-2.

Reviewed by Andrew Simpson (Duquesne University) Published on H-Pennsylvania (January, 2020) Commissioned by Jeanine Mazak-Kahne (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)

Author:

Rob Harper

Reviewer:

Daniel Barr

Barr on Harper, 'Unsettling the West: Violence and State Building in the Ohio Valley'

Rob Harper. Unsettling the West: Violence and State Building in the Ohio Valley. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018. 272 pp. $47.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8122-4964-4.

Reviewed by Daniel Barr (Robert Morris University) Published on H-Pennsylvania (October, 2019) Commissioned by Jeanine Mazak-Kahne (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)

Author:

Roger D. Simon

Reviewer:

Christopher N. Fritsch

Fritsch on Simon, 'Philadelphia: A Brief History'

Roger D. Simon. Philadelphia: A Brief History. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2017. 156 pp. $19.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-932304-26-8.

Reviewed by Christopher N. Fritsch (Mountain View College) Published on H-Pennsylvania (October, 2019) Commissioned by Jeanine Mazak-Kahne (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)

Printable Version: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=54221

Author:

David A. Ward

Reviewer:

Eric Duchess

Duchess on Ward, 'The 96th Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Civil War'

David A. Ward. The 96th Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Civil War. Jefferson: McFarland, 2018. 343 pp. $39.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4766-6851-2.

Reviewed by Eric Duchess (Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua, NY) Published on H-Pennsylvania (August, 2019) Commissioned by Jeanine Mazak-Kahne (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)

Author:

Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor

Reviewer:

Melissa Ford

Ford on Smart-Grosvenor, 'Thursdays and Every Other Sunday Off: A Domestic Rap by Verta Mae'

Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor. Thursdays and Every Other Sunday Off: A Domestic Rap by Verta Mae. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2018. 176 pp. $16.95 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-4529-5862-0; $16.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-5179-0607-8.

Reviewed by Melissa Ford (Slippery Rock University) Published on H-Pennsylvania (August, 2019) Commissioned by Jeanine Mazak-Kahne (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)

Author:

Lew Freedman

Reviewer:

Ryan Pettengill

Pettengill on Freedman, 'Connie Mack's First Dynasty: The Philadelphia Athletics, 1910-1914'

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)

Author:

William C. Forrey

Reviewer:

Jessica DeWitt

DeWitt on William C. Forrey, 'History of Pennsylvania's State Parks, 1893-1983' and William C. Forrey, 'History of Pennsylvania's State Parks, 1984-2015'

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.

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Cowan on Stoddard, 'Transformed: Reinventing Pittsburgh's Industrial Sites for a New Century, 1975-1995'

Smalarz on Gamper-Rabindran, 'The Shale Dilemma: A Global Perspective on Fracking and Shale Development'

Nepa on Kneeland, 'Playing Politics with Natural Disaster: Hurricane Agnes, the 1972 Election, and the Origins of FEMA'

Rosen on Berger and Losier, 'Rethinking the American Prison Movement'

Guenther on Westhead, 'The Speed Game'

Locke on Thompson and Rishel and Owens and Rub, 'Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art'

Black on Holzman, 'Contested Image: Defining Philadelphia for the Twenty-First Century'

Tomek on Murphy and Smolenski, 'The Worlds of William Penn'

Simpson on Zaretsky, 'Radiation Nation: Three Mile Island and the Political Transformation of the 1970s'

Barr on Harper, 'Unsettling the West: Violence and State Building in the Ohio Valley'

Fritsch on Simon, 'Philadelphia: A Brief History'

Duchess on Ward, 'The 96th Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Civil War'

Ford on Smart-Grosvenor, 'Thursdays and Every Other Sunday Off: A Domestic Rap by Verta Mae'

Pettengill on Freedman, 'Connie Mack's First Dynasty: The Philadelphia Athletics, 1910-1914'

DeWitt on William C. Forrey, 'History of Pennsylvania's State Parks, 1893-1983' and William C. Forrey, 'History of Pennsylvania's State Parks, 1984-2015'

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