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This book provides a comprehensive examination of the Keystone State’s formal and informal political institutions and players, past and present, and elucidates the place each holds in governing the commonwealth today. Covering a period of more than three...

Explores four centuries of colonization, land divisions, and urban development around this historic landmark neighborhood in West Harlem It was the neighborhood where Alexander Hamilton built his country home, George Gershwin wrote his first hit, a young...

Black Philadelphians have shaped Philadelphia history since colonial times. In Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape, Amy Cohen recounts notable aspects of the Black experience in Philadelphia from the late 1600s to the 1960s and how this history...

The remarkable architectural and social history of DC’s multifaceted alleyways Alleyways in Washington, DC, have always been a fundamental part of the city’s life and economy. Deliberately hidden from public view by the capital’s early planners, DC’s...

Laurel Cemetery was incorporated in 1852 as a nondenominational cemetery for African Americans of Baltimore, Maryland. It was the final resting place for thousands of Baltimoreans and many prominent members of the community, including religious leaders,...

Home to the New York Yankees, the Bronx Zoo, and the Grand Concourse, the Bronx was at one time a haven for upwardly mobile second-generation immigrants eager to leave the crowded tenements of Manhattan in pursuit of the American dream. Once hailed as a...

“Dark History of Penn’s Woods is the perfect book to keep you up all night… It’s ghostly, it’s ghastly, and we guarantee some of the included photos will stay with you!” — Philly MagA sequel to the first Dark History book, Murder, Madness, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467160834Author David LariFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 9g

In June 1946, a troop of Boy Scouts from Wayne, Pennsylvanian began planning a canoe paddle that none would ever forget. Paoli Troop 1’s route took them on what is today the Adirondack Ninety-mile Canoe Classic from Old Forge to Saranac Lake. This is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467155953Author Ann Callaghan AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 9g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438495309Author Ed BeckFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438494999Author Charles HemstreetFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Excelsior EditionsPublisher State University of New York PressWeight(grams) 227g

The first biography of Henry and Emily Folger, who acquired the largest and finest collection of Shakespeare in the world.In Collecting Shakespeare, Stephen H. Grant recounts the American success story of Henry and Emily Folger. Shortly after marrying in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781978823198Author Christina A. Ziegler-McPhersonFormat HardbackPage Count 210Imprint Rutgers University PressPublisher Rutgers University...

A consistent factor throughout New York State's dynamic history has been the complex interactions between groups with divergent worldviews and conflicting ambitions. Such scenarios have proven at different times to be creative, exploitative, empowering,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781531674298Author Rod BigelowFormat HardbackPage Count 130Imprint Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsPublisher Arcadia Publishing Library...

The incredible story of the man and legend who has come to symbolize the continuing pursuit of justice for Blacks in the United States Through the 1980s, the mainstream press portrayed the Reverend Al Sharpton as a buffoon, a fake minister, a hustler, an...

An engaging and accessible introductory history of the people, places, culture, and politics that shaped Maryland.In 1634, two ships carrying a small group of settlers sailed into the Chesapeake Bay looking for a suitable place to dwell in the new colony...

Nearly every American knows The Star-Spangled Banner, the national anthem of the United States of America. Yet many people dislike the song, contend that it glorifies militarism, and question its suitability as the musical embodiment of nationhood. Even...

Observations on the new American republic by an early president of Georgetown University Father Giovanni Antonio Grassi was the ninth president of Georgetown University and pioneered its transition into a modern institution, earning him the moniker...

This deeply felt memoir is a love letter to Washington, DC. Carol Lancaster, a third-generation Washingtonian who knew the city like few others, takes readers on a tour of the nation's capital from its swamp-infested beginnings to the present day, with...

This deeply felt memoir is a love letter to Washington, DC. Carol Lancaster, a third-generation Washingtonian who knew the city like few others, takes readers on a tour of the nation's capital from its swamp-infested beginnings to the present day, with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781625859730Author Harry KyriakodisFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781625858474Author Michael J. NazarewyczFormat PaperbackPage Count 207Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm)...

A comprehensive history and insider's account of the Garifuna in New York City from 1943 to the present day. In recent years, Latinos-primarily Central American migrants-crossing the southern border of the United States have dominated the national...

Unionizing the Ivory Tower chronicles how a thousand low-paid custodians, cooks, and gardeners succeeded in organizing a union at Cornell University. Al Davidoff, the Cornell student leader who became a custodian and the union's first president, tells...

New York Politics examines aspects of state government that are often hidden in the secret sessions of the parties' legislative conferences: the closed-door budget; a complicated array of opaque agencies, authorities, and local governments; and a...

During the first generations of European settlement in North America, a number of interconnected Northeastern families carved out private empires. In Bound by Bondage, Nicole Saffold Maskiell argues that slavery was a crucial component to the rise and...

Buffalo at the Crossroads is a diverse set of cutting-edge essays. Twelve authors highlight the outsized importance of Buffalo, New York, within the story of American urbanism. Across the collection, they consider the history of Buffalo's built...

In Spaces of Enslavement, Andrea C. Mosterman addresses the persistent myth that the colonial Dutch system of slavery was more humane. Investigating practices of enslavement in New Netherland and then in New York, Mosterman shows that these ways of...

Philadelphia exploded in violence in 1910. The general strike that year was a notable point, but not a unique one, in a generations-long history of conflict between the workers and management at one of the nation's largest privately owned transit systems...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493076796Author North Country BooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Globe Pequot PressPublisher Globe Pequot Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493076772Author North Country BooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint North Country BooksPublisher North Country BooksWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493076765Author North Country BooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Globe Pequot PressPublisher Globe Pequot Press

Are there alligators under New York City? Did the military take the lessons learned in the so-called "Philadelphia Experiment" of 1943 and apply the same technology at Montauk-to develop a weapon that would literally drive the enemy insane?...

In Cursed in Virginia, Mark Nesbitt recounts tales of genuine maledictions intended to invoke evil and unease across the state the Old Dominion State. The pages will bring to life these stories, letting you decide whether the resulting tragedies were...

In Cursed in Pennsylvania, Mark Nesbitt and Patty A. Wilson recount tales of genuine maledictions intended to invoke evil and unease across the state the Keystone State. The pages will bring to life these stories, letting you decide whether the resulting...

Today the City of Pittsburgh has more municipal inclines than any other U.S. city and more city steps and bridges that any other city in the world. Undoubtedly the most unique of these transportation solutions is the city steps. Pittsburgh has hundreds...

Cursed in New York invites you to read about the misfortunes of others, and thank your lucky stars that none of these things are happening to you! These legendary tales are collected from across New York State, from the eastern reaches of Long Island to...

How a pioneering merchant blended religion and business to create a unique American shopping experience On Christmas Eve, 1911, John Wanamaker stood in the middle of his elaborately decorated department store building in Philadelphia as shoppers milled...