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BC, HIS036080, Paperback - Trade, Temple University Press, Temple University Press
The Baltimore Book
“[The] authors infuse the city and its history with life…. [Readers] will emerge with an uncommonly complete picture of the character of Baltimore and its people.”—Nancy Brennan, Executive Director, Baltimore…
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BC, HIS036080, Paperback - Trade, University of Pittsburgh Press
The Battle For Homestead, 1880-1892
Paul Krause calls upon the methods and insights of labor history, intellectual history, anthropology, and the history of technology to situate the events of the lockout and their significance in…
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HIS036080, history, MED030000, Paperback - Trade, Penguin Books, Trade PB
The Poisoner’s Handbook
Equal parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and science thriller, The Poisoner’s Handbook is “a vicious, page-turning story that reads more like Raymond Chandler than Madame Curie.” —The New York Observer“The…
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ARC005000, BB, Hardback, HIS036080, University of Pittsburgh Press, University of Pittsburgh Press
The Progressive Architecture Of Frederick G. Scheibler, Jr
Frederick G. Scheibler, Jr. (1872–1958) was the rare turn-of-the-century American architect who looked to progressive movements such as Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts for inspiration, rather than conventional styles….
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BC, HIS036080, Paperback - Trade, University of Pittsburgh Press
The Shadow Of The Mills
The profound disruption of family relationships caused by industrialization found its most dramatic expression in the steel mills of Pittsburgh in the 1880s. The work day was twelve hours, and…
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BC, BIO006000, HIS036080, Paperback - Trade, University of Pittsburgh Press
The Spencers of Amberson Avenue
This appealing memoir introduces the family of Charles Hart Spencer and his wife Mary Acheson: seven children born between 1884 and 1895. It also introduces a large Victorian house in…
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ARC024010, Arcadia Publishing, Arcadia Publishing Inc., BC, HIS036080, TRV016000
The Statue of Liberty
Feel the power of Lady Liberty!The Statue of Liberty is an awesome visual journey that begins with the fantastic proposal of a French professor to give the United States a…
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BC, BUS038000, HIS036080, Paperback - Trade, SOC050000, University of Pittsburgh Press
The Steel Workers
This classic account of the worker in the steel industry during the early years of the twentieth century combines the social investigator’s mastery of facts with the vivid personal touch…
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BC, BUS038000, HIS036080, Paperback - Trade, University of Pittsburgh Press
Thunder In the Mountains
The West Virginia mine war of 1920–21, a major civil insurrection of unusual brutality on both sides, even by the standards of the coal fields, involved thousands of union and…