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Richard E Ocejo
Sixty Miles Upriver

An unvarnished portrait of gentrification in an underprivileged, majority-minority small cityNewburgh is a small postindustrial city of some twenty-eight thousand people located sixty miles north of New Y…

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Salem's Centuries

Salem, MA is best known today for its infamous witch trials in 1692, yet there is much more to this small city. An important trading center since its founding in 1626, Salem was also the scene of dynamic …

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Salem's Centuries

Salem, MA is best known today for its infamous witch trials in 1692, yet there is much more to this small city. An important trading center since its founding in 1626, Salem was also the scene of dynamic …

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Brian E Adams
Activism, Majority Rule, and Local Democracy

Local democracy doesn't work as it should, declares Brian Adams in Activism, Majority Rule, and Local Democracy. Local politics is where citizens have the most opportunity for direct participation, contro…

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Brian E Adams
Activism, Majority Rule, and Local Democracy

Local democracy doesn't work as it should, declares Brian Adams in Activism, Majority Rule, and Local Democracy. Local politics is where citizens have the most opportunity for direct participation, contro…

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Angela Simms
Fighting for a Foothold

Prince George's County, Maryland, is a suburban jurisdiction in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area and is home to the highest concentration of Black middle-class residents in the United States. As su…

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David Brown Morris
Ten Thousand Central Parks

A visionary look at Central Park's creation as an urban success story inspiring bold climate actionClimate change is the existential crisis of our time. With extreme heatwaves, wildfires, hurricanes, and …

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John R Tilghman
Jim Crow from the Harbor

Forthcoming Fall 2026Shows how the black freedom struggle resisted downtown Baltimore's efforts to reinforce racial segregation through redevelopment

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Briem
Beyond Steel

Learning from one Rust Belt city's postindustrial transitionWhile Pittsburgh is sometimes held up as a successful example of urban reinvention in the era after heavy industry (think "eds and meds&quo…

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John R Tilghman
Jim Crow from the Harbor

Forthcoming Fall 2026Shows how the black freedom struggle resisted downtown Baltimore's efforts to reinforce racial segregation through redevelopment

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Mirya R Holman
The Hidden Face of Local Power

The Hidden Face of Local Power explicates the purpose, role, and consequences of appointed boards in U.S. cities. Mirya Holman finds that cities create strong boards that generate policy, consolidate powe…

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Nicholas L Caverly
Demolishing Detroit

Pioneering field work reveals how infrastructural systems-buildings, laws, algorithms, excavators, regulations, toxins-maintain white supremacy within the urban landscapeFor decades, Detroit residents, po…

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Jonathan Butler
Join the Conspiracy

Dive into the electrifying tale of a Brooklyn-born patriot turned radical activist, in an era when America was torn by its ideological extremesIn the shadow of recent turmoil, Join the Conspiracy transpor…

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Davida Siwisa James
Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill

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 …

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The New Deal in South Florida

Revealing how the New Deal impacted South Florida's design and developmentThe New Deal sought to restore national economic strength in part by reallocating resources and restructuring local landscapes. Fe…

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Dominic A Pacyga
Clout City

Unearths the religious and cultural roots of a powerful political machine that empowered some everyday Chicagoans but ruled all of the city for decades.In politics, clout is essential. Too often, it deter…

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John Gurda
Milwaukee

Paddle through the watery history of the Midwest's Cream City.The success and survival of Milwaukee lies in the rivers that meander through its streets and the great lake at its eastern boundary. The Indi…

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An Atlantic City Reader

As Atlantic City grew to become one of the largest tourist destinations on the East Coast, it loomed ever larger in the imaginations of American writers. Generation upon generation of novelists, journalis…

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An Atlantic City Reader

As Atlantic City grew to become one of the largest tourist destinations on the East Coast, it loomed ever larger in the imaginations of American writers. Generation upon generation of novelists, journalis…

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Robert T Gannett Jr
In the Spirit of Alinsky

Community-based organizing stands at a crossroads at a time when anti-democratic headwinds and authoritarian impulses threaten American society as never before. Robert T. Gannett Jr. draws on a forty-year…

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