The following books for this course have been ordered through the University District Bookstore: American Urban Form (2013), by Sam Bass Warner and Andrew Whittemore Crabgrass Frontier (1987), by Kenneth Jackson American Urban Reader (2010), by Steven H. Corey and Lisa Krissoff Boehm (Companion website: https://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415803984/)
What’s New?
Independence Hall in American Memory, Paperback Edition
Independence Hall in American MemoryPaperback Edition, December 2013ISBN 978-0-8122-2282-1 New companion website with teaching guides, documents, and more: https://www.independencehall-americanmemory.com/ University of Pennsylvania Press Amazon Table of Contents
Fall Semester 2013 – Updated book lists
This fall I will be teaching Perspectives on History (50:509:299) for history majors and Issues in Public History (56:512:531). Graduate students, please watch your Rutgers email for an assignment for the first class. Read on for book lists, updated September 1, 2013:
Capital of the World: The Race to Host the United Nations
NYU Press, March 2013 Introduction (PDF) Request an Examination Copy Read More on the Author’s Blog Media: On C-Span’s Book TV Blog Tour, March 2013 Featured on PRI’s The World, February 13, 2013 Review by Lifelong Dewey, February 15, 2013 New York Times, March 10, 2013 (second item) Wall Street Journal, … Continue reading Capital of the World: The Race to Host the United Nations…
Spring 2013: Historic Interpretation
New graduate seminar: This seminar will focus on knowledge and skills necessary for interpreting history to the public, especially research and methods of communication using a variety of means and media. Readings will focus on Mid-Atlantic history, to prepare students for public history work or advanced research in the Mid-Atlantic region. The seminar also will … Continue reading Spring 2013: Historic Interpretation…
How I Spent My Summer “Vacation” (and Spring Semester Research Leave)
I’ve been adding new content to The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia. I have been working with NYU Press on production of my next book, Capital of the World: The Race to Host the United Nations, which will be published in 2013. I have been doing research on the Cooper Street Historic District, including the history … Continue reading How I Spent My Summer “Vacation” (and Spring Semester Research Leave)…