Health care is more expensive in the United States than in other wealthy nations, and access varies significantly across space and social classes. In this case study, James A. Schafer Jr. uses the city of Philadelphia in the early twentieth-century to show that these problems re…
Health care is more expensive in the United States than in other wealthy nations, and access varies significantly across space and social classes. In this case study, James A. Schafer Jr. uses the city of Philadelphia in the early twentieth-century to show that these problems re…
The early nineteenth century was a time of great change as the United States transitioned from the colonial era to the industrial age. Benjamin Wright's engineering career spanned the better part of that time from 1790 to 1840.In Benjamin Wright: Father of American Civil Enginee…
Memoir of Chaim Leib Weinberg, prominent member of the late 19th and early 20th century Philadelphia Jewish anarchist community
This classic work, originally published in 1949, has been reprinted for the 200th anniversary of the yellow fever plague in Philadelphia. Today, as outbreaks of infectious diseases continue to confront the medical community worldwide, this account of one city's struggle in the f…
This classic work, originally published in 1949, has been reprinted for the 200th anniversary of the yellow fever plague in Philadelphia. Today, as outbreaks of infectious diseases continue to confront the medical community worldwide, this account of one city's struggle in the f…
