Timothy J Lombardo Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Historian. Professor. Pessimist. Aging punk rock kid. Philadelphian in exile. Author, Blue-Collar Conservatism. Next project on craft brewing and urban America.

Philadelphia Divided: Race and Politics in the City of Brotherly Love
James Wolfinger
@cgershenson @mindyisser Many thanks! Some others I haven’t seen mentioned: The Problem of Jobs by @guian_mckee, Making Good Neighbors by @AbiPerk, Philadelphia Divided by James Wolfinger If There Is No Struggle There Is No Progress, ed. by Wolfinger, And I’m sure a lot more I can’t think of right now
Paperback, 2011
$37.50$18.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The First Strange Place: Race and Sex in World War II Hawaii
Beth L. Bailey
@Brewed_Culture @drdaveatkinson @KathrynBrownell @Amber_N_Nickell @CastroHistorian Not Germany or Japan, but the first thing that comes to mind is Beth Bailey and David Father’s THE FIRST STRANGE PLACE, about the GIs in Hawai’i https://t.co/2YpAT7oFfL
Paperback, 1994
$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Problem of Jobs: Liberalism, Race, and Deindustrialization in Philadelphia
Guian A. McKee
@cgershenson @mindyisser Many thanks! Some others I haven’t seen mentioned: The Problem of Jobs by @guian_mckee, Making Good Neighbors by @AbiPerk, Philadelphia Divided by James Wolfinger If There Is No Struggle There Is No Progress, ed. by Wolfinger, And I’m sure a lot more I can’t think of right now
Paperback, 2018
$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book