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Penn Press Book Launch: "Greater Philadelphia: A New History for the Twenty-First Century"

Informed by current scholarship and richly illustrated with full-color photographs and maps, The Greater Philadelphia Region (Penn Press: October 2025) and its companion volumes Greater Philadelphia and the Nation and Greater Philadelphia and the World bring to the public an up-to-date, diverse history of Philadelphia across its many dimensions.

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December 4, 2025, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
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Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, sixth floor
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Open to the Public
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Hosted by: Kislak Center

Book cover with the Philadelphia city skyline at the top of the image and overhead view of city map at bottom: The Greater Philadelphia Region, A New History for the Twenty-First Century, Volume 1, Edited by Howard Gillette Jr. and Carolyn T. Adams

Join us to celebrate the launch of this landmark, multi-volume project presenting an up-to-date, diverse history of Philadelphia across its many dimensions. Volume editors and authors will speak about their contributions to this important work, which explores the Greater Philadelphia region and looks at its impact on the nation and the world.

Featured image: Cover of The Greater Philadelphia Region, v. 1 of Greater Philadelphia: A New History for the Twenty-First Century
 

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