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Dying in the City of Brotherly Love: Homicide in Postwar Philadelphia

March 29, 2010
12:00 am
Houston Hall, Golkin Room

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Penn Urban Studies professor Eric Schneider discussed his research on homicide in Philadelphia. Professor Schneider recently won the Kenneth Jackson Award for Best Book in North American History from the Urban History Association for his most recent book, Smack: Heroin and the American City. 

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