. Those interested in reviewing books should contact Nicholas Ciotola at [email protected]. Publishers and authors can send review copies to the Editor, Western Pennsylvania History, Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, 1212 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222.

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\u25a0 Ouquesne and the Rise of Steel Unionism From Shtetl to Milltown:Litvaks, Hungarians, and Their Story: The History ofBlacks/African By James D. Rose (Champaign: Univ.of Illinois Galizianers in Western Pennsylvania, 1875-1925 Americans in Sewickley and Edgeworth Press, 2001). Index, xi+ 284 pp., $42.50 By Robert Perlman (Pittsburgh: Historical By Bettie Cole (Pittsburgh: C&J Enterprises, cloth Society of Western Pennsylvania, 2001). 2000). Illustrations, maps, xiv + 769 pp., index, + pp., $20 paper In the Duquesne steel works, two competing Illustrations, charts, xiii 123 $18.95 paper forces battled to achieve workplace representa- History of the African American experience in tion for steelworkers: independent trade unions Narrative account of the immigration of Jews Sewickley and Edgeworth based largely on oral and employee representation plans, or ERPs. from the small towns, or shtetlach, in central history interviews conducted by the author. In documenting these two forces, Rose shows and eastern Europe to the milltownsof Western Explores many aspects of African American life how the actions of the steelworkers them- Pennsylvania. including work, religion, education, family, and • selves, not just management and politicians, social life. Pittsburgh Sports: Stories from the Steel City were important in bringing about the rise of Edited by Randy Roberts (Pittsburgh: Univ. of steel unionism. Pittsburgh Press, 2000). Index, illustrations. \u25a0 Flares of Memory: Stories of Childhood 282 pp., $29.95 cloth by (New York: Oxford Edited Anita Brostoff Collection of essays examining the history of Univ. Press, 2001). Index, illustrations, xxxi+ professional sports in Pittsburgh including Big Steel: The First Century of the United States 344 $27.50 cloth pp., baseball, basketball, football, and ice hockey. Steel Corporation, 1901-2001 Published in collaboration with the Holocaust Some are serious and scholarly, while others are By Kenneth Warren (Pittsburgh: Univ. of Pitts- Center of Pittsburgh, this extensive compilation informal, first-person recollections. burgh Press, 2001). Illustrations, maps, appen- index, + contains more than 100 compelling stories dices, notes, xviii 320 pp., $32 cloth The Archabbey and written by survivors of the Nazi occupation. Saint Vincent Gristmill Brewery, 1854-2000 The Corporation: A Centennial Biography of Italy (Latrobe: From to Indiana County By Omer U. Kline Benedictine United States Steel Corporation, 1901-2001 (Indiana: 2000). By Nicholas P. Ciotola IUP University Society of Westmoreland County, By Brian Apelt, edited by Warren Hull Museum, 2001). Illustrations. 46 pp., $10 84 pp., $10 paper ' (Pittsburgh: Cathedral Publishing, Univ. of paper Built by the Benedictine Monks, the Saint Pittsburgh, 2001). Illustrations, maps, index, Exhibition catalog that provides an overview of Vincent Archabbey Gristmill has been in con- ix +547 pp., $29.95 cloth the Italian immigrant settlement of Indiana tinuous use since 1854. Kline's book explores \u25a0 1950, County between 1900 and witha partic- the growth and development of the mill and its fter the 15-, 20-, and 50-year marks, ular focus on work, religion, and family life. importance to Westmoreland County history. United States Steel Corporation, or U.S. Steel, past The Steelers Reader \u25a0 a celebrated its with published centennial, Apelt, Edited by Randy Roberts and David Welky histories. Nowat its Brian with company (Pittsburgh: Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 2001). Warren Hull editing, presents the official in The Corporation. Kenneth xi + 329 pp., $25.00 cloth history ofU.S. Steel Warren, a leading scholar in industrial history, essays history A collection of about the of presents his own analysis of the steel-making the and some of its Steelers football club giant in Big Steel. Both works are arranged personalities. best-known chronologically, with Warren breaking his history

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