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The article reviews the book " Nurturing Advanced Technology Enterprises: Emerging Issues in State and Local Economic Development Policy," by David N. Allen and Victor Levine.

Reviews the book 'Pennsylvania: A History of the Commonwealth,' edited by Randall Miller and William Pencak.

Reviews the book 'Gettysburg: The First Day,' by Harry W. Pfanz.

The shabby-looking tube of wood and varnished paper diagonally mounted in a case is meant to be the climactic object of ''Galileo, the Medici and the Age of Astronomy,'' an important exhibition that opens at the Franklin Institute on Saturday. And it is certainly astonishing, though not in the way you might imagine. Its importance is the inverse of its appearance. The tube looks as if it was constructed out of the inner part of a huge roll of paper towels, but it is one of two surviving telescopes Galileo used in Florence in the 17th century, when he reshaped the cosmos with meticulous observations and startling interpretations. Those astronomical investigations are now being honored with international celebrations on their 400th anniversary. But by the time we reach that telescope and the imaginative gallery it introduces, we have seen things even more remarkable: ornately decorated quadrants of enameled brass, metal calipers, arcane charts, minutely inscribed maps, spheres within spheres like compass roses from other worlds, codexes and manuscripts, cylinders, dials, rings, rods and boxes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A review of the book "Soldiers to Governors: Pennsylvania's Civil War Veterans Who Became State Leaders," by Richard C. Saylor is presented.

The article reviews the book "Wobblies on the Waterfront: Interracial Unionism in Progressive-Era Philadelphia," by Peter Cole.

The Pennsylvania carver and sculptor Wharton Esherick, known for his mid-20th-century undulating furniture, did not start out in woodworking. Instead he spent decades painting Cubist and Impressionist landscapes and portraits and designing prints, posters and theater sets. Not until his 40s, around 1930, did he adapt his faceted drawing style and skewed perspectives to chairs, desks, tables and bookcases. He modeled the legs after crisscrossed bones, cantilevered the tops and concealed drawers in tight curves. Once the furniture became famous, he rarely exhibited his works on paper and sometimes just burned them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "Wild Yankees: The Struggle for Independence Along Pennsylvania's Revolutionary Frontier," by Paul B. Moyer.

This article presents a review of the 107th annual meeting of the Medical Library Association (MLA) at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which took place from May 18, 2007 to May 23, 2007. MLA President Jean P. Shipman presented the theme, which was "Information Revolution: Change Is in the Air."

The article reviews the exhibition "Look Again: African American History IS American History," at the Rosenbach Museum and Library in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from September 13, 2006 to February 25, 2007.

Reviews the theatrical productions "Gentlemen Volunteers," performed on January 22, 2006, "Mission to Mercury," performed on February 26, 2006, and "Love Unpunished," performed on June 1, 2006, which are all directed by Dan Rothenberg and performed in Pennsylvania.

The article reviews the exhibition "Clash of Empires: The British, French & Indian War, 1754-1763," at the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from May 1, 2005 to April 23, 2006.

Reviews the book 'Keystone of Democracy: A History of Pennsylvania Workers,' edited by Howard Harris.

Reviews the artifact exhibition "Homestead: The Story of a Steel Town" at the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, scheduled from February 25, 1989 to June 1990.

The article reviews the stage musical "Naked Cocktail," directed by Madi Distafano and starring Lenny Haas, performed at The Painted Bride in Philadelphia on November 9, 2008.

Reviews dance productions at the 2002 Philadelphia Fringe Festival in Pennsylvania.

Reviews the artifact exhibition "Before Penn: Swedish Colonists in the Land of the Lenape," at the American Swedish Historical Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, opened on April 13, 1988.

A review of the book "Colonization and Its Discontents: Emancipation, Emigration, and Antislavery in Antebellum Pennsylvania," by Beverly C. Tomek is presented.

A review of the book "'The Good Education of Youth': Worlds of Learning in the Age of Franklin," edited by John Pollack, is presented.

The article reviews the book "Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles in Backroom Power," by John Harwood and Gerald Seib.

The article reviews the exhibition "Delacroix: The Late Work" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Pennsylvania from September 15, 1998-January 3, 1999 and at the Grand Palais in Paris, France from April 7-July 20, 1998.

Reviews the book 'Philadelphia--The Federalist City: A Study of Urban Politics, 1789-1801,' by Richard G. Miller.

Reviews the book `Rome and the New Republic: Conflict and Community Philadelphia Catholicism between the Revolution and the Civil War,' by Dale B. Light.

Reviews the book `Mastering Wartime: A Social History of Philadelphia during the Civil War,` by J. Matthew Gallman.

Reviews the book `City at the Point: Essays on the Social History of Pittsburgh,' edited by Samuel P. Hays.

The article reviews the book "Bodies of Work: Civic Display and Labor in Industrial Pittsburgh," by Edward Slavishak.