Author Q&A: Jennifer Curtis, Human Rights as War by Other Means
07/31/2014
We're starting a new series here on the Penn Press Log. As our Fall 2014 season of books is released, we'll be posting Q&As with many of the books' authors,… READ MORE
Category: 20th-Century History and Culture
Hot Off Penn Press: July’s New Books
07/30/2014
The temperatures may have broken a bit over the past couple of days here in Philadelphia, but we are truly in the dog days of summer. While most of the… READ MORE
Author Q&A: Cathy Lisa Schneider, Police Power and Race Riots
07/29/2014
We're starting a new series here on the Penn Press Log. As our Fall 2014 season of books is released, we'll be posting Q&As with many of the books' authors,… READ MORE
Mexican Policy and American Political Change at Mid-Century
07/21/2014
Today we have a guest post from Ruben Flores, who teaches American studies at the University of Kansas, and whose new book, Backroads Pragmatists:Mexico's Melting Pot and Civil Rights in… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: June’s New Books
06/25/2014
As summer arrives, much slows down, but not the flow of new books from Penn Press. This month, we saw titles in American History, Landscape Design, Politics and Human Rights,… READ MORE
Announcing our Fall 2014 catalog
06/04/2014
Penn Press is pleased to announce the release of our Fall 2014 catalog. This season’s offerings include a beautifully illustrated volume exploring the rich history of the Brandywine Valley, home… READ MORE
Changing attitudes on incest
05/15/2014
Today we have a guest post from Penn author Brian Connolly, whose new book, Domestic Intimacies: Incest and the Liberal Subject in Nineteenth-Century America, gives a history of incest and… READ MORE
Football, unions, and what it is to be an employee
04/08/2014
Spurred by the National Labor Relations Board's decision stating that Northwestern University's football players are actually university employees and thus able to unionize, the Inquirer ran a story on Sunday… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: Empire of the Vines, plus Moral Minority Now in Paperback
01/09/2014
Here are some of the latest arrivals in the Penn Press warehouse. Purchase it now at www.pennpress.org or look for it at your favorite bookseller. Empire of Vines: Wine Culture… READ MORE
Cutting Along the Color Line Author Quincy Mills on Radio and TV
12/30/2013
Listen in and tune in! On Thursday, January 2, Vassar College history professor Quincy Mills will discuss his new book, Cutting Along the Color Line: Black Barbers and Barber Shops… READ MORE
