MLK Day Reading List for 2013
01/18/2013
Many Penn Press publications, from the journal Humanity to our book series Politics and Culture in Modern America and Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights, address the issues that Martin Luther… READ MORE
Category: African American Studies
This Week’s New Books: The Gardens of Suzhou and Making New York Dominican
12/21/2012
The Gardens of Suzhou Ron Henderson 224 pages | 6 x 9 | 111 illus. Paper 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-2214-2 | $29.95 | £19.50 A volume in the Penn Studies… READ MORE
This Week’s New Books: Between North and South, The Sovereign Citizen, and Capricious Fancy
11/16/2012
Between North and South: Delaware, Desegregation, and the Myth of American Sectionalism Brett Gadsden 352 pages | 6 x 9 | 13 illus. Hardcover | ISBN 978-0-8122-4443-4 | $45.00 |… READ MORE
School Reform Then and Now: Legacies of the Civil Rights Era
10/25/2012
Revisiting the 1960s shows us that the civil rights era left a dual legacy in school reform, half of which echoes loudly today and half of which is too often ignored. The part that still echoes is an ethos of accountability: sixties-era activists and educators helped to pioneer the idea that urban schools should be held accountable for student achievement. The part that is being ignored is a recognition that achievement is also powerfully shaped by what goes on outside of schools—especially the effects of poverty. Unfortunately, neglect of the latter lesson is seriously undermining the potentially useful impact of the former one.
Anti-slavery Day Reading
10/18/2012
Today, October 18, is anti-slavery day in the United Kingdom and anti-trafficking day in the European Union. To mark the event, here are some recent books that take an in-depth… READ MORE
This Week’s New Books: Matching Organs with Donors, Divine Art, Infernal Machine, Not in This Family, Sweet Liberty
09/21/2012
Matching Organs with Donors: Legality and Kinship in Transplants Marie-Andrée Jacob 248 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth | ISBN 978-0-8122-4432-8 | $65.00 | £42.50 Ebook | ISBN 978-0-8122-0650-0 |… READ MORE
This Week’s New Books: In the Crossfire and Race, Riots, and Roller Coasters
09/07/2012
In the Crossfire: Marcus Foster and the Troubled History of American School Reform John P. Spencer 352 pages | 6 x 9 | 11 illus. Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4435-9… READ MORE
Feast Your Eyes: An Illustration from Race, Riots, and Roller Coasters
08/19/2012
This photograph by Lee Russell appears in the forthcoming Race, Riots, and Roller Coasters: The Struggle over Segregated Recreation in America by Victoria W. Wolcott. Figure 5. African Americans skating… READ MORE
This Week’s New Books: The Queen’s Hand, Forging Rights in a New Democracy, Driving Detroit
08/10/2012
The Queen's Hand: Power and Authority in the Reign of Berenguela of Castile Janna Bianchini 352 pages | 6 x 9 | 7 illus. Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4433-5 |… READ MORE
This Month’s Podcast: John P. Spencer on Marcus Foster and American Public School Reform
08/01/2012
In the August Penn Press podcast, John P. Spencer, Associate Professor of Education at Ursinus College and author of In the Crossfire: Marcus Foster and the Troubled History of American… READ MORE
