Hot Off Penn Press: November’s New Books
12/02/2014
We here at Penn Press hope your just completed holiday was as diverse and bountiful as these newly released titles! Jump to: American History | Anthropology | Economics | Nineteenth… READ MORE
Category: American History & Studies
Hot Off Penn Press: October’s New Books
11/04/2014
Yes, it's technically November, but that's just because there were so many new releases last month we couldn't fit in time to post about it! If you'd like to receive… READ MORE
Author Q&A: Francesca Sawaya, The Difficult Art of Giving
10/28/2014
Francesca Sawaya is author of The Difficult Art of Giving: Patronage, Philanthropy, and the American Literary Market, which rethinks standard economic histories of the literary marketplace. Traditionally, American literary histories maintain that… READ MORE
The letter is dead. Long live Facebook?
10/14/2014
Today we have a guest post from Lindsay O'Neill, author of The Opened Letter: Networking in the Early Modern British World. In it, O'Neill explores the importance and impact of… READ MORE
Author Q&A: Clayton Hurd, Confronting Suburban School Resegregation in California
10/03/2014
The next installment of our author Q&As is with Clayton Hurd. His book, Confronting Suburban School Resegregation in California, investigates the struggles in a central California school district, where a… READ MORE
Tom Nichols on Bill O’Reilly (and Colbert)
10/01/2014
Bill O'Reilly, pundit on Fox News, believes that the terrorist threat posed by ISIS should be met with a hired mercenary army, rather than risking American lives. Penn author Tom… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: September’s New Books
09/30/2014
With the turn toward fall, the Press's presses have been printing overtime, with better than a baker's dozen of titles being released this month. The topics range widely, from the… READ MORE
Author Q&A: Ann Marie Plane, Dreams and the Invisible World in Colonial New England
09/23/2014
Today we have Ann Marie Plane, author of Dreams and the Invisible World in Colonial New England: Indians, Colonists, and the Seventeenth Century. From angels to demonic specters, astonishing visions… READ MORE
Author Q&A: Leilah Danielson, American Gandhi
09/18/2014
Our author Q&A train chugs on with Leilah Danielson, whose new book is called American Gandhi: A. J. Muste and the History of Radicalism in the Twentieth Century. When Abraham… READ MORE
Economic inequality, philanthropy, and the New (and old) Gilded Age
09/11/2014
Today we have a guest post from Francesca Sawaya, author of The Difficult Art of Giving: Patronage, Philanthropy, and the American Literary Market. Called "A fresh, original, and important revisionist… READ MORE
