Category: American History & Studies

New Sugrue Review in The Nation

11/02/2007

In the November 12, 2007 issue of The Nation, Penn Press series editor Thomas J. Sugrue has some interesting things to say about the late Albert Shanker, a figure of… READ MORE

Producing Fashion–Now Available

Producing Fashion: Commerce, Culture, and Consumers Edited by Regina Lee Blaszczyk 376 pages | 6 x 9 | 30 illus. Cloth Nov 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4037-5 | $55.00 | £36.00… READ MORE

Medicine Bundle–Now Available

Medicine Bundle: Indian Sacred Performance and American Literature, 1824-1932 Joshua David Bellin 272 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4034-4 | $55.00 | £36.00 Joshua David Bellin… READ MORE

Know Your Local Monsters

10/31/2007

Those of you who plan to hand out Halloween treats tonight may feel haunted by this question. How can you tell the real monsters from the impostors?  The tell-tale signs… READ MORE

A View from Our ASA Booth

10/18/2007

Chris Hu from the acquisitions department describes life around and beyond the Penn Press exhibitor booth. Notes from the ASA Meeting in Philadelphia The 2007 Annual Meeting of the American… READ MORE

Shamelessly Disorderly Reading

If your leisure reading habits have been a bit haphazard lately, you are in good company. In a recent essay for Common-place, Matthew P. Brown shamelessly admits to grazing magazines… READ MORE