Hot Off Penn Press: May’s New Books
06/03/2015
The Press's presses slowed just a touch in May, with only six new titles released, but the reduction was in volume alone. The quality remains as high as ever! Did… READ MORE
Category: History of Science
Download the Spring 2015 catalog now
01/09/2015
Penn Press is pleased to announce the release of our Spring 2015 catalog. This season, read about the rise and fall of the American department store in Vicki Howard's From… READ MORE
Cases and controversies: Rebecca Cook outlines Abortion Law in Transnational Perspective
09/03/2014
Today we have a guest post from Rebecca J. Cook, co-editor of Abortion Law in Transnational Perspective: Cases and Controversies. Read her Author Q&A here. In this post, Cook outlines… READ MORE
Paul’s Pick: Early Modern Digital Scholarship as Handwork and Brainwork
10/16/2013
Every month, Paul Chase in the Penn Press Journals department invites our blog readers to download a complimentary article from one of our many scholarly journals. Paul's pick for October… READ MORE
This Week’s New Books
03/29/2013
Crusade and Christendom: Annotated Documents in Translation from Innocent III to the Fall of Acre, 1187-1291 Edited by Jessalynn Bird, Edward Peters, and James M. Powell 568 pages | 6… READ MORE
Win a Free Copy of The Disaster Experts: Mastering Risk in Modern America
03/08/2013
If you’d like the chance to receive a free copy of The Disaster Experts, send an email to pressmkt at pobox dot upenn dot edu with your first name, last name, and your preferred email address by March 15 at noon Eastern Standard Time. One person will be selected at random to receive a hardcover or ebook copy of The Disaster Experts.
Paul’s Pick: a Free Article from Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft
09/15/2012
Every month, Paul Chase in the Penn Press Journals department invites our blog readers to download a complimentary article from one of our many scholarly journals. Paul's Pick for September… READ MORE
Natural Light on Natural History: Rosamond Purcell’s Notes on Photographing Artifacts for A Glorious Enterprise
05/21/2012
The process of recording what something ‘looks like’ may be cursory or obsessive. To see, after all, is not only to glance at or even to gaze, at something, but to study and entertain ideas that occur in the presence of those things. The thoughts inform the outcome. The camera shifts an inch and the image takes on new meaning, but seeing properly is progressive and takes time.
Astounding Wonder–Now Available
05/09/2012
Astounding Wonder: Imagining Science and Science Fiction in Interwar America John Cheng 384 pages | 6 x 9 | 20 Illus. Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4383-3 | $45.00 | £29.50… READ MORE
A Glorious Enterprise–Now Available
04/03/2012
A Glorious Enterprise: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Making of American Science Robert McCracken Peck and Patricia Tyson Stroud. Photographs by Rosamond Purcell 464 pages |… READ MORE
