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: Political Science
Paul’s Pick: a Free Article from Humanity
01/15/2013
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 November… READ MORE
This Week’s New Books: Wild Frenchmen and Frenchified Indians plus 5 paperback releases
12/14/2012
Wild Frenchmen and Frenchified Indians: Material Culture and Race in Colonial Louisiana Sophie White 384 pages | 6 x 9 | 33 color, 17 b/w Cloth Dec 2012 | ISBN… READ MORE
This Week’s New Books
11/30/2012
Varieties of Sovereignty and Citizenship Edited by Sigal R. Ben-Porath and Rogers M. Smith 352 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4456-4 | $79.95 | £52.00 Ebook… READ MORE
This Week’s New Books: Animal Encounters, Intimate Enemies, and Next Year in Marienbad
11/23/2012
Animal Encounters: Contacts and Concepts in Medieval Britain Susan Crane 296 pages | 6 x 9 | 11 illus. Hardcover | ISBN 978-0-8122-4458-8 | $59.95 | £39.00 Ebook | ISBN… READ MORE
Paul’s Pick: a Free Article on the Cost of Higher Education from Dissent
11/16/2012
When our current period of slow economic growth will end is anybody’s guess, but even when it does end, colleges and universities will certainly not be rolling back their prices. These days, it is not just the economic climate in which our colleges and universities find themselves that determines what they charge and how they operate; it is their increasing corporatization.
This Month’s Podcast: David R. Swartz and the Evangelical Left
11/02/2012
In the November Penn Press podcast, David R. Swartz, Assistant Professor at Asbury University and author of Moral Minority: The Evangelical Left in an Age of Conservatism, discusses the overlooked… 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.
Beyond “Half the Sky”
10/19/2012
Even if you take issue with the celebrity cameos and reporting style in the recent smash PBS documentary, Half the Sky, you can’t deny that the program increased the awareness of women’s rights, one of today’s paramount moral challenges. For a deeper understanding of women’s human rights, here are some additional resources by Penn Press to help navigate this complex issue:
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
