The Diary of Elizabeth Drinker–Now Available
01/06/2010
The Diary of Elizabeth Drinker: The Life Cycle of an Eighteenth-Century Woman Edited with a new preface by Elaine Forman Crane Abridged Edition 352 pages | 6 x 9 Paper… READ MORE
Category: Women’s Studies
Wolf Hall: Another Spin on the Other Boleyn?
12/21/2009
In this essay, Frances E. Dolan compares Hillary Mantel’s novel Wolf Hall, recent winner of the Man Booker Prize, to Philippa Gregory’s popular The Other Boleyn Girl. Dolan is the… READ MORE
Gender Stereotyping: Transnational Legal Perspectives–Now Available
12/02/2009
Gender Stereotyping: Transnational Legal Perspectives Rebecca J. Cook and Simone Cusack 288 pages | 6 x 9 | none Cloth 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4214-0 | $49.95 | £32.50 A volume… READ MORE
The War on Welfare–Now Available
11/30/2009
The War on Welfare: Family, Poverty, and Politics in Modern America Marisa Chappell 352 pages | 6 x 9 | 16 illus. Cloth 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4204-1 | $45.00 |… READ MORE
Visions of Progress–Now in Paperback
Visions of Progress: The Left-Liberal Tradition in America Doug Rossinow 336 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4049-8 | $39.95 | £26.00 Paper 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-2095-7… READ MORE
Everyday Nationalism–Now Available
11/06/2009
Everyday Nationalism: Women of the Hindu Right in India Kalyani Devaki Menon 272 pages | 6 x 9 | 4 illus. Cloth Nov 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4196-9 | $49.95 |… READ MORE
The King’s Other Body–Now Available
11/02/2009
The King's Other Body: María of Castile and the Crown of Aragon Theresa Earenfight 240 pages | 6 x 9 | 2 maps Cloth Nov 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4185-3 |… READ MORE
The Anatomy Murders Corpse of the Day–Mary Paterson
10/30/2009
Mary Paterson's corpse was, as historian Lisa Rosner put it, "the most notorious cadaver." Her murder at the hands of William Burke and William Hare, and the subsequent preservation of… READ MORE
Reading Women — Now Available in Paperback
10/20/2009
Reading Women: Literacy, Authorship, and Culture in the Atlantic World, 1500-1800 Edited by Heidi Brayman Hackel and Catherine E. Kelly 280 pages | 6 x 9 | 11 illus. Paper… READ MORE
Penn Press Authors in The Journal of American History
09/28/2009
Four Penn Press authors received praise for their recent books in the September issue of The Journal of American History. Here's what reviewer Julia Grant wrote about Stir it Up: Home… READ MORE
