The Pilgrim and the Bee–Now Available
06/12/2007
The Pilgrim and the Bee: Reading Rituals and Book Culture in Early New England Matthew P. Brown 288 pages | 6 x 9 | 20 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN… READ MORE
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American Ethnologist Review of Female Circumcision
06/11/2007
American Ethnologist calls Female Circumcision: Multicultural Perspectives, edited by Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf, "a provocative book, clearly written for both general and scholarly audiences" and "a respectful dialog that yet presses… READ MORE
This Is Our Music–Now in Paperback
06/08/2007
This Is Our Music: Free Jazz, the Sixties, and American Culture Iain Anderson 264 pages | 6 x 9 | 23 illus. Cloth 2006 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3980-5 | $39.95 |… READ MORE
Wildlife of the Week: The Pine Barrens Treefrog
06/07/2007
In anticipation of John H. Rappole’s forthcoming Wildlife of the Mid-Atlantic: A Complete Reference Manual, the Penn Press Log proudly presents Wildlife of the Week, a summer series of posts… READ MORE
Connecting the Covenants–Now Available
Connecting the Covenants: Judaism and the Search for Christian Identity in Eighteenth-Century England David B. Ruderman 152 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4016-0 | $55.00 |… READ MORE
Love Entwined–Now Available
06/06/2007
Love Entwined: The Curious History of Hairwork in America Helen Sheumaker 272 pages | 6 x 9 | 24 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4014-6 | $45.00 | £29.50 Using… READ MORE
Fanny Kemble: A Performed Life–Now Available
06/04/2007
Fanny Kemble: A Performed Life Deirdre David 376 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 35 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4023-8 | $39.95 | £26.00 "Fanny Kemble played… READ MORE
W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet–Now Available
05/31/2007
W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet Edward J. Blum 288 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4010-8 | $39.95 | £26.00 A volume in the Politics… READ MORE
More Awards for Landscape Architecture Books
05/30/2007
Elizabeth Hyde’s Cultivated Power: Flowers, Culture, and Politics in the Reign of Louis XIV has received the 2007 Elisabeth Blair MacDougall Award by the Society of Architectural Historians "for the… READ MORE
Blum among HNN’s Top Young Historians
History News Network recently added Edward J. Blum, author of W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet, to its list of Top Young Historians. According to HNN, "Each historian on… READ MORE
