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Coffee Nation

Coffee Nation

Coffee is among the most common goods traded and consumed worldwide, and so omnipresent its popularity is often taken for granted. But even everyday habits have a history. When and why coffee become part of North American daily life is at the center of Coffee Nation. Using a wide range of archival, quantitative, and material evidence, Michelle Craig McDonald follows coffee from the slavery-based plantations of the Caribbean and South America, through the balance sheets of Atlantic world merchants, into the coffeehouses, stores, and homes of colonial North Americans, and ultimately to the growing import/export businesses of the early nineteenth-century United States that rebranded this exotic good as an American staple.

Announcing the Launch of Global Black Thought, a New Journal from AAIHS & Penn Press!

After two years of planning and preparation, the new African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) journal Global Black Thought has officially launched! Published by the University of Pennsylvania Press, Global Black Thought is devoted to the study of the Black intellectual tradition. Learn more on our blog with a Q&A featuring Dr. Keisha N. Blain, the journal’s Founding Editor-in-Chief!
Unstoppable Entrepreneurs

Unstoppable Entrepreneurs

Discover your own path to entrepreneurship and make your mark in the world

In a world where entrepreneurship often seems to be driven by tech prodigies and venture-backed unicorns, many aspiring entrepreneurs find themselves wondering: “What if I don’t fit the stereotype of a Silicon Valley wunderkind? Is there a place for me in this landscape?” In Unstoppable Entrepreneurs, Lori Rosenkopf, Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship at The Wharton School, shatters these limiting perceptions, revealing an array of entrepreneurial paths that are open to anyone with the drive to create value through innovation. Drawing from her thirty-year career and interactions with more than 20,000 students, Rosenkopf offers a compelling roadmap for entrepreneurial success.
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Penn Press Celebrates Major Stride Towards Open Access

Penn Press is delighted to announce that five of our journals will have open-access content in 2025 as part of the successful launch of Project MUSE’s Subscribe to Open Program (S2O). Combined with our select Diamond Open Access journals, one-third of all Penn Press journal content published in 2025 will be open-access! Read more on our blog.

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Global Black Thought

Global Black Thought, the official journal of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is devoted to the study of…

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Journal of Ecumenical Studies

The Journal of Ecumenical Studies (JES) was founded by Arlene and Leonard Swidler in 1964 as the first peer-reviewed journal…

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Journal of the History of Ideas

Since its inception in 1940, the Journal of the History of Ideas has served as a medium for the publication…

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