10/21/2013
Wellesley College historian Lidwien Kapteijns spoke with New Books in Human Rights about her recent book, Clan Cleansing in Somalia: The Ruinous Legacy of 1991. The book examines the bloodshed… READ MORE
10/11/2013
“I think it’s important for people to understand how human rights relate to them,” said Carrie Booth Walling in an interview for the Flint, Michigan television news program First at… READ MORE
10/08/2013
Congratulations to Mirjam Zadoff. Her book, Next Year in Marienbad: The Lost Worlds of Jewish Spa Culture won this year’s Salo Baron Prize the best first book in Jewish studies…. READ MORE
09/27/2013
Blind Impressions: Methods and Mythologies in Book History Joseph A. Dane 232 pages | 6 x 9 | 9 illus. Cloth 2013 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4549-3 | $65.00 | £42.50 A… READ MORE
08/28/2013
"Collective memories and historical interpretations of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom run the spectrum from liberal triumphalism to radical disillusionment. Both views distort the multiple meanings… READ MORE
08/27/2013
As foreign policy watchers consider the implications of Secretary of State John Kerry's latest statements on the Syrian government's use of chemical weapons, many people are questioning America's readiness for… READ MORE
08/19/2013
Penn Press Consulting Editor Damon Linker has sobering words for progressive Catholics. According to "Pope Francis Versus the Vatican: the Battle to Remake the Church," Linker's article for the New… READ MORE
08/12/2013
Someone at New Books Network likes us. They've just posted two new interviews with Penn Press biography authors. Heath Brown interviewed Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern… READ MORE
08/09/2013
Guilt, Responsibility, and Denial: The Past at Stake in Post-Milošević Serbia Eric Gordy 288 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2013 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4535-6 | $65.00 | £42.50 A volume… READ MORE
07/19/2013
The Black Urban Atlantic in the Age of the Slave Trade Edited by Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra, Matt D. Childs, and James Sidbury 376 pages | 6 x 9 | 4 illus…. READ MORE
