Category: 20th-Century History and Culture

Black Republicans Then and Now

Today, we have an exciting and timely guest blog post from Joshua D. Farrington, who teaches history and African American Studies at the University of Kentucky and Eastern Kentucky University. Farrington is… READ MORE

Author Q&A: Gerald Izenberg

Today, we have a guest post featuring an interview with Gerald Izenberg, Professor Emeritus of History at Washington University in St. Louis and author of the recently-published Identity: The Necessity… READ MORE

Hot Off Penn Press: Back to school

The academic year is just starting back up, and Penn Press has released a range of titles in July and August that will prove enriching for students and scholars of… READ MORE

Hot Off Penn Press: End of summer picks

Summer's winding down, but it's not quite back-to-school season yet. So if you're still looking to squeeze in a few fascinating reads on Human Rights, American History, Religious Studies, and more,… READ MORE

Hot Off Penn Press: Summer reading

May and June have seen an array of new Penn Press titles on topics ranging from the history of workplace feminism to Islamic architecture and beyond—just in time for summer!… READ MORE

The Nature of Workplace Rights

Katherine Turk, author of Equality on Trial: Gender and Rights in the Modern American Workplace, joins us for a guest post today. The first history to foreground Title VII's sex provision,… READ MORE