Martin Ostwald (1922-2010)
04/15/2010
The Penn Press staff was saddened by the news of the death of Martin Ostwald. Ostwald, who died on April 10, 2010, was William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of… READ MORE
Category: Academic Life
Thomas Eakins and the Uses of History–Now Available
04/06/2010
Thomas Eakins and the Uses of History Akela Reason 232 pages | 7 x 10 | 74 illus. Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4198-3 | $55.00 | £36.00 The first book-length… READ MORE
Spring Overstock Sale–Save 70%
04/01/2010
It's a beautiful day (at least in Philadelphia) and the perfect time for the Penn Press Spring Overstock Sale to begin. Hundreds of titles have been marked down by 70… READ MORE
Morality’s Muddy Waters–Now Available
04/01/2010
Morality's Muddy Waters: Ethical Quandaries in Modern America George Cotkin 304 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4227-0 | $29.95 | £19.50 George Cotkin looks at diverse… READ MORE
The Nation Reviews The Devil in the Holy Water, or the Art of Slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon
03/30/2010
"The Devil in the Holy Water is very ambitious," writes Ruth Scurr in the latest issue of the Nation. She goes on to praise Robert Darnton's new book for being… READ MORE
Sealed With Blood–Now In Paperback
03/29/2010
Sealed with Blood: War, Sacrifice, and Memory in Revolutionary America Sarah J. Purcell 288 pages | 6 x 9 | 15 illus. Cloth 2002 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3660-6 | $49.95 |… READ MORE
A Big Wednesday on Campus: Penn Press author Panels on Poverty and Human Rights
03/16/2010
Tomorrow two major author events will take place on the University of Pennsylvania Campus. The first deals with human rights in the United States. The second addresses America's urban poverty…. READ MORE
Robert Darnton Makes the Case for Three Books on C-SPAN
02/23/2010
C-Span’s Book TV recently presented video of Robert Darnton, Director of the Harvard University Library and eminent historian of the book, giving a talk at Harvard Book Store in Cambridge,… READ MORE
John Walker McCoubrey
02/16/2010
We at Penn Press were saddened by the news of the death of John Walker McCoubrey, emeritus professor in the Department of the History of Art at the University of… READ MORE
NYT Interviews Seeman on African Burial Ground Controversy
01/27/2010
In the early 1990's, the coffin of a colonial-era African was unearthed in lower Manhattan in a place now the National Park Service African Burial Ground. The coffin was decorated… READ MORE
