Daniel Geary on the fraught heritage of The Moynihan Report
07/08/2015
Today we have a guest post from Daniel Geary, author of Beyond Civil Rights: The Moynihan Report and Its Legacy. If you need more, see this round-up of his writing… READ MORE
Category: African American Studies
Hot Off Penn Press: June’s New Books
07/08/2015
It may not be harvest time yet, but June yielded a bumper crop of new books. Check them out below, and to receive subject-specific email announcements about new books, sign… READ MORE
Media Round-Up: Daniel Geary
07/07/2015
Daniel Geary's Beyond Civil Rights: The Moynihan Report and Its Legacy just came out in June, but it's already getting attention, with Geary's writing popping up across the Web. Here'… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: March’s New Books
04/08/2015
Spring in Philadelphia is tentative, to say the least, but there's nothing tentative about the books we published last month! Read on to see new offerings in American History, Political… READ MORE
Author Q&A: Lakeyta M. Bonnette, Pulse of the People
03/26/2015
Today’s Q&A is with Lakeyta M. Bonnette, author of Pulse of the People: Political Rap Music and Black Politics, which lays a foundation for the study of political rap music… READ MORE
Who made capitalism in nineteenth-century America, and how was it made?
03/12/2015
Today we have a guest post from authors Brian P. Luskey and Wendy A. Woloson, about their book, Capitalism by Gaslight: Illuminating the Economy of Nineteenth-Century America. The cover art… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: February’s New Books
03/04/2015
While hibernating animals sleep snug in their burrows, the rest of us wait with bated breath for winter to end. We here at Penn Press occupy our minds by publishing… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: January’s New Books
02/04/2015
While the groundhog may have seen its shadow, forecasting six more weeks of winter, we can keep our minds off the weather with the most recent books from Penn Press!… READ MORE
Download the Spring 2015 catalog now
01/09/2015
Penn Press is pleased to announce the release of our Spring 2015 catalog. This season, read about the rise and fall of the American department store in Vicki Howard's From… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: December’s New Books
01/07/2015
We here at Penn Press hope the festive period was both joyful and restful for all of you. Ours certainly was. With the hectic nature of the holidays, though, we… READ MORE
