Anti-slavery Day Reading
10/18/2012
Today, October 18, is anti-slavery day in the United Kingdom and anti-trafficking day in the European Union. To mark the event, here are some recent books that take an in-depth… READ MORE
Category: American History & Studies
Global Corruption Fighters: Robert F. Kennedy
10/11/2012
The new book Global Corruption: Money, Power, and Ethics in the Modern World suggests ways in which the problems caused by corruption can be addressed and ultimately prevented. Written by… READ MORE
New This Week, Moral Minority: The Evangelical Left in an Age of Conservatism
10/01/2012
Moral Minority: The Evangelical Left in an Age of Conservatism David R. Swartz 376 pages | 6 x 9 | 25 illus. Cloth | ISBN 978-0-8122-4441-0 | $47.50 | £31.00… READ MORE
This Week’s New Books: Matching Organs with Donors, Divine Art, Infernal Machine, Not in This Family, Sweet Liberty
09/21/2012
Matching Organs with Donors: Legality and Kinship in Transplants Marie-Andrée Jacob 248 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth | ISBN 978-0-8122-4432-8 | $65.00 | £42.50 Ebook | ISBN 978-0-8122-0650-0 |… READ MORE
“O-hi-o!” At’s how sed it: American Indian Poetry from Changing Is Not Vanishing
09/20/2012
Bertrand N. O. Walker is the third poet featured our September blog series marking the paperback release of Changing Is Not Vanishing: A Collection of American Indian Poetry to 1930,… READ MORE
The Genius of That Mountain: American Indian Poetry from Changing Is Not Vanishing
09/12/2012
Mount Shasta
Behold the dread Mt. Shasta, where it stands
Imperial midst the lesser heights, and, like
Some mighty unimpassioned mind, companionless
And cold. The storms of Heaven may beat in wrath
Against it, but it stands in unpolluted
Grandeur still; and from the rolling mists upheaves
Its tower of pride e’en purer than before.
This Week’s New Books: In the Crossfire and Race, Riots, and Roller Coasters
09/07/2012
In the Crossfire: Marcus Foster and the Troubled History of American School Reform John P. Spencer 352 pages | 6 x 9 | 11 illus. Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4435-9… READ MORE
Flaming Wonderer! American Indian Poetry from Changing Is Not Vanishing
09/05/2012
Each week in September, we're posting poems from Changing Is Not Vanishing: A Collection of American Indian Poetry to 1930 to mark the paperback release of this unique volume edited… READ MORE
This Month’s Podcast: Albert Churella and the Pennsylvania Railroad
09/04/2012
In the September Penn Press podcast, Albert J. Churella, Associate Professor in the Social and International Studies Department at Southern Polytechnic State University and author of The Pennsylvania Railroad, Volume… READ MORE
Labor Rights on Labor Day
08/30/2012
As we celebrate the 188th Labor Day, commemorating the struggles of the American labor movement, through picnics, parades, or the simple enjoyment of our leisure, we should also consider the gravity of the recent coordinated attacks on union rights.
