Piety and Public Funding–Now Available
04/17/2012
Piety and Public Funding: Evangelicals and the State in Modern America Axel R. Schäfer 288 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4411-3 | $45.00 | £29.50 A… READ MORE
Category: American History & Studies
Paul’s Pick for April, a Free Article on School Reform from Dissent
04/16/2012
Hence, to revolutionize public education, which is largely under state and local jurisdiction, reformers must get state and local governments to adopt their agenda as basic policy; they must counter the teachers’ unions’ political clout. To this end, ed reformers are shifting major resources—staff and money—into state and local campaigns for candidates and legislation.
Tax Day Tangle, a Guest Post by Molly C. Michelmore
04/12/2012
In this guest blog post, historian Molly Michelmore considers why the Internal Revenue Code came to be so baffling. Her answers may surprise you.
Consuming Pleasures–Now Available
04/09/2012
Consuming Pleasures: Intellectuals and Popular Culture in the Postwar World Daniel Horowitz 528 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 15 illus. Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4395-6 | $34.95… READ MORE
Making Seafood Sustainable–Now Available
Making Seafood Sustainable: American Experiences in Global Perspective Mansel G. Blackford 296 pages | 6 x 9 | 20 illus. Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4393-2 | $45.00 | £29.50 A… READ MORE
Tax and Spend–Now Available
04/04/2012
Tax and Spend: The Welfare State, Tax Politics, and the Limits of American Liberalism Molly C. Michelmore 248 pages | 6 x 9 | 8 illus. Cloth 2012 | ISBN… READ MORE
A Glorious Enterprise–Now Available
04/03/2012
A Glorious Enterprise: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Making of American Science Robert McCracken Peck and Patricia Tyson Stroud. Photographs by Rosamond Purcell 464 pages |… READ MORE
Penn Press First Incorporated 122 Years Ago Today
03/26/2012
On March 26, 1890, the University of Pennsylvania Press was incorporated with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.Within a decade, the University of Pennsylvania Press imprint began to appear on scholarly publications…. READ MORE
Announcing the Inaugural Mellon Distinguished Lecture Series
03/22/2012
Penn Press is pleased to announce the Inaugural Mellon Distinguished Lecture Series, sponsored by the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pennsylvania… READ MORE
Eugenic Design author Christina Cogdell Talks about the History of Sterilization on CNN
03/16/2012
A new CNN report on California's history of forced sterilizations includes an interview with Christina Cogdell, author of Eugenic Design: Streamlining America in the 1930s. According to the report, in… READ MORE
