Name that Zoot Contest: Week Two
07/13/2011
Congratulations to Pinchus Roth of New York, week one's winner. Last week's question was a killer diller, but Roth rose to the occasion. The name of the actor who graces… READ MORE
Category: American History & Studies
Competitive Elections and the American Voter–Now Available
Competitive Elections and the American Voter Keena Lipsitz 248 pages | 6 x 9 | 23 illus. Cloth Jul 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4334-5 | $49.95 | £32.50 A volume in… READ MORE
Zoot Suit Stumper Clue
07/12/2011
It seems that we have stumped our readers with the first Name That Zoot contest question. Take a look at the man on the cover of Zoot Suit: The Enigmatic… READ MORE
It Don’t Mean One Thing
07/11/2011
Penn Press intern and social dancer Hannah Ehlenfeldt shares her thoughts on swing dance fashions past and present. Styles from the 1930s and 40s were revived in the 1990s, then… READ MORE
Name that Zoot Contest: Week One
07/06/2011
It's time to play Name that Zoot, the best university press contest, north, south, east, or west. Take a look at the man on the cover of Zoot Suit: The… READ MORE
The Paradox of Relevance–Now Available
06/28/2011
The Paradox of Relevance: Ethnography and Citizenship in the United States Carol J. Greenhouse 360 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4312-3 | $59.95 | £39.00 As… READ MORE
Coming Soon: The Name That Zoot Contest
Greetings sharpies, zazous, pachucos, and pachucas! Get hep to this extreme fashion history contest. Each week in July, Penn Press will give away a copy of Zoot Suit: The Enigmatic… READ MORE
A Life Spent Changing Places–Now Available
A Life Spent Changing Places Lawrence Halprin. Foreword by Laurie Olin 288 pages | 8 1/2 x 11 | 102 color, 93 b/w illus. Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4263-8 |… READ MORE
A Penn Press Podcast with Zoot Suit Author Kathy Peiss
06/16/2011
The June 2011 podcast is all about one of the most outrageous fashions of the twentieth century, the zoot suit. As jazz music spread aruond the world, the zoot followed…. READ MORE
A Small Bench by the Side of the Road: Elise Lemire on Remembering Concord’s History of Slavery
06/15/2011
In this post, Penn Press author Elise Lemire describes a community's efforts to bring its history of slavery to light. A Small Bench by the Side of the Road Concord,… READ MORE
