03/04/2021
Exciting new titles this season include: • An Illustrated Business History of the United States by Richard Vague, a sweeping, lively, and highly approachable history of American business from the nation’s… READ MORE
02/22/2021
In observance of African American History Month, Penn Press has assembled a reading list comprised of titles that deepen our understanding of our American history by highlighting the essential contributions… READ MORE
11/23/2020
In observance of National Native American Heritage Month, Penn Press has assembled a select reading list of our titles that highlight the contributions, struggles, and cultural and historical legacy of… READ MORE
09/02/2020
Exciting new titles this season include: • In Defense of Populism by Donald T. Critchlow, which argues, contrary to contemporary warnings about the dangers of populism, that grassroots activism is essential… READ MORE
06/05/2020
In the past two weeks, tragic police killings of African Americans have once again sent shockwaves through the nation and have prompted a widespread and ongoing surge of activism. These… READ MORE
02/14/2020
Exciting new titles this season include: Bank Notes and Shinplasters by Joshua R. Greenberg, which shows how Americans accumulated and wielded monetary information in order to navigate the early republic's… READ MORE
01/14/2020
Today we have a guest post from Lauren Jae Gutterman, who teaches American studies at the University of Texas at Austin and is author of Her Neighbor's Wife: A History… READ MORE
12/02/2019
Today, we have an exciting and topical guest post from Carol Faulkner, Professor of History at Syracuse University and author of Unfaithful: Love, Adultery, and Marriage Reform in Nineteenth-Century America…. READ MORE
08/15/2019
Today, we have a guest post from Boris Vormann, Professor of Politics at Bard College Berlin, and Christian Lammert, Professor of North American Politics and Policy at Freie Universität Berlin…. READ MORE
08/09/2019
Exciting new titles this season include: Her Neighbor’s Wife by Lauren Jae Gutterman, which traces the stories of hundreds of women who struggled to balance marriage and same-sex desire in… READ MORE
