Selling the American Way–Now in Paperback
08/04/2010
Selling the American Way: U.S. Propaganda and the Cold War Laura A. Belmonte 272 pages | 6 x 9 | 10 illus. Paper 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-2119-0 | $22.50 |… READ MORE
Category: American History & Studies
Peck and Newman Discover Audubon’s First Published Illustration
07/30/2010
The discovery of John James Audubon's first published illustration, a three dollar bank note featuring a running grouse, is nothing to gripe about. The find by Robert M. Peck and… READ MORE
The March of Spare Time–Now in Paperback
07/27/2010
The March of Spare Time: The Problem and Promise of Leisure in the Great Depression Susan Currell 248 pages | 6 x 9 | 26 illus. Cloth 2005 | ISBN… READ MORE
Eugenic Design–Now in Paperback
Eugenic Design: Streamlining America in the 1930s Christina Cogdell 352 pages | 6 x 9 | 83 illus. Cloth 2004 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3824-2 | $55.00 | £36.00 Paper 2010 |… READ MORE
The New York Times Reviews Through the History of the Cold War
07/26/2010
Yesterday’s New York Times Sunday Book Review contains an assessment of Through the History of the Cold War: The Correspondence of George F. Kennan and John Lukacs, edited by Lukacs…. READ MORE
Pigeon Trouble–Now Available
07/21/2010
Pigeon Trouble: Bestiary Biopolitics in a Deindustrialized America Hoon Song 272 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4242-3 | $49.95 | £32.50 "I know of no other… READ MORE
Purposes of Paradise–Now Available
07/20/2010
The Purposes of Paradise: U.S. Tourism and Empire in Cuba and Hawai'i Christine Skwiot 256 pages | 6 x 9 | 17 illus. Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4244-7 | $39.95… READ MORE
Through the History of the Cold War–Now Available
07/01/2010
Through the History of the Cold War: The Correspondence of George F. Kennan and John Lukacs Edited by John Lukacs 224 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2010 | ISBN… READ MORE
Three “Essential” Penn Press Books in Choice Magazine
06/30/2010
Three very different Penn Press books were named "essential" in the June 2010 issue of Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries–Marisa Chappell's The War on Welfare: Family, Poverty, and Politics… READ MORE
The Best Transportation System in the World–Now in Paperback
06/11/2010
The Best Transportation System in the World: Railroads, Trucks, Airlines, and American Public Policy in the Twentieth Century Mark H. Rose, Bruce E. Seely, and Paul F. Barrett 344 pages… READ MORE
