01/05/2009
Philadelphia Inquirer book critic Carlin Romano had this to say about Bruce Kuklick's new biography of William Fontaine, a ground breaking African American scholar: Black Philosopher, White Academy does credit… READ MORE
12/16/2008
Edward J. Blum's W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet was chosen to be the latest Books & Culture Book of the Week. Reviewer Kathryn Lofton writes: Students of U.S…. READ MORE
12/12/2008
Revolutionary Backlash: Women and Politics in the Early American Republic Rosemarie Zagarri 248 pages | 6 x 9 | 13 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4027-6 | $39.95 | £26.00… READ MORE
12/11/2008
Has the economic downturn and holiday shopping made you a little stressed out? In the following essay, Megan J. Elias, historian and author of Stir It Up: Home Economics in… READ MORE
12/10/2008
America's Waterfront Revival: Port Authorities and Urban Redevelopment Peter Hendee Brown 240 pages | 6 x 9 | 54 illus. Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4122-8 | $59.95 | £39.00 A… READ MORE
12/09/2008
In today's Gotham Gazette, Nicholas Dagen Bloom places calls for private sector methods and non-government revenue in public housing within the context of the New York City Housing Authority's overall… READ MORE
12/03/2008
In the latest Penn Press podcast, historian and author Roger W. Moss and photographer Tom Crane discuss their collaboration on Historic Landmarks of Philadelphia, the final book in their architecture… READ MORE
12/02/2008
Talking Points Memo Café blogger Kenneth Thomas calls Colin Gordon's Mapping Decline: St. Louis and the Fate of the American City "an outstanding overview of the decline of America's cities."… READ MORE
11/21/2008
The Country Seats of the United States William Russell Birch Edited by Emily T. Cooperman 96 pages | 9 x 9 | 20 color, 19 b/w illus. Cloth Nov 2008… READ MORE
11/19/2008
The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 3: Soldier, Scientist, and Politician, 1748-1757 J. A. Leo Lemay 768 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 63 illus. Cloth Nov 2008… READ MORE
