The Way of Improvement Leads Home–Now Available
03/18/2008
The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America John Fea 280 pages | 6 x 9 | 12 illus. Cloth Feb 2008… READ MORE
Category: American History & Studies
Edward J. Blum puts Jeremiah Wright’s Rhetoric in Context
In an HNN.us commentary, “God Damn America” in Black and White, Penn Press author and historian Edward J. Blum places the Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s controversial oratory in the historical context… READ MORE
Free Tickets to a Phillies vs Mets Game are Still Up for Grabs
03/14/2008
If you love the Philadelphia Phillies and would like a couple of Section 109 tickets to a Phillies vs Met game, this is your second to last chance to get… READ MORE
Beyond the Farm–Now Available
03/12/2008
Beyond the Farm: National Ambitions in Rural New England J. M. Opal 280 pages | 6 x 9 | 20 illus. Cloth Mar 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4062-7 | $39.95 |… READ MORE
The Future of Human Rights–Now Available
03/11/2008
The Future of Human Rights: U.S. Policy for a New Era Edited by William F. Schulz 288 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4111-2 | $45.00 |… READ MORE
Doug Rossinow, HNN Top Young Historian
03/10/2008
Doug Rossinow, author of Visions of Progress: The Left-Liberal Tradition in America, is the latest Penn Press author to be named a Top Young Historian by History News Network. Read… READ MORE
Beyond the Good Death–Now Available
03/06/2008
Beyond the Good Death: The Anthropology of Modern Dying James W. Green 304 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth Feb 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4042-9 | $29.95 | £19.50 Exploring the… READ MORE
From Privileges to Rights–Now Available
03/05/2008
Class Matters: Early North America and the Atlantic World Edited by Simon Middleton and Billy G. Smith 344 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth Feb 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4063-4 |… READ MORE
The Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky–Now in Paperback
02/27/2008
The Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky: The Writings of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft Jane Johnston SchoolcraftEdited by Robert Dale Parker 312 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4… READ MORE
Jarrett Describes the 19th Century “New Negro”
02/21/2008
Boston University’s BU Today asked Penn Press author Gene Andrew Jarrett to describe the post Civil War ideal of the "new Negro." Jarrett explains: The “new Negro” was a concept… READ MORE
