Popular Ideologies–Now Available
08/08/2007
Popular Ideologies: Mass Culture at Mid-Century Susan Smulyan 192 pages | 6 x 9 | 10 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4020-7 | $35.00 | £23.00 "A terrific overview of… READ MORE
Category: American History & Studies
ALA’s “Best of the Best” on C-SPAN’s BookTV
07/27/2007
The American Library Association’s "The Best of the Best of the University Presses: Books You Should Know About" presentation, which took place on June 24th at the annual ALA conference… READ MORE
The Reformation of American Quakerism–Now in Paperback
07/17/2007
The Reformation of American Quakerism, 1748-1783 Jack D. Marietta 376 pages | 6 x 9 Paper 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-1989-0 | $24.95 | £16.50 "Exhaustively researched, clearly written, and provocative."–American… READ MORE
Blum’s History News Network Editorial
07/16/2007
"If Democrats and Barack Obama want to ‘get religion’ and if historians want to witness a deep commitment to leftist politics and spirituality, they should get to know the spiritual… READ MORE
Revista’s New Direction
07/02/2007
Revista Hispánica Moderna has just released its first volume as a Penn Press publication. This established journal has a solid research tradition that goes back seven decades. Revista Hispánica Moderna‘s… READ MORE
The Journal of American History Reviews Troubled Experiment
06/25/2007
"[Troubled Experiment: Crime and Justice in Pennsylvania, 1682-1800 by Jack D. Marietta and G. S. Rowe] is an enlightening read, the prose calmly literate and the organizational strategy a satisfying… READ MORE
The Economist Books & Art Finds David’s Fanny Kemble “lively and thorough”
06/22/2007
The Economist’s recent review of Fanny Kemble: A Performed Life begins: A friend of Fanny Kemble once apologised for declining a visit by explaining: “I could not see so many… READ MORE
Formative Acts–Now Available
Formative Acts: American Politics in the Making Stephen Skowronek and Matthew Glassman, Editors 456 pages | 6 x 9 | 4 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4012-2 | $65.00 |… READ MORE
Fanny Kemble Author Event 6/27
06/21/2007
Deirdre David, author of Fanny Kemble: A Performed Life, will be at the Barnes & Noble bookstore on Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square to discuss the life of the unconventional Victorian actress… READ MORE
Abraham in Arms–Now in Paperback
06/20/2007
Abraham in Arms: War and Gender in Colonial New England Ann M. Little 272 pages | 6 x 9 | 17 illus. Cloth 2006 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3965-2 | $45.00 |… READ MORE
