Announcing Penn Press’s Fall 2017 catalog
05/17/2017
Penn Press is thrilled to announce our Fall 2017 catalog. Exciting new titles this season include Women at the Wheel by Katherine J. Parkin, which traces the gendered history of… READ MORE
Category: American History & Studies
America’s Tangled History of Immigration and Illegality
05/16/2017
Today we have a guest post from Torrie Hester, who teaches at Saint Louis University and is the author of the new book Deportation. Deportation covers the uncertain beginnings of American… READ MORE
In Memoriam: Eric C. Schneider
04/17/2017
It is with great sadness that acknowledge the recent passing of Eric C. Schneider, Assistant Dean, Associate Director for Academic Affairs, and Adjunct Associate Professor of History at the School… READ MORE
Afternoon Coffee Break: God Almighty Hisself by Mitchell Nathanson
04/03/2017
This blog post marks a special edition of the Afternoon Coffee Break series to coincide with Major League Baseball's 2017 Opening Day! In this series, Penn Press's Direct Mail and… READ MORE
Adversarial Relations? Are You Kidding?
03/28/2017
Today, we have a guest post from Richard John, Professor of History at Columbia University and co-editor with Kim Phillips-Fein of Capital Gains: Business and Politics in Twentieth-Century America, which explores the influence… READ MORE
Understanding How We Talk About Inequality in America: Reflections on the Moynihan Report
03/24/2017
Today we have a guest post from Daniel Geary, Mark Pigott Associate Professor in U.S. History at Trinity College Dublin and author of Beyond Civil Rights: The Moynihan Report and… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: Spring reads
03/23/2017
As the winter chill beings to thaw and spring weather moves in, what could be better than a new book about American history, Medieval literature, or art? For titles like… READ MORE
Afternoon Coffee Break: Astounding Wonder by John Cheng
03/16/2017
This blog post comes from Penn Press’s Direct Mail and Advertising Manager, Tracy Kellmer, and continues a series, the Afternoon Coffee Break, in which Tracy shares her reflections and observations… READ MORE
History as Selfie?
03/06/2017
Today we have a fascinating, wide-ranging, and personally insightful guest post from historian Michael Guasco. Guasco is is Professor of History at Davidson College and author of Slaves and Englishmen: Human… READ MORE
The Joy of Aging
03/01/2017
Today we have an exciting guest post from the author of the just-published new book Aging in America: A Cultural History. Lawrence R. Samuel is founder of Boomers 3.0, a… READ MORE
