Hot Off Penn Press: September’s New Books
09/30/2014
With the turn toward fall, the Press's presses have been printing overtime, with better than a baker's dozen of titles being released this month. The topics range widely, from the… READ MORE
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Announcing our Fall 2014 catalog
06/04/2014
Penn Press is pleased to announce the release of our Fall 2014 catalog. This season’s offerings include a beautifully illustrated volume exploring the rich history of the Brandywine Valley, home… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: To March for Others, Caught on Camera, Before Orientalism, and Revitalizing American Cities
11/22/2013
Here are the latest arrivals in the Penn Press warehouse. These books are available for purchase now at www.pennpress.org. Look for them at your favorite bookseller. To March for Others:… READ MORE
‘Race Neutrality’ and Affirmative Action–Changing Minds, If Not Hearts Coauthors in Washington Monthly
10/22/2013
"Is 'race neutrality' merely a rationalization for whites to use in protecting their share of the pie, or is there a genuine concern for the fairness of the process? If… READ MORE
This Week’s New Books–St. Peter, Education, Slavery, Labor, and Textiles in Literature
06/07/2013
The Invention of Peter: Apostolic Discourse and Papal Authority in Late Antiquity George E. Demacopoulos 288 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2013 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4517-2 | $69.95 | £45.50… READ MORE
MLK Day Reading List for 2013
01/18/2013
Many Penn Press publications, from the journal Humanity to our book series Politics and Culture in Modern America and Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights, address the issues that Martin Luther… READ MORE
This Week’s New Books
11/30/2012
Varieties of Sovereignty and Citizenship Edited by Sigal R. Ben-Porath and Rogers M. Smith 352 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4456-4 | $79.95 | £52.00 Ebook… READ MORE
Paul’s Pick: a Free Article on the Cost of Higher Education from Dissent
11/16/2012
When our current period of slow economic growth will end is anybody’s guess, but even when it does end, colleges and universities will certainly not be rolling back their prices. These days, it is not just the economic climate in which our colleges and universities find themselves that determines what they charge and how they operate; it is their increasing corporatization.
This Week’s New Books: Between North and South, The Sovereign Citizen, and Capricious Fancy
Between North and South: Delaware, Desegregation, and the Myth of American Sectionalism Brett Gadsden 352 pages | 6 x 9 | 13 illus. Hardcover | ISBN 978-0-8122-4443-4 | $45.00 |… READ MORE
School Reform Then and Now: Legacies of the Civil Rights Era
10/25/2012
Revisiting the 1960s shows us that the civil rights era left a dual legacy in school reform, half of which echoes loudly today and half of which is too often ignored. The part that still echoes is an ethos of accountability: sixties-era activists and educators helped to pioneer the idea that urban schools should be held accountable for student achievement. The part that is being ignored is a recognition that achievement is also powerfully shaped by what goes on outside of schools—especially the effects of poverty. Unfortunately, neglect of the latter lesson is seriously undermining the potentially useful impact of the former one.
