10/11/2013
Simon P. Newman, author of A New World of Labor: The Development of Plantation Slavery in the British Atlantic, spoke with New Books in American Studies podcast host Dan Kilbride… READ MORE
“I think it’s important for people to understand how human rights relate to them,” said Carrie Booth Walling in an interview for the Flint, Michigan television news program First at… READ MORE
10/08/2013
Congratulations to Mirjam Zadoff. Her book, Next Year in Marienbad: The Lost Worlds of Jewish Spa Culture won this year’s Salo Baron Prize the best first book in Jewish studies…. READ MORE
09/27/2013
Blind Impressions: Methods and Mythologies in Book History Joseph A. Dane 232 pages | 6 x 9 | 9 illus. Cloth 2013 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4549-3 | $65.00 | £42.50 A… READ MORE
09/13/2013
The staff at Penn Press cannot confirm or deny that both of his shoes are phones, but we're pleased to say that Philip Mudd, author of Takedown: Inside the Hunt… READ MORE
09/12/2013
"As a medieval historian, I’m struck by how similar the arguments being levied by U.S. politicians to argue for an assault on the Syrian government are to the arguments Pope… READ MORE
09/10/2013
"The problem with the current U.S. debate about potential military strikes against Syria is that the focus seems to be on punishing Assad, signaling Iran, or bolstering U.S. credibility. Instead,… READ MORE
08/27/2013
As foreign policy watchers consider the implications of Secretary of State John Kerry's latest statements on the Syrian government's use of chemical weapons, many people are questioning America's readiness for… READ MORE
08/23/2013
From Human Trafficking to Human Rights: Reframing Contemporary Slavery Alison Brysk and Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, Editors "All eleven authors deserve overwhelming positive reviews . . . for bringing human rights back… READ MORE
08/16/2013
Collecting Across Cultures: Material Exchanges in the Early Modern Atlantic World Edited by Daniela Bleichmar and Peter C. Mancall 392 pages | 7 x 10 | 12 color, 65 b/w… READ MORE
