08/10/2012
The Queen's Hand: Power and Authority in the Reign of Berenguela of Castile Janna Bianchini 352 pages | 6 x 9 | 7 illus. Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4433-5 |… READ MORE
07/31/2012
Recounting Perry’s move from the Lawrence to the Niagara, Tait gushed, “even after victory had perched on the standard of the enemy, awarding her favor to superior force, Captain Perry, by the gallantry of his continued perseverance, enticed her back into his arms.” Victory, in the form of the winged goddess Nike, had perched for a time on the British flag mast. But the “gallant” Perry had successfully wooed the lovely lady and won “her” feminine favor. Politicians portrayed Perry’s action as the successful suit of a godly lover, one who lured victory away from his rival and into his own embrace.
07/27/2012
Building Fortress Europe: The Polish-Ukrainian Frontier Karolina S. Follis 288 pages | 6 x 9 | 5 illus. Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4428-1 | $69.95 | £45.50 A volume in… READ MORE
07/23/2012
Those in search of simple, old fashioned models of love and marriage might be disappointed by some of the realities of medieval coupling. “Tradition is always invented,” says Karras, who reminds us that the traditional marriage that people in the twenty-first century have invented for themselves is not really that similar to the state of matrimony in the Middle Ages.
07/13/2012
China and Africa: A Century of Engagement, the new book by David H. Shinn and Joshua Eisenman, is as comprehensive as its title suggests. This book, the first of its kind to be published since the 1970s, examines all facets of China’s relationship with each of the fifty-four African nations. Selecting just five facts from this detailed study was a bit of a challenge, but nowhere near as labor-intensive as Shinn and Eisenman’s research.
07/12/2012
Penn Press public policy and international relations editor Bill Finan comments on the scope of peer review in light of current events in the Middle East. Questioning the Limits of… READ MORE
07/09/2012
C. Dallett Hemphill, Professor of History at Ursinus College, is the new editor of Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal.
06/28/2012
Shakespeare's Shrine: The Bard's Birthplace and the Invention of Stratford-upon-Avon Julia Thomas 256 pages | 6 x 9 | 23 illus. Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4423-6 | $34.95 | £23.00… READ MORE
06/25/2012
Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte: An American Aristocrat in the Early Republic Charlene M. Boyer Lewis 312 pages | 6 x 9 | 14 illus. Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4430-4 | $34.95… READ MORE
06/23/2012
The Color Revolutions Lincoln A. Mitchell 256 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4417-5 | $65.00 | £42.50 “Although analytic reflections on the Color Revolutions are accumulating,… READ MORE
