Van Engen Wins 2010 Otto Gründler Book Prize
05/20/2010
Historian John Van Engen has received another prize for Sisters and Brothers of the Common Life: The Devotio Moderna and the World of the Later Middle Ages. Van Engen was… READ MORE
Category: European & World History
The Measure of Woman–Now Available
05/19/2010
The Measure of Woman: Law and Female Identity in the Crown of Aragon Marie A. Kelleher 232 pages | 6 x 9 | 1 map Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4256-0… READ MORE
Commerce By A Frozen Sea–Now Available
04/23/2010
Commerce by a Frozen Sea: Native Americans and the European Fur Trade Ann M. Carlos and Frank D. Lewis 264 pages | 6 x 9 | 25 illus. Cloth 2010… READ MORE
Martin Ostwald (1922-2010)
04/15/2010
The Penn Press staff was saddened by the news of the death of Martin Ostwald. Ostwald, who died on April 10, 2010, was William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of… READ MORE
Bonaparte’s Retreat Returns to Public TV
04/07/2010
The documentary Bonaparte’s Retreat will air again this spring on several public television stations across the United States. This program, based on Patricia Stroud’s The Man Who Had Been King:… READ MORE
Death in the New World–Now Available
04/07/2010
Death in the New World: Cross-Cultural Encounters, 1492-1800 Erik R. Seeman 384 pages | 6 x 9 | 28 b/w Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4229-4 | $45.00 | £29.50 A… READ MORE
Spring Overstock Sale–Save 70%
04/01/2010
It's a beautiful day (at least in Philadelphia) and the perfect time for the Penn Press Spring Overstock Sale to begin. Hundreds of titles have been marked down by 70… READ MORE
Morality’s Muddy Waters–Now Available
04/01/2010
Morality's Muddy Waters: Ethical Quandaries in Modern America George Cotkin 304 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4227-0 | $29.95 | £19.50 George Cotkin looks at diverse… READ MORE
Russian Minority Politics–Now Available
03/31/2010
Russian Minority Politics in Post-Soviet Latvia and Kyrgyzstan: The Transformative Power of Informal Networks Michele E. Commercio 248 pages | 6 x 9 | 14 illus. Cloth 2010 | ISBN… READ MORE
The Nation Reviews The Devil in the Holy Water, or the Art of Slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon
03/30/2010
"The Devil in the Holy Water is very ambitious," writes Ruth Scurr in the latest issue of the Nation. She goes on to praise Robert Darnton's new book for being… READ MORE
