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(Please note that the three-volume set of Greater Philadelphia is excluded, although the individual volumes are eligible for the discount.)
X10/31/2013
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. Dangerously Sleepy: Overworked Americans… READ MORE
10/21/2013
Wellesley College historian Lidwien Kapteijns spoke with New Books in Human Rights about her recent book, Clan Cleansing in Somalia: The Ruinous Legacy of 1991. The book examines the bloodshed… READ MORE
10/11/2013
“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
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
09/13/2013
Lucretia Mott's Heresy: Abolition and Women's Rights in Nineteenth-Century America Carol Faulkner 312 pages | 6 x 9 | 13 illus. Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4321-5 | $45.00 | £29.50… 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
08/28/2013
"Collective memories and historical interpretations of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom run the spectrum from liberal triumphalism to radical disillusionment. Both views distort the multiple meanings… 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
