Child Soldiers in Africa–Now in Paperback
01/25/2007
Child Soldiers in Africa Alcinda Honwana 216 pages | 6 x 9 | 2 illus. Cloth 2005 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3911-9 | $45.00 | £29.50 Paper 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-1987-6 |… READ MORE
Category: Human Rights & Law
Female Circumcision–Now in Paperback
01/23/2007
Female Circumcision: Multicultural Perspectives Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf, Editor 296 pages | 6 x 9 | 2 illus. Paper 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-1941-8 | $19.95 | £13.00 A volume in the… READ MORE
Freedom Is One Thing, an Essay by Thomas F. Jackson
01/17/2007
A child born on Martin Luther King’s 39th birthday in 1968 turns 39 this January 15. Perhaps that is enough time to sort out his history and settle the core… READ MORE
From Civil Rights to Human Rights–Now Available
12/20/2006
From Civil Rights to Human Rights: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Struggle for Economic Justice Thomas F. Jackson 472 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 13 illus…. READ MORE
Besteman Reconnects with Refugees
12/15/2006
Penn Press author and Colby College professor Catherine Besteman discussed her involvement with Maine’s growing African immigrant community in a recent New Yorker article by William Finnegan. A year ago,… READ MORE
Reconciliation in Divided Societies–Now Available
12/11/2006
Reconciliation in Divided Societies: Finding Common Ground Erin Daly and Jeremy Sarkin 352 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2006 | ISBN 0-8122-3976-8 | $65.00 | £42.50 A volume in… READ MORE
The Pinochet Effect and Other Books
As Chileans celebrate and mourn the death of General Augusto Pinochet, these books offer insights on the legacy of his deeds and those who sought to bring him to justice…. READ MORE
Child Soldiers is “groundbreaking”
11/15/2006
PsycCRITIQUES, the APA Review of Books, recently examined Child Soldiers in Africa by Alcinda Honwana. The reviewers praised Honwana for contributing to social research on Lusophone African nations, such as… READ MORE
Eichmann’s Reappearance
10/10/2006
A recent Human Rights & Human Welfare review of Harry Mulisch’s Criminal Case 40/61, the Trial of Adolf Eichman: An Eyewitness Account, translated by Robert Malcom, compares Mulisch’s portrait of… READ MORE
Now Available–African Constitutionalism and the Role of Islam
09/22/2006
African Constitutionalism and the Role of Islam Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im 216 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2006 | ISBN 0-8122-3962-8 | $65.00 | £42.50 A volume in the Pennsylvania… READ MORE
