HOLIDAY SALE! Through December 31, use code PENN-HOLIDAY25 to save 40% on available titles!
(Please note that the three-volume set of Greater Philadelphia is excluded, although the individual volumes are eligible for the discount.)
X03/05/2007
William F. Schulz, past president of Amnesty International and editor of the forthcoming The Phenomenon of Torture: Readings and Commentary, will speak at the Drexel University campus in Philadelphia today…. READ MORE
02/16/2007
Two Penn Press authors and a series editor recently lent their expertize to news and documentary productions on a wide range of subjects. This Thursday, Eric Stover, author of The… READ MORE
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
