Takedown Author Philip Mudd on the Colbert Report
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
Category: Middle Eastern Studies
Syria, Christianity, and the Middle East–George E. Demacopoulos in the Washington Post’s On Faith
09/12/2013
"As a medieval historian, I’m struck by how similar the arguments being levied by U.S. politicians to argue for an assault on the Syrian government are to the arguments Pope… READ MORE
The Right Reasons to Take Action in Syria: Carrie Booth Walling’s Editorial in the Detroit Free Press
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
No Use Author Thomas M. Nichols Links the Posibility of Action in Syria to U.S. Nuclear Deterent Policy
08/27/2013
As foreign policy watchers consider the implications of Secretary of State John Kerry's latest statements on the Syrian government's use of chemical weapons, many people are questioning America's readiness for… READ MORE
This Week’s New Books: Scheherazade’s Feasts, Changing Minds, If Not Hearts, and Ethnography after Antiquity
08/02/2013
Scheherazade's Feasts: Foods of the Medieval Arab World Habeeb Salloum, Muna Salloum, Leila Salloum Elias 256 pages | 8 1/4 x 9 Cloth 2013 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4477-9 | $34.95 |… READ MORE
This Week’s New Book: Security and Suspicion: An Ethnography of Everyday Life in Israel
06/21/2013
Now in Paperback Security and Suspicion: An Ethnography of Everyday Life in Israel Juliana Ochs 216 pages | 6 x 9 | 13 illus. Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4291-1 |… READ MORE
This Week’s New Books–Atlantic Slavery, Life in Nepal, The Arab Spring, and Anthropology Paperbacks
06/03/2013
A New World of Labor: The Development of Plantation Slavery in the British Atlantic Simon P. Newman 352 pages | 6 x 9 | 15 illus. Cloth 2013 | ISBN… READ MORE
This Week’s New Books–Beggar Thy Neighbor and As American as Shoofly Pie
05/10/2013
Beggar Thy Neighbor: A History of Usury and Debt Charles R. Geisst 400 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 Cloth 2013 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4462-5 | $39.95 | £26.00 From… READ MORE
This Week’s New Books–Trade, Land, Power: The Struggle for Eastern North America, Plus Three Paperback Releases
05/03/2013
Trade, Land, Power: The Struggle for Eastern North America Daniel K. Richter 384 pages | 6 x 9 | 35 illus. Cloth 2013 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4500-4 | $45.00 | £29.50… READ MORE
This Week’s New Books: Citizenship and the Origins of Women’s History in the United States and More
04/19/2013
Citizenship and the Origins of Women's History in the United States Teresa Anne Murphy 240 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2013 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4489-2 | $42.50 | £28.00 A… READ MORE
