Smack Q&A on Digphilly
09/29/2008
Digphilly.com, a local arts, entertainment and culture blog, posted a short Q&A today with Eric C. Schneider, author of Smack: Heroin and the American City. Here's an excerpt from the… READ MORE
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A Century of Social Work and Social Welfare at Penn–Now Available
09/03/2008
A Century of Social Work and Social Welfare at Penn Ram A. Cnaan, Melissa E. Dichter, and Jeffrey Draine, Editors 632 pages | 7 x 10 | 26 illus. Cloth… READ MORE
Philadelphia Weekly Talks to Birch about Greening Philly
08/27/2008
Eugenie Birch, co-editor of Growing Greener Cities: Urban Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century, spoke with Philadelphia Weekly’s Jeffrey Barg about Philly’s status as a green metropolis. "How is Philly doing?"… READ MORE
Growing Greener Cities–Now Available
08/15/2008
Growing Greener Cities: Urban Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century Edited by Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter 416 pages | 6 x 9 | 17 color, 55 b/w illus…. READ MORE
Many Identities, One Nation–Now in Paperback
08/14/2008
Many Identities, One Nation: The Revolution and Its Legacy in the Mid-Atlantic Liam Riordan 392 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 27 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4001-6… READ MORE
Dangerous to Know–Now Available
08/01/2008
Dangerous to Know: Women, Crime, and Notoriety in the Early Republic Susan Branson 200 pages | 6 x 9 | 8 illus. Cloth Aug 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4088-7 | $39.95… READ MORE
Black Phliosopher, White Academy–Now Available
06/30/2008
Black Philosopher, White Academy: The Career of William Fontaine Bruce Kuklick 192 pages | 6 x 9 | 7 illus. Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4098-6 | $55.00 | £36.00 At… READ MORE
Bruce “Monty” Montgomery
06/25/2008
The staff of Penn Press was saddened by news of the passing of Bruce Montgomery, composer, educator, director, and author of Brothers, Sing On!: My Half-Century Around the World with… READ MORE
Inside and Out Weekend for Penn Press
05/13/2008
This coming weekend will be an extremely busy one for Penn Press staff. Not only to we host our annual Open House on Saturday, May 17. We’ll also be participating… READ MORE
Almost a Dynasty Rekindles Fond Memories
04/01/2008
A review of Almost a Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the 1980 Phillies, by William C. Kashatus, appeared in the March 30 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer. In this… READ MORE
