Pennsylvania Dutch Pies for Pi Day
03/14/2013
Happy Pi Day! We put an historical Pennsylvania Dutch twist on the mathematical celebration of 3/14 by eating shoofly pie and sharing a recipe for apple Schnitz pie, two the… READ MORE
Category: PA & Philadelphia Region
Why Groundhog?
01/25/2013
Weaver says, “properly dressed, groundhog is indeed an underrated American delicacy, and smoked groundhog is an unsung luxury—I do not exaggerate.”
This Week’s New Books: In the Crossfire and Race, Riots, and Roller Coasters
09/07/2012
In the Crossfire: Marcus Foster and the Troubled History of American School Reform John P. Spencer 352 pages | 6 x 9 | 11 illus. Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4435-9… READ MORE
This Month’s Podcast: Albert Churella and the Pennsylvania Railroad
09/04/2012
In the September Penn Press podcast, Albert J. Churella, Associate Professor in the Social and International Studies Department at Southern Polytechnic State University and author of The Pennsylvania Railroad, Volume… READ MORE
Paul’s Pick: a Free Article on Working Women from the Journal of the Early Republic
08/15/2012
Every month, Paul Chase in the Penn Press Journals department invites our blog readers to download a complimentary article from one of our many scholarly journals. Paul's Pick for August… READ MORE
Q&A with C. Dallett Hemphill, New Editor of the Early American Studies Journal
07/09/2012
C. Dallett Hemphill, Professor of History at Ursinus College, is the new editor of Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal.
Demolition is Not Enough: Design After Decline Author Brent Ryan on Redevelopment in Philadelphia
06/18/2012
Barring a miraculous rebirth of neighborhood real estate markets, city officials should think twice before creating more vacant lots.
Q&A with Geoffrey Plank, author of John Woolman’s Path to the Peaceable Kingdom
06/14/2012
Woolman’s ideals were informed by a literal reading of the Bible and the experience of growing up on a farm in New Jersey. He associated well-ordered, peaceful, pastoral landscapes with Eden and the Peaceable Kingdom that Isaiah foresaw as part of humanity’s future. The tensions and violence of slavery had no place in the world that Woolman hoped to see established.
Friends and Strangers–Now in Paperback
06/05/2012
Friends and Strangers: The Making of a Creole Culture in Colonial Pennsylvania John Smolenski 416 pages | 6 x 9 | 15 illus. Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4239-3 | $45.00… READ MORE
Fall 2012 Preview
06/05/2012
For a preview of our Fall 2012 books, take a look at the latest catalog in glorious PDF. Our forthcoming books cover an array of subjects, from medieval letters to… READ MORE
