SUMMER READING SALE! Through Friday, June 12, use code PENN-SUMMER26 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.)
X08/16/2012
Mia Bloom, author of Bombshell: Women and Terrorism, is tonight's guest on WPSU's Conversations from Penn State. "Once a rare and shocking occurrence, the number of females engaging in terrorism… READ MORE
08/10/2012
The Queen's Hand: Power and Authority in the Reign of Berenguela of Castile Janna Bianchini 352 pages | 6 x 9 | 7 illus. Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4433-5 |… READ MORE
08/01/2012
In the August Penn Press podcast, John P. Spencer, Associate Professor of Education at Ursinus College and author of In the Crossfire: Marcus Foster and the Troubled History of American… READ MORE
07/31/2012
Recounting Perry’s move from the Lawrence to the Niagara, Tait gushed, “even after victory had perched on the standard of the enemy, awarding her favor to superior force, Captain Perry, by the gallantry of his continued perseverance, enticed her back into his arms.” Victory, in the form of the winged goddess Nike, had perched for a time on the British flag mast. But the “gallant” Perry had successfully wooed the lovely lady and won “her” feminine favor. Politicians portrayed Perry’s action as the successful suit of a godly lover, one who lured victory away from his rival and into his own embrace.
07/27/2012
Building Fortress Europe: The Polish-Ukrainian Frontier Karolina S. Follis 288 pages | 6 x 9 | 5 illus. Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4428-1 | $69.95 | £45.50 A volume in… READ MORE
07/12/2012
Penn Press public policy and international relations editor Bill Finan comments on the scope of peer review in light of current events in the Middle East. Questioning the Limits of… READ MORE
07/10/2012
The fact is Democrats’ allergy to tax hikes is nothing new. Despite their party’s reputation, Democratic liberals have long been reluctant to raise taxes on the majority of Americans — even to pay for politically popular programs.
06/23/2012
The Color Revolutions Lincoln A. Mitchell 256 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4417-5 | $65.00 | £42.50 “Although analytic reflections on the Color Revolutions are accumulating,… READ MORE
06/20/2012
The Right and Labor in America: Politics, Ideology, and Imagination Edited by Nelson Lichtenstein and Elizabeth Tandy Shermer 432 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4414-4 |… READ MORE
06/05/2012
Divided Cities: Belfast, Beirut, Jerusalem, Mostar, and Nicosia Jon Calame and Esther Charlesworth. Foreword by Lebbeus Woods 280 pages | 6 x 9 | 44 illus. Cloth 2009 | ISBN… READ MORE
