The March of Spare Time–Now in Paperback
07/27/2010
The March of Spare Time: The Problem and Promise of Leisure in the Great Depression Susan Currell 248 pages | 6 x 9 | 26 illus. Cloth 2005 | ISBN… READ MORE
Category: Political Science
The New York Times Reviews Through the History of the Cold War
07/26/2010
Yesterday’s New York Times Sunday Book Review contains an assessment of Through the History of the Cold War: The Correspondence of George F. Kennan and John Lukacs, edited by Lukacs…. READ MORE
Purposes of Paradise–Now Available
07/20/2010
The Purposes of Paradise: U.S. Tourism and Empire in Cuba and Hawai'i Christine Skwiot 256 pages | 6 x 9 | 17 illus. Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4244-7 | $39.95… READ MORE
Through the History of the Cold War–Now Available
07/01/2010
Through the History of the Cold War: The Correspondence of George F. Kennan and John Lukacs Edited by John Lukacs 224 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2010 | ISBN… READ MORE
Three “Essential” Penn Press Books in Choice Magazine
06/30/2010
Three very different Penn Press books were named "essential" in the June 2010 issue of Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries–Marisa Chappell's The War on Welfare: Family, Poverty, and Politics… READ MORE
Behind the Killing Fields–Now Available
Behind the Killing Fields: A Khmer Rouge Leader and One of His Victims Gina Chon and Sambath Thet 212 pages | 6 x 9 | 8 illus. Cloth 2010 |… READ MORE
Sageman Cited in Rolling Stone Article
06/23/2010
In this week’s much discussed McChrystal piece in Rolling Stone, Michael Hastings cites Penn Press author Marc Sageman in his commentary on the complex and messy nature of the counterinsurgency… READ MORE
Thet Sambath Looks Behind the Killing Fields in Print and On Screen
06/14/2010
Cambodian journalist Thet Sambath continues to dig for the truth behind the killing fields in his writings and on screen. He coauthored Behind the Killing Fields: A Khmer Rouge Leader… READ MORE
The Best Transportation System in the World–Now in Paperback
06/11/2010
The Best Transportation System in the World: Railroads, Trucks, Airlines, and American Public Policy in the Twentieth Century Mark H. Rose, Bruce E. Seely, and Paul F. Barrett 344 pages… READ MORE
Civitas by Design–Now Available
06/09/2010
Civitas by Design: Building Better Communities, from the Garden City to the New Urbanism Howard Gillette, Jr. 216 pages | 6 x 9 | 36 illus. Cloth 2010 | ISBN… READ MORE
