The Blacks of Premodern China–Now Available
11/05/2009
The Blacks of Premodern China Don J. Wyatt 208 pages | 6 x 9 | 7 illus. Cloth 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4193-8 | $65.00 | £42.50 A volume in the… READ MORE
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The Devil in the Holy Water–Now Available
11/05/2009
The Devil in the Holy Water, or the Art of Slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon Robert Darnton 552 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 47 illus. Cloth… READ MORE
Economic Rights in Canada and the United States–Now Available
11/04/2009
Economic Rights in Canada and the United States Edited by Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann and Claude E. Welch, Jr. 288 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2006 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3925-6 |… READ MORE
Bringing Human Rights Home (Abridged)–Now Available
11/04/2009
Bringing Human Rights Home: A History of Human Rights in the United States Edited by Cynthia Soohoo, Catherine Albisa, and Martha F. Davis Abridged Edition 408 pages | 6 x… READ MORE
Augustine’s Manichaean Dilemma–Now Available
11/04/2009
Augustine's Manichaean Dilemma, 1: Conversion and Apostasy, 373-388 C.E. Jason David BeDuhn 408 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4210-2 | $69.95 | £45.50 A volume in… READ MORE
A New Penn Press Podcast–Imagining Philadelphia: Edmund Bacon and the Future of the City
11/03/2009
In the November Penn Press Podcast Drexel University historian Scott Gabriel Knowles discusses the legacy of Philadelphia architect and urban planner Edmund N. Bacon. Knowles is the editor of the… READ MORE
The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading–Now Available
11/03/2009
The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading Jonathan Riley-Smith 232 pages | 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 | 4 maps Paper 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-2076-6 | $24.95 | £16.50… READ MORE
The King’s Other Body–Now Available
11/02/2009
The King's Other Body: María of Castile and the Crown of Aragon Theresa Earenfight 240 pages | 6 x 9 | 2 maps Cloth Nov 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4185-3 |… READ MORE
The Anatomy Murders Corpse of the Day–Mary Paterson
10/30/2009
Mary Paterson's corpse was, as historian Lisa Rosner put it, "the most notorious cadaver." Her murder at the hands of William Burke and William Hare, and the subsequent preservation of… READ MORE
The Anatomy Murders Corpse of the Day–Dr. Robert Knox
10/28/2009
Many ironies surround the life and body of Robert Knox. Unlike the 16 people who William Burke and William Hare murdered and sold to anatomist Robert Knox for use in his teaching facilities, Knox died of natural causes. Knox’s corpse was buried in tact in 1862, over 30 years after he and his underlings had dismembered and pickled the victims of Burke and Hare.
Historian Lisa Rosner writes, “Robert Knox has been an enigma since his purchase of Burke’s and Hare’s cadavers was first made public.” How could a man of medicine be involved in a series of cold-blooded killings? How could a brilliant scientist fail to notice or suspect that the remarkably fresh bodies on his dissection table had been the victims of foul play? Was Knox, “the boy who buys the beef,” a villain or a fool? History rarely gives simple either-or answers to these questions.
