Bloom’s Public Housing Commentary
06/30/2008
"Public housing that works is a legacy that New York would be foolish to squander," argues Nicholas Dagen Bloom, author of Public Housing That Worked: New York in the Twentieth… READ MORE
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Tragicomic Redemptions–Now Available
06/26/2008
Tragicomic Redemptions: Global Economics and the Early Modern English Stage Valerie Forman 296 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4096-2 | $59.95 | £39.00 Valerie Forman contends… READ MORE
“Deans and Truants Contributes Enormously”
06/26/2008
"Deans and Truants: Race and Realism in African American Literature is a richly textured study of theoretical conceptions of the African American canon as well as primary and secondary sources."… 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
Blum Interview on Religion Dispatches
06/23/2008
W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet author Edward J. Blum recently discussed the inspiration for his research with the online daily magazine Religion Dispatches. Here’s an excerpt from the… READ MORE
Selling the American Way–Now Available
06/20/2008
Selling the American Way: U.S. Propaganda and the Cold War Laura A. Belmonte 272 pages | 6 x 9 | 10 illus. Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4082-5 | $47.50 |… READ MORE
Stir It Up–Now Available
06/19/2008
Stir It Up: Home Economics in American Culture Megan J. Elias 248 pages | 6 x 9 | 15 illus. Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4079-5 | $45.00 | £29.50 Stir… READ MORE
History Matters Book Forum in the Journal of Women’s History
06/18/2008
Provocative was a popular word among the four historians who participated in a Journal of Women’s History book forum on Judith M. Bennett’s History Matters: Patriarchy and the Challenge of… READ MORE
Against the Wall–Now Available
06/11/2008
Against the Wall: Poor, Young, Black, and Male Edited by Elijah Anderson 328 pages | 6 x 9 | 14 illus. Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4097-9 | $49.95 | £32.50… READ MORE
Inventing the New Negro–Now Available
06/10/2008
Inventing the New Negro: Narrative, Culture, and Ethnography Daphne Lamothe 256 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4093-1 | $55.00 | £36.00 Daphne Lamothe explores how many… READ MORE
