Blum among HNN’s Top Young Historians
05/30/2007
History News Network recently added Edward J. Blum, author of W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet, to its list of Top Young Historians. According to HNN, "Each historian on… READ MORE
Penn Press Log
The Battle for Welfare Rights–Now Available
05/23/2007
The Battle for Welfare Rights: Politics and Poverty in Modern America Felicia Kornbluh 304 pages | 6 x 9 | 20 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4005-4 | $49.95 |… READ MORE
The Phenomenon of Torture–Now Available
05/18/2007
The Phenomenon of Torture: Readings and Commentary William F. Schulz, Editor. Foreword by Juan E. Méndez 424 pages | 6 x 9 Paper 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-1982-1 | $34.95 |… READ MORE
Guatemalans in the Aftermath of Violence–Now Available
05/17/2007
Guatemalans in the Aftermath of Violence: The Refugees’ Return Kristi Anne Stølen 280 pages | 6 x 9 | 6 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4008-5 | $59.95 | £39.00… READ MORE
Middle East Policy Reviews Trapped in the War on Terror
05/16/2007
A review of Ian S. Lustick’s Trapped in the War on Terror appears in volume 14, issue 1 of the journal Middle East Policy. Although reviewer Charles Peña does not… READ MORE
Ballad Collection–Now Available
05/15/2007
Ballad Collection, Lyric, and the Canon: The Call of the Popular from the Restoration to the New Criticism Steve Newman 304 pages | 6 x 9 | 3 illus. Cloth… READ MORE
Terror, Insurgency, and the State–Now Available
05/11/2007
Terror, Insurgency, and the State: Ending Protracted Conflicts Marianne Heiberg, Brendan O’Leary, and John Tirman, Editors 512 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 33 illus. Cloth 2007 |… READ MORE
What Would Du Bois Say?: A Response to Hitchens and Dawkins
A recent debate between Christopher Hitchens and Al Sharpton prompted the following essay from Penn Press author Edward J. Blum. Is God Great? Is God a Delusion?: How W. E…. READ MORE
Come to Our House This Saturday
05/10/2007
As part of the University of Pennsylvania Alumni Weekend, the Press will open its doors to the world this Saturday. Visit the Victorian mansion that we call home to meet… READ MORE
Many Identities, One Nation–Now Available
05/09/2007
Many Identities, One Nation: The Revolution and Its Legacy in the Mid-Atlantic Liam Riordan 392 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 27 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4001-6… READ MORE
