Marking the Birthday of W.E.B. Du Bois
02/22/2007
February 23 is a special day in American, African American, and world history. It is the birthday of W. E. B. Du Bois, perhaps the nation’s greatest intellectual and activist…. READ MORE
Penn Press Log
More than Talking Heads
02/16/2007
Two Penn Press authors and a series editor recently lent their expertize to news and documentary productions on a wide range of subjects. This Thursday, Eric Stover, author of The… READ MORE
Reading Beyond Beloved
According Gene Andrew Jarrett "not all kinds of African American culture are celebrated in February during Black History Month. Consider literature, for example." In his article Misreading authors by their… READ MORE
Art in a Season of Revolution–Now in Paperback
Art in a Season of Revolution: Painters, Artisans, and Patrons in Early America Margaretta M. Lovell 360 pages | 7 x 10 | 10 color, 104 b/w illus. Paper 2007… READ MORE
Expectations of Justice in the Age of Augustine–Now Available
Expectations of Justice in the Age of Augustine Kevin Uhalde 248 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3987-4 | $55.00 | £36.00 Expectations of Justice in the… READ MORE
Dark Speech–Now Available
02/15/2007
Dark Speech: The Performance of Law in Early Ireland Robin Chapman Stacey 368 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3989-8 | $59.95 | £39.00 A… READ MORE
Peoples of the River Valleys–Now Available
Peoples of the River Valleys: The Odyssey of the Delaware Indians Amy C. Schutt 264 pages | 6 x 9 | 14 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3993-5 | $45.00… READ MORE
Jackson Chosen for Liberty Legacy Award
02/13/2007
From Civil Rights to Human Rights: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Struggle for Economic Justice by Thomas F. Jackson has been selected as winner of the 2007 Liberty Legacy… READ MORE
The Evolution of the Origin
02/09/2007
As schools, universities, museums and (yes) churches around the world prepare to celebrate Darwin Day, it’s a great time to study the evolution of the book that started it all… READ MORE
More Praise for Up South
02/06/2007
In a recent article on scholarly books about Black Nationalism in the 60s and 70s, Multicultural Review commended Matthew Countryman’s Up South: Civil Rights and Black Power in Philadelphia for… READ MORE
