Take the Tropic of Venice Quiz
12/05/2006
Find out how well you know Venice by taking our online quiz. Answer all five questions correctly and you could win a $50 Penn Press gift certificate. What happens in… READ MORE
Penn Press Log
Now Available–Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster
11/28/2006
Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter, Editors 416 pages | 7 x 10 | 8 color, 60 b/w illus. Paper… READ MORE
Ian Lustick, BMOC
11/21/2006
Two University of Pennsylvania publications focus on professor and government consultant Ian Lustick this month. A article on Lustick appears in the current Penn Arts and Sciences Magazine, while The… READ MORE
Cnaan and the Role of Congregations
11/17/2006
If you’re interested in roles that faith-based organizations play in Philadelphia communities, hear Ram A. Cnaan discuss his research on The Other Philadelphia Story: How Local Congregations Support Quality of… READ MORE
Child Soldiers is “groundbreaking”
11/15/2006
PsycCRITIQUES, the APA Review of Books, recently examined Child Soldiers in Africa by Alcinda Honwana. The reviewers praised Honwana for contributing to social research on Lusophone African nations, such as… READ MORE
“Silver’s ambitious and engaging project”
11/14/2006
The College Art Association’s caa.reviews recently critiqued Larry Silver’s Peasant Scenes and Landscapes: The Rise of Pictorial Genres in the Antwerp Art Market. "The object of Silver’s study is no… READ MORE
Now in Paperback–Subjects Unto the Same King
11/10/2006
Subjects unto the Same King: Indians, English, and the Contest for Authority in Colonial New England Jenny Hale Pulsipher 376 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 25 illus…. READ MORE
Now Available–New Maiolica
The New Maiolica: Contemporary Approaches to Color and Technique Matthias Ostermann 160 pages | 8 1/2 x 11 | 144 color, 1 b/w illus. Cloth 1999 | ISBN 0-8122-3513-4 |… READ MORE
“Iraq Is Not One Nation”
11/07/2006
On the November 6th broadcast of WHYY’s Radio Times with Marty-Moss Coane, Brendan O’Leary shared his views on the best future course for U.S. policy in Iraq. O’Leary, constitutional advisor… READ MORE
Camden at Another Crossroads
Four years after the New Jersey State Legislature voted to spend $175 million to help revitalize Camden, a series of resignations has placed the troubled riverfront town at another crossroads,… READ MORE
