03/28/2017
Today, we have a guest post from Richard John, Professor of History at Columbia University and co-editor with Kim Phillips-Fein of Capital Gains: Business and Politics in Twentieth-Century America, which explores the influence… READ MORE
03/24/2017
Today we have a guest post from Daniel Geary, Mark Pigott Associate Professor in U.S. History at Trinity College Dublin and author of Beyond Civil Rights: The Moynihan Report and… READ MORE
03/23/2017
As the winter chill beings to thaw and spring weather moves in, what could be better than a new book about American history, Medieval literature, or art? For titles like… READ MORE
03/21/2017
It is with great sadness that we share the news that historian and scholar Mary Maples Dunn has passed away. Dunn was the co-editor of the Penn Press books The… READ MORE
03/16/2017
This blog post comes from Penn Press’s Direct Mail and Advertising Manager, Tracy Kellmer, and continues a series, the Afternoon Coffee Break, in which Tracy shares her reflections and observations… READ MORE
03/09/2017
Today we have an exciting guest post from Josef Wegner, Associate Curator in the Egyptian Section at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and Associate Professor of… READ MORE
03/06/2017
Today we have a fascinating, wide-ranging, and personally insightful guest post from historian Michael Guasco. Guasco is is Professor of History at Davidson College and author of Slaves and Englishmen: Human… READ MORE
03/01/2017
Today we have an exciting guest post from the author of the just-published new book Aging in America: A Cultural History. Lawrence R. Samuel is founder of Boomers 3.0, a… READ MORE
02/21/2017
It is with great sadness that we share the news of Nina Auerbach’s passing. Auerbach was the John Welsh Centennial Professor of English until her 2010 retirement, and was a noted… READ MORE
02/16/2017
Today, we have a guest post from Kim Phillips-Fein, Associate Professor in the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University and co-editor with Richard R. John of the… READ MORE
