Hot Off Penn Press: December’s New Books
01/07/2015
We here at Penn Press hope the festive period was both joyful and restful for all of you. Ours certainly was. With the hectic nature of the holidays, though, we… READ MORE
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2014 Award Winners
12/24/2014
As the year winds down to a close, we thought we'd take a look back on 2014's award winners. Each year, many Penn Press books are recognized as leading works… READ MORE
Author Q&A: Jeannine Marie DeLombard, In the Shadow of the Gallows
12/22/2014
Our final Author Q&A of 2014 is with Jeannine Marie DeLombard, author of In the Shadow of the Gallows: Race, Crime, and American Civic Identity, which is out now in paperback. From Puritan… READ MORE
Author Q&A: James J. Gigantino II, The Ragged Road to Abolition: Slavery and Freedom in New Jersey, 1775–1865
12/19/2014
James Gigantino is the author of The Ragged Road to Abolition: Slavery and Freedom in New Jersey, 1775–1865. Contrary to popular perception, slavery persisted in the North well into the nineteenth… READ MORE
Shakespeare’s Sherlock, Zachary Lesser
12/16/2014
Zachary Lesser is the author of "Hamlet" After Q1: An Uncanny History of the Shakespearean Text. In 1823, Sir Henry Bunbury discovered a badly bound volume of twelve Shakespeare plays… READ MORE
Author Q&A: Timothy White, Blue-Collar Broadway
12/15/2014
Timothy White is the author of Blue-Collar Broadway: The Craft and Industry of American Theater. Behind the scenes of New York City's Great White Way, virtuosos of stagecraft have built… READ MORE
Author Q&A: Colin Jager, Unquiet Things
12/11/2014
Colin Jager is the author of Unquiet Things: Secularism in the Romantic Age. In Great Britain during the Romantic period, governmental and social structures were becoming more secular as religion was… READ MORE
Author Q&A: Jean Soderlund, Lenape Country
12/09/2014
Jean Soderlund is the author of Lenape Country: Delaware Valley Society Before William Penn. In 1631, when the Dutch tried to develop plantation agriculture in the Delaware Valley, the Lenape Indians destroyed the… READ MORE
Author Q&A: Naoíse Mac Sweeney, Foundation Myths in Ancient Societies
12/04/2014
The Fall 2014 Author Q&As return today with Naoíse Mac Sweeney, editor of Foundation Myths in Ancient Societies, which looks at the many different ways that origin stories were told… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: November’s New Books
12/02/2014
We here at Penn Press hope your just completed holiday was as diverse and bountiful as these newly released titles! Jump to: American History | Anthropology | Economics | Nineteenth… READ MORE
