09/26/2013
This morning economist Andrew Zimbalist, coauthor of the forthcoming The Sabermetric Revolution: Assessing the Growth of Analytics in Baseball, talked about the use and misuse of data in professional sports… READ MORE
09/18/2013
Every month, Paul Chase in the Penn Press Journals department invites our blog readers to download a complimentary article from one of our many scholarly journals. Paul's pick for September… READ MORE
09/13/2013
The staff at Penn Press cannot confirm or deny that both of his shoes are phones, but we're pleased to say that Philip Mudd, author of Takedown: Inside the Hunt… READ MORE
Lucretia Mott's Heresy: Abolition and Women's Rights in Nineteenth-Century America Carol Faulkner 312 pages | 6 x 9 | 13 illus. Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4321-5 | $45.00 | £29.50… READ MORE
09/12/2013
"As a medieval historian, I’m struck by how similar the arguments being levied by U.S. politicians to argue for an assault on the Syrian government are to the arguments Pope… READ MORE
09/10/2013
"The problem with the current U.S. debate about potential military strikes against Syria is that the focus seems to be on punishing Assad, signaling Iran, or bolstering U.S. credibility. Instead,… READ MORE
08/28/2013
"Collective memories and historical interpretations of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom run the spectrum from liberal triumphalism to radical disillusionment. Both views distort the multiple meanings… READ MORE
08/27/2013
As foreign policy watchers consider the implications of Secretary of State John Kerry's latest statements on the Syrian government's use of chemical weapons, many people are questioning America's readiness for… READ MORE
08/23/2013
From Human Trafficking to Human Rights: Reframing Contemporary Slavery Alison Brysk and Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, Editors "All eleven authors deserve overwhelming positive reviews . . . for bringing human rights back… READ MORE
08/19/2013
Penn Press Consulting Editor Damon Linker has sobering words for progressive Catholics. According to "Pope Francis Versus the Vatican: the Battle to Remake the Church," Linker's article for the New… READ MORE
