Takedown Author Philip Mudd on the Colbert Report
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
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This Week’s New Book: Lucretia Mott’s Heresy, Now In Paperback
09/13/2013
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
Syria, Christianity, and the Middle East–George E. Demacopoulos in the Washington Post’s On Faith
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
The Right Reasons to Take Action in Syria: Carrie Booth Walling’s Editorial in the Detroit Free Press
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
A Look Back on Media Coverage of the March on Washington
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
No Use Author Thomas M. Nichols Links the Posibility of Action in Syria to U.S. Nuclear Deterent Policy
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
This Week’s New Book: From Human Trafficking to Human Rights, Now in Paperback
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
Damon Linker on Progressives and the Pope
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
This Week’s New Books: Now in Paperback–Collecting Across Cultures, On The Move for Love, and Paying the Toll
08/16/2013
Collecting Across Cultures: Material Exchanges in the Early Modern Atlantic World Edited by Daniela Bleichmar and Peter C. Mancall 392 pages | 7 x 10 | 12 color, 65 b/w… READ MORE
Penn Press Biographers Interviewed for New Books Network Podcasts
08/12/2013
Someone at New Books Network likes us. They've just posted two new interviews with Penn Press biography authors. Heath Brown interviewed Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern… READ MORE
