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X08/30/2012
As we celebrate the 188th Labor Day, commemorating the struggles of the American labor movement, through picnics, parades, or the simple enjoyment of our leisure, we should also consider the gravity of the recent coordinated attacks on union rights.
08/29/2012
Hurricane Isaac shut down the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, but Isaac can't stop you from saving on Penn Press political science books. We're offering a special 35% discount… READ MORE
08/27/2012
The Middle Ages isn’t generally thought of as a period friendly to women at all, much less to powerful ones. Still, we’re all familiar with a handful of medieval and early modern women who had extraordinary influence: Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isabella of Castile, Elizabeth I of England. The subject of my book, Berenguela of Castile, is one of their lesser-known peers. But the focus on women like Berenguela as “exceptions to the rule” has the strange effect of reinforcing old myths about medieval women.
08/24/2012
There is one question that is the bane of every hopeful English major’s existence: What are you going to do with that degree? It is not a question at all really, but rather a warning in disguise presuming we will all waste away in a life long attempt to write the next great American novel.
08/19/2012
This photograph by Lee Russell appears in the forthcoming Race, Riots, and Roller Coasters: The Struggle over Segregated Recreation in America by Victoria W. Wolcott. Figure 5. African Americans skating… READ MORE
08/17/2012
Regulatory Breakdown: The Crisis of Confidence in U.S. Regulation Edited by Cary Coglianese Description, Table of Contents, and More "Everybody talks about regulatory failure, but no one does much about… READ MORE
08/16/2012
Mia Bloom, author of Bombshell: Women and Terrorism, is tonight's guest on WPSU's Conversations from Penn State. "Once a rare and shocking occurrence, the number of females engaging in terrorism… READ MORE
Before I began my internship, I hadn’t considered the extremely obvious fact that a lot of paper gets passed around in a press (blame my place in the digital generation). However, even as my fingers have become increasingly shredded, I’ve come to appreciate traditionally printed work more and more.
08/15/2012
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 August… READ MORE
08/10/2012
The Queen's Hand: Power and Authority in the Reign of Berenguela of Castile Janna Bianchini 352 pages | 6 x 9 | 7 illus. Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4433-5 |… READ MORE
