07/23/2012
Those in search of simple, old fashioned models of love and marriage might be disappointed by some of the realities of medieval coupling. “Tradition is always invented,” says Karras, who reminds us that the traditional marriage that people in the twenty-first century have invented for themselves is not really that similar to the state of matrimony in the Middle Ages.
07/20/2012
The following excerpts look at the world through the eyes of a Jet, a pot, and grandfather who has a lot to say about Richard Nixon.
07/20/2012
In the Shadow of the Gallows: Race, Crime, and American Civic Identity Jeannine Marie DeLombard 456 pages | 6 x 9 | 15 illus. Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4422-9 |… READ MORE
07/17/2012
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 July… READ MORE
07/14/2012
By marrying the brother of one of the most powerful men in the world, Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte became a national–actually, an international–celebrity. Far from being a modest, respectable wife who, according to American social expectations, would find happiness within her home rather than in the public sphere, Elizabeth relished being in the public eye.
07/13/2012
Once there was a tiger
he was in the zoo
someone said “can I buy that tiger?”
“no you can’t, know why? because he’s wild”
and the end
–Garrett, four-years-old
07/13/2012
China and Africa: A Century of Engagement, the new book by David H. Shinn and Joshua Eisenman, is as comprehensive as its title suggests. This book, the first of its kind to be published since the 1970s, examines all facets of China’s relationship with each of the fifty-four African nations. Selecting just five facts from this detailed study was a bit of a challenge, but nowhere near as labor-intensive as Shinn and Eisenman’s research.
07/12/2012
Penn Press public policy and international relations editor Bill Finan comments on the scope of peer review in light of current events in the Middle East. Questioning the Limits of… READ MORE
07/10/2012
The fact is Democrats’ allergy to tax hikes is nothing new. Despite their party’s reputation, Democratic liberals have long been reluctant to raise taxes on the majority of Americans — even to pay for politically popular programs.
07/09/2012
C. Dallett Hemphill, Professor of History at Ursinus College, is the new editor of Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal.
