John Woolman’s Path to the Peaceable Kingdom–Now Available
05/21/2012
John Woolman's Path to the Peaceable Kingdom: A Quaker in the British Empire Geoffrey Plank 320 pages | 6 x 9 | 15 illus. Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4405-2 |… READ MORE
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Natural Light on Natural History: Rosamond Purcell’s Notes on Photographing Artifacts for A Glorious Enterprise
05/21/2012
The process of recording what something ‘looks like’ may be cursory or obsessive. To see, after all, is not only to glance at or even to gaze, at something, but to study and entertain ideas that occur in the presence of those things. The thoughts inform the outcome. The camera shifts an inch and the image takes on new meaning, but seeing properly is progressive and takes time.
5 Penn Press Books Chosen for Terrorism and Counterterrorism Bookshelf
05/18/2012
Five University of Pennsylvania Press books made Perspectives on Terrorism's list of top books on terrorism and counterterrorism. Mia Bloom's Bombshell: Women and Terrorism, Allison Pargeter's The New Frontiers of… READ MORE
Paul’s Pick for May, a Free Article on the Paris Mosque from The Jewish Quarterly Review
05/15/2012
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 May… READ MORE
Astounding Wonder–Now Available
05/09/2012
Astounding Wonder: Imagining Science and Science Fiction in Interwar America John Cheng 384 pages | 6 x 9 | 20 Illus. Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4383-3 | $45.00 | £29.50… READ MORE
Religion in Republic Rome–Now Available
05/09/2012
Religion in Republican Rome: Rationalization and Ritual Change Jörg Rüpke 336 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4394-9 | $69.95 | £45.50 A volume in the Empire… READ MORE
Unmarriages–Now Available
05/02/2012
Unmarriages: Women, Men, and Sexual Unions in the Middle Ages Ruth Mazo Karras 304 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4420-5 | $49.95 | £32.50 A volume… READ MORE
How Governors Built the Modern American Presidency–Now Available
05/02/2012
How Governors Built the Modern American Presidency Saladin M. Ambar 184 pages | 6 x 9 | 2 illus. Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4396-3 | $55.00 | £36.00 A volume… READ MORE
Christ Circumcised–Now Available
05/01/2012
Christ Circumcised: A Study in Early Christian History and Difference Andrew S. Jacobs 320 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4397-0 | $75.00 | £49.00 A volume… READ MORE
Bigamy and Christian Identity in Late Medieval Champagne–Now Available
05/01/2012
Bigamy and Christian Identity in Late Medieval Champagne Sara McDougall 240 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4398-7 | $55.00 | £36.00 A volume in the Middle… READ MORE
