Enchantment–Now Available
05/01/2012
Enchantment: On Charisma and the Sublime in the Arts of the West C. Stephen Jaeger 440 pages | 6 x 9 | 52 illus. Cloth Mar 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4329-1… READ MORE
Penn Press Log
Nelson Lichtenstein Wins Sol Stetin Award for Labor History
05/01/2012
This May Day evening, the Sidney Hillman Foundation will present historian Nelson Lichtenstein with the 2012 Sol Stetin Award for Labor History at a ceremony in New York City. Lichtenstein… READ MORE
This Month’s Podcast: Saladin M. Ambar on Governors, Presidents, and Governors as Presidents
05/01/2012
In the May Penn Press podcast, Lehigh University political scientist Saladin M. Ambar, author of How Governors Built the Modern American Presidency, discusses the role that governorship played in shaping… READ MORE
Wildlife of the Week: Greater and Lesser Scaup
04/27/2012
Today's Wildlife of the Week are the Greater and Lesser Scaup, featured in John H. Rappole's book, Wildlife of the Mid-Atlantic, now in paperback. These attractive ducks are quite common… READ MORE
Wildlife of the Week Revisited: The Hellbender
04/20/2012
Penn Press Log’s Wildlife of the Week returns. We know you’re as excited about the paperback release of Wildlife of the Mid-Atlantic: A Complete Reference Manual as we are so… READ MORE
An Earth Day Excerpt from Making Seafood Sustainable
04/18/2012
In many parts of the United States, seafood consisted of canned salmon and canned tuna fish. Processing seafood by freezing was in its infancy. Fresh fish was sold in grocery stores and restaurants mainly in coastal cities such as Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, and New York. Today, technological advances, such as jet airplanes and new freezing techniques, have made it possible for processors and distributors to offer people throughout the United States and in other nations a wide variety of seafood. Fresh, wild salmon from Alaska nestle next to frozen, farm-raised tilapia from China in grocers’ counters across America.
My book explains how this transformation occurred. To do so, I explore the interactions among fishers, executives of seafood-processing firms, governmental officials, scientists, and environmentalists in formulating policies that created the food chains connecting boats to consumers.
Piety and Public Funding–Now Available
04/17/2012
Piety and Public Funding: Evangelicals and the State in Modern America Axel R. Schäfer 288 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4411-3 | $45.00 | £29.50 A… READ MORE
Paul’s Pick for April, a Free Article on School Reform from Dissent
04/16/2012
Hence, to revolutionize public education, which is largely under state and local jurisdiction, reformers must get state and local governments to adopt their agenda as basic policy; they must counter the teachers’ unions’ political clout. To this end, ed reformers are shifting major resources—staff and money—into state and local campaigns for candidates and legislation.
Tax Day Tangle, a Guest Post by Molly C. Michelmore
04/12/2012
In this guest blog post, historian Molly Michelmore considers why the Internal Revenue Code came to be so baffling. Her answers may surprise you.
Consuming Pleasures–Now Available
04/09/2012
Consuming Pleasures: Intellectuals and Popular Culture in the Postwar World Daniel Horowitz 528 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 15 illus. Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4395-6 | $34.95… READ MORE
