A Penn Press Podcast with Zoot Suit Author Kathy Peiss
06/16/2011
The June 2011 podcast is all about one of the most outrageous fashions of the twentieth century, the zoot suit. As jazz music spread aruond the world, the zoot followed…. READ MORE
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A Small Bench by the Side of the Road: Elise Lemire on Remembering Concord’s History of Slavery
06/15/2011
In this post, Penn Press author Elise Lemire describes a community's efforts to bring its history of slavery to light. A Small Bench by the Side of the Road Concord,… READ MORE
Forgotten Genocides–Now Available
06/10/2011
Forgotten Genocides: Oblivion, Denial, and Memory Edited by René Lemarchand 224 pages | 6 x 9 | 4 illus. Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4335-2 | $49.95 | £32.50 A volume… READ MORE
Hitler and America–Now Available
06/09/2011
Hitler and America Klaus P. Fischer 344 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4338-3 | $29.95 | £19.50 Historian Klaus P. Fischer seeks to understand more deeply… READ MORE
The Anti-Slavery Project–Now Available
The Anti-Slavery Project: From the Slave Trade to Human Trafficking Joel Quirk 320 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4333-8 | $65.00 | £42.50 A volume in… READ MORE
Praise for Two American History Books in the June Issue of Common-Place
Who knew one of our books could have anything to do with a song by the band Arcade Fire? And who knew that Arcade Fire would ever be mentioned on… READ MORE
Radclyffe Hall–Now Available
Radclyffe Hall: A Life in the Writing Richard Dellamora 320 pages | 6 x 9 | 23 illus. Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4346-8 | $34.95 | £23.00 A volume in… READ MORE
The Tongking Gulf Through History–Now Available
05/26/2011
The Tongking Gulf Through History Edited by Nola Cooke, Li Tana, and James A. Anderson 240 pages | 6 x 9 | 27 illus. Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4336-9 |… READ MORE
Fall 2011 Preview
05/23/2011
The Penn Press fall 2011 catalog is now in print and available in pdf. Click here for the pdf version (2.4 MB).
“The Farce of the Fart” and Other Ribaldries–Now Available
05/17/2011
"The Farce of the Fart" and Other Ribaldries: Twelve Medieval French Plays in Modern English Edited and translated by Jody Enders 496 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2011 |… READ MORE