07/07/2011
It's no joke. The regional offshoot of The Onion's A.V. Club mentions a Penn Press book on medieval history in a review of an album by Philadelphia's "metal, hardcore punk,… READ MORE
07/06/2011
It's time to play Name that Zoot, the best university press contest, north, south, east, or west. Take a look at the man on the cover of Zoot Suit: The… READ MORE
07/05/2011
Palestinian Ethnonationalism in Israel Oded Haklai 264 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4347-5 | $59.95 | £39.00 A volume in the National and Ethnic Conflict in… READ MORE
06/28/2011
The Paradox of Relevance: Ethnography and Citizenship in the United States Carol J. Greenhouse 360 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4312-3 | $59.95 | £39.00 As… READ MORE
06/28/2011
Congratulations to Susan Hiner. Earlier this month, the Costume Society of America awarded the 2011 Millia Davenport Publication Award to Hiner for her book Accessories to Modernity: Fashion and the… READ MORE
06/28/2011
Greetings sharpies, zazous, pachucos, and pachucas! Get hep to this extreme fashion history contest. Each week in July, Penn Press will give away a copy of Zoot Suit: The Enigmatic… READ MORE
06/28/2011
Mapping Mongolia: Situating Mongolia in the World from Geologic Time to the Present Edited by Paula L.W. Sabloff 248 pages | 6 x 9 | 51 illus. Cloth Jun 2011… READ MORE
06/28/2011
A Life Spent Changing Places Lawrence Halprin. Foreword by Laurie Olin 288 pages | 8 1/2 x 11 | 102 color, 93 b/w illus. Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4263-8 |… READ MORE
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
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
