Penn Press at the AAUP Annual Meeting
06/21/2010
The 2010 annual meeting of the Association of American University Presses (AAUP) has come and gone, but it has left the scholarly press community with much to think about. With… READ MORE
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The Conversion of Herman the Jew–Now Available
06/17/2010
The Conversion of Herman the Jew: Autobiography, History, and Fiction in the Twelfth Century Jean-Claude Schmitt. Translated by Alex J. Novikoff 312 pages | 6 x 9 | 9 illus…. READ MORE
The TLS Reviews Noble’s Images, Iconoclasm, and the Carolingians
06/16/2010
Times Literary Supplement reviewer Lucy Beckett calls Thomas F. X. Noble's Images, Iconoclasm, and the Carolingians, "an immensely scholarly and interesting book on the Carolingian response to the drama of… READ MORE
Accessories to Modernity–Now Available
06/16/2010
Accessories to Modernity: Fashion and the Feminine in Nineteenth-Century France Susan Hiner 288 pages | 6 x 9 | 30 illus. Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4259-1 | $47.50 | £31.00… READ MORE
Fictions of Well-Being–Now Available
06/15/2010
Fictions of Well-Being: Sickly Readers and Vernacular Medical Writing in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain Michael Solomon 200 pages | 6 x 9 | 7 illus. Cloth 2010 |… READ MORE
Thet Sambath Looks Behind the Killing Fields in Print and On Screen
06/14/2010
Cambodian journalist Thet Sambath continues to dig for the truth behind the killing fields in his writings and on screen. He coauthored Behind the Killing Fields: A Khmer Rouge Leader… READ MORE
The Best Transportation System in the World–Now in Paperback
06/11/2010
The Best Transportation System in the World: Railroads, Trucks, Airlines, and American Public Policy in the Twentieth Century Mark H. Rose, Bruce E. Seely, and Paul F. Barrett 344 pages… READ MORE
Vernacular Voices–Now Available
06/10/2010
Vernacular Voices: Language and Identity in Medieval French Jewish Communities Kirsten A. Fudeman 240 pages | 6 x 9 | 8 illus. Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4250-8 | $59.95 |… READ MORE
A New Penn Press Podcast–Johan Elverskog on Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road
06/10/2010
There's more to the relationship between Islam and Buddhism than you might think based on the actions of contemporary groups like the Taliban. In the latest Penn Press podcast Johan… READ MORE
Civitas by Design–Now Available
06/09/2010
Civitas by Design: Building Better Communities, from the Garden City to the New Urbanism Howard Gillette, Jr. 216 pages | 6 x 9 | 36 illus. Cloth 2010 | ISBN… READ MORE
