Chicago Tribune Reviews Jackson
03/12/2007
In a recent Chicago Tribune review of Thomas F. Jackson’s From Civil Rights to Human Rights, Eric Arnesen writes: Jackson . . . goes farther than many historians in arguing… READ MORE
03/12/2007
In a recent Chicago Tribune review of Thomas F. Jackson’s From Civil Rights to Human Rights, Eric Arnesen writes: Jackson . . . goes farther than many historians in arguing… READ MORE
03/08/2007
To mark International Women’s Day, here’s a list of our recent books on women’s rights and women’s history. Female Circumcision: Multicultural Perspectives Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf, Editor Venomous Tongues: Speech and… READ MORE
03/07/2007
Who’s Afraid of Happy Endings?, a witty and dynamic new documentary that explores the world of romance fiction, will have its world broadcast premiere on Bravo! Canada, this Thursday, March… READ MORE
Monastic Bodies: Discipline and Salvation in Shenoute of Atripe Caroline T. Schroeder 216 pages | 6 x 9 | 5 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3990-4 | $79.95 | £52.00… READ MORE
03/05/2007
William F. Schulz, past president of Amnesty International and editor of the forthcoming The Phenomenon of Torture: Readings and Commentary, will speak at the Drexel University campus in Philadelphia today…. READ MORE
02/28/2007
The Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association has awarded Katherine J. Parkin’s Food is Love: Advertising and Gender Roles in Modern America, the Emily Toth Award for the best book in… READ MORE
02/22/2007
February 23 is a special day in American, African American, and world history. It is the birthday of W. E. B. Du Bois, perhaps the nation’s greatest intellectual and activist…. READ MORE
02/16/2007
Two Penn Press authors and a series editor recently lent their expertize to news and documentary productions on a wide range of subjects. This Thursday, Eric Stover, author of The… READ MORE
According Gene Andrew Jarrett "not all kinds of African American culture are celebrated in February during Black History Month. Consider literature, for example." In his article Misreading authors by their… READ MORE
Art in a Season of Revolution: Painters, Artisans, and Patrons in Early America Margaretta M. Lovell 360 pages | 7 x 10 | 10 color, 104 b/w illus. Paper 2007… READ MORE