The American Philosophical Society (APS) is the oldest learned society in the United States, founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin for the purpose of “promoting useful knowledge.” In keeping with Franklin’s vision, the APS is currently relaunching its press, producing a new portfolio of publications that will promote and explore the dynamics of “useful knowledge” in today’s multidisciplinary context. The APS Press publishes scholarly books across the disciplines and has a rich backlist of more than 1,000 books, including many landmark works. They are an independent press with books produced and distributed by Penn Press.
Presents the 250 texts Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), known as the “father of environmentalism,” wrote in English, unabridged in their original formAlexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), German...
Presents the 250 texts Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), known as the “father of environmentalism,” wrote in English, unabridged in their original formAlexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), German...
Presents the 250 texts Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), known as the “father of environmentalism,” wrote in English, unabridged in their original formAlexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), German...
Contributions by Patrick Spero, Michelle Craig McDonald, John Van Horne, David R. Brigham, Caroline O’Connell and Bayard Miller
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781606181225
Pub Date: June 2025
Format: Paperback
110 Pages
Philadelphia, the Revolutionary City explores the lived experiences of Philadelphians leading up to, during, and after the fight for independence, showcasing written documents as well as material culture,...
Western ideas of moral authority, freedom, consensus, and personality emerge from humankind’s search for communityIn this provocative, classic, absorbing work of social and intellectual history, Robert...
Philadelphia’s early national history represented in Thomas Sully’s portraitsThomas Sully is widely regarded as perhaps the most important portrait painter of the antebellum years. Using those portraits,...
Essays by international bestselling author Edward Tenner that explore both the negative and positive surprises of human ingenuityHow did the addition of lifeboats after the Titanic shipwreck contribute...
How universities have become increasingly contentious since the Sixties, from the viewpoint of a former Princeton provost and Harvard presidentFrom his days at Princeton University as a member of the...
The life and times of extraordinary Philadelphia art collector Albert C. BarnesPhiladelphia art collector Albert C. Barnes (1872–1951) is renowned today for collecting many of the world’s most important...
How Benjamin Franklin’s life and legacy have been used, misused, interpreted, and reinterpreted throughout American history and popular cultureA teenage runaway whose face later appeared on the one-hundred-dollar...
