Penn Press Log tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-342620 2013-05-15T00:23:00-04:00 TypePad Paul's Pick: How the Golem Came to Prague, a Free Article from Jewish Quarterly Review tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d68da53ef017eeb29e68f970d 2013-05-15T00:23:00-04:00 2013-05-14T15:23:29-04:00 Paul's pick for May is "How the Golem Came to Prague" by Edan Dekel and David Gantt Gurley. The article appears in Spring 2013 issue of Jewish Quarterly Review. This article examines the emergence of the Golem legend associated with... PennPress This Week's New Books--Beggar Thy Neighbor and As American as Shoofly Pie tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d68da53ef017eeb05819c970d 2013-05-10T13:34:25-04:00 2013-05-10T13:34:25-04:00 Beggar Thy Neighbor: A History of Usury and Debt Charles R. Geisst 400 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 Cloth 2013 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4462-5 | $39.95 | £26.00 From the Roman Empire to the most recent financial crisis, this... PennPress Win A Free Copy of Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern Philadelphia tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d68da53ef017eeb041a9a970d 2013-05-10T10:26:11-04:00 2013-05-13T11:51:29-04:00 Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern Philadelphia, by economic development consultant Gregory L. Heller, is the first biography of this charismatic but controversial figure. "Edmund Bacon, probably the most relentless and determined of all planners, believed that... PennPress This Week's New Books--Trade, Land, Power: The Struggle for Eastern North America, Plus Three Paperback Releases tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d68da53ef017eeaca7a05970d 2013-05-03T10:33:32-04:00 2013-05-03T10:33:32-04:00 Trade, Land, Power: The Struggle for Eastern North America Daniel K. Richter 384 pages | 6 x 9 | 35 illus. Cloth 2013 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4500-4 | $45.00 | £29.50 Ebook | ISBN 978-0-8122-0830-6 | $45.00s | £29.50 In this... PennPress This Week's New Books: Ellis Island Nation, Human Rights and the Negotiation of American Power, Dreams, Dreamers, and Visions, How Rivalries End, and More tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d68da53ef01901b9a3cd8970b 2013-04-26T16:37:19-04:00 2013-04-26T16:37:12-04:00 Ellis Island Nation: Immigration Policy and American Identity in the Twentieth Century Robert L. Fleegler 280 pages | 6 x 9 | 5 illus. Cloth 2013 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4509-7 | $49.95 | £32.50 A volume in the Haney Foundation Series... PennPress Penn Press Authors on Chechen History and Politics tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d68da53ef01901b7bd4e0970b 2013-04-22T10:01:17-04:00 2013-04-22T15:49:50-04:00 As the Boston Marathon bombing investigation continues, journalists and a concerned public are turning to historians, political scientists, security researchers, and other scholars for a deeper understanding of the suspects' possible motives. It's no surprise that Penn Press authors like... PennPress This Week's New Books: Citizenship and the Origins of Women's History in the United States and More tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d68da53ef017d42e233bd970c 2013-04-19T11:29:24-04:00 2013-04-19T11:29:18-04:00 Citizenship and the Origins of Women's History in the United States Teresa Anne Murphy 240 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2013 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4489-2 | $42.50 | £28.00 A volume in the Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism series Citizenship and... PennPress