"An example of cultural history at its very best." Find out why COFFEE NATION by Michelle Craig McDonald is one of our most popular and celebrated titles of 2025! Order your copy today and save 40% with code PENN-HOLIDAY25 at checkout. bit.ly/448PrAZ

"Kendra D. Boyd offers an innovative way to contextualize the Black Midwest and its centrality to US economic history ... A stellar accomplishment." Order FREEDOM ENTERPRISE before our Holiday Sale ends on December 31 & save 40% with code PENN-HOLIDAY25 bit.ly/45Qp0lR

STILL LIVES is a systematic study of the ways Jews used photographs to document their experiences in the face of National Socialism. Save 40% during our holiday sale (ends 12/31!) when you use code PENN-HOLIDAY25 at checkout. bit.ly/3Ybcmck

The final volume of Jonathan Sumption’s epic and prize-winning history of the Hundred Years War is here! Buy your copy TRIUMPH AND ILLUSION before December 31 and save 40% with code PENN-HOLIDAY25 bit.ly/3J4VgIC

WHY THE HINDENBURG HAD A SMOKING LOUNGE collects essays by bestselling author Edward Tenner that explore both the negative and positive surprises of human ingenuity. Save 40% on your copy when you order with code PENN-HOLIDAY25 at checkout by December 31! bit.ly/3FxS0nX

AMERICANA INSIGHTS 2025 is a comprehensive study of Pennsylvania German redware and a celebration of this vibrant folk art tradition. Order by December 31 with code PENN-HOLIDAY25 to save 40%! (Plus, get free shipping on orders over $40!) bit.ly/4sbrm7J

Did you know that Noémie Ndiaye's SCRIPTS OF BLACKNESS & Urvashi Chakravarty's FICTIONS OF CONSENT—from our series RaceB4Race examining how race has been constructed from antiquity to the 18th century—are available in paperback? Save 40% w/ code PENN-HOLIDAY25 when you order by 12/31 bit.ly/4p94gM0

There's just over a week left in our 2025 Holiday Sale! Save 40% on available books with code PENN-HOLIDAY25 and save 25% on individual journal subscriptions when you use code HOLIDAYJOURNAL25 in the journals shopping cart. Learn more & shop today: bit.ly/44LdVkS

"Today's young people view health as something they can 'grow' and should already be working on." Read author Susanna Trnka's new piece for @us.theconversation.com about the fascinating research behind her new book HEALTHIZATION! bit.ly/49nWn0C

My book has a (preliminary) page @pennpress.bsky.social ! Contested Currents: Rivers and the Remaking of New England will be published in October 2026. www.pennpress.org/978151283015...

New on our blog: Don't miss the story of a Philadelphia public high school opening a new library—and the small but important role that Penn Press and our new three-volume GREATER PHILADELPHIA set played! bit.ly/44yRC1M

It’s feeling very real!!! Publication date: June 16, 2026. @pennpress.bsky.social

Personally, I would group this into the history of medicine as well as women's, social, and business history. It looks to be both a very interesting and a very timely book indeed.

"Offers an indispensable, cautionary tale for our modern moment." Don't miss Katherine J. Parkin's revealing investigation into the business of buying & selling abortion access before Roe. Order THE ABORTION MARKET now & save 40% with code PENN-HOLIDAY25 www.pennpress.org/978151282820...

Obviously the perfect gift for everyone on your list...

It was so much fun to catch up with some of our authors at #AJS2025! Including: - Roni Henig (ON REVIVAL) - Marc Herman (AFTER REVELATION) - Hannah Pollin-Galay (OCCUPIED WORDS) - Beth S. Wenger (co-editor, THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN JEWISH PASTS) @jewishstudies.bsky.social

"Beautifully written and wonderfully insightful," BLACK EXCELLENCE by @danielle-wiggins.bsky.social offers a provocative new history of modern black liberalism. Order today and save 40% with code PENN-HOLIDAY25 during our Holiday Sale! bit.ly/4rXzDfn

With @jewishstudies.bsky.social's annual conference in full swing, one of @thejqr.bsky.social's most-read pieces is now freely available: muse.jhu.edu/article/959927 As the JQR transitions to Open Access in 2026, its full archive becomes even more valuable to scholars! #AJS25 #JewishStudies

New on the blog: learn more about how Penn Press, the Teachers Institute of Philadelphia, and Penn GSE are collaborating to bring knowledge from the new 3-volume GREATER PHILADELPHIA project into Philadelphia's public school classrooms! bit.ly/4oWk9FI

We're all set up at the @jewishstudies.bsky.social's 2025 annual conference in Washington, DC! Visit us in the book exhibit if you're attending, or head to our #AJS25 virtual exhibit store to save 40% on books with code AJS25 (valid through January 16) site.pennpress.org/ajs-2025/

Did you know that for the first time this year, our Holiday Sale includes 25% off individual journal subscriptions? Head to pennpress.org/journals to browse and use code HOLIDAYJOURNAL25 in the journals shopping cart to save!

Michael Leja's book A FLOOD OF PICTURES, featuring 140+ color illustrations, explores how the new & widespread circulation of pictures reshaped a 19th-century US culture that was accustomed to printed & spoken words. Save 40% when you order your copy with code PENN-HOLIDAY25 bit.ly/4l3Noo1

Curious about publishing with a university press? Check out this video featuring insights from publishers @pennpress.bsky.social, @utexaspress.bsky.social, @uwiscpress.bsky.social & Wayne State University Press, hosted by Rutgers Ctr for Minority Serving Institutions.

Our GREATER PHILADELPHIA titles would make a perfect gift for anyone on your list who loves the culture and history of the Philadelphia area! Order now with code PENN-HOLIDAY25 for 40% off the individual volume or GREATERPHILLY15 for 15% off the three-volume set! www.pennpress.org/greater-phil...

"Cass Sunstein, the nation’s leading regulatory theorist, has written a masterpiece about the promises and pitfalls of artificial intelligence." IMPERFECT ORACLE is available now from @amphilpress.bsky.social, and you can save 40% with discount code PENN-HOLIDAY25 on pennpress.org! bit.ly/3XGAvap

LISTEN: @m-r-glass.bsky.social discusses his new book CRACKED FOUNDATIONS, which reveals how debt financing "left midcentury suburbs unstable, unequal, and racially segregated," in an interview on the Who Makes Cents podcast! apple.co/48Rv7qa

Mike’s book, as that interview shows, will change a lot of what you think you know about postwar suburbs. www.pennpress.org/978151282822...

This is fantastic — one former student of mine on the podcast of another former student of mine. Check out @m-r-glass.bsky.social chatting with Dylan Gottlieb on Who Makes Sense?

Really enjoyed doing this interview with highlights from my @pennpress.bsky.social book. Come for the frailties of the postwar "suburban dream," stay for my critique of "abundance." 😉

Philly followers: Don't miss a book talk featuring Carolyn T. Adams, one of the co-editors of GREATER PHILADELPHIA: A NEW HISTORY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, discussing the project at Chestnut Hill Library this Saturday 12/13! More info: bit.ly/3KQgwDb

Congratulations to author Yoram Meital, whose book SACRED PLACES TELL TALES has been selected by @choicereviews.bsky.social as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2025! bit.ly/4ppHq3V

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Congratulations to author @hpollingalay.bsky.social, whose book OCCUPIED WORDS has been selected by @choicereviews.bsky.social as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2025! bit.ly/4oFY9zt

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CRACKED FOUNDATIONS by @m-r-glass.bsky.social "breaks new ground with a surprising history about the suburban boom in the United States after World War II." Save 40% with code PENN-HOLIDAY25 when you order from pennpress.org during our Holiday Sale: bit.ly/3YdWa9W

Congratulations to author @randybrowne.bsky.social, whose book THE DRIVER'S STORY has been selected by @choicereviews.bsky.social as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2025! bit.ly/3Qs4ZJs

The discovery of counterfeit coins in Veracruz ignited tensions between Mexico and the United States. This article, by Andrew Konove, examines how currency became a focal point for diplomacy, nationalism, and sovereignty in the nineteenth century. doi.org/10.1353/eam.... @pennpress.bsky.social

Jordan Smith's THE INVENTION OF RUM is one of the ten best alcohol-related books to buy this holiday season, according to @vinepair.com! (And you can get it for 40% off from pennpress.org right now with code PENN-HOLIDAY25 at checkout!) bit.ly/4pPBGQP

EAS Miscellany interviews John Ryan Fischer about his #Fall2025 article on Sauk & Meskwaki survival strategies after the Fox Wars. Dive into the conversation here: https://bit.ly/3Y5zetr#Fall2025@mcneilcenter.bsky.social @pennpress.bsky.social #EAS #EarlyAmericanMisc

Did you miss out on our Cyber Monday sale? No worries—our Holiday Sale offering 40% off books and 25% off individual journal subscriptions runs through December 31!

Join us in celebrating GREATER PHILADELPHIA: A NEW HISTORY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY at a launch event hosted by Penn Libraries this Thursday, December 4th, at 5:30 p.m. ET! bit.ly/4rA4GNZ

I'm very grateful to the Paul E. Lovejoy Prize jury and @journalslavery.bsky.social for this recognition! Congrats to the winner, Magdalena Moorthy Kloss, and other finalists. brill.com/view/journal...

Congratulations to @randybrowne.bsky.social, whose book THE DRIVER'S STORY is a finalist for the Paul E. Lovejoy Prize, granted by @journalslavery.bsky.social! bit.ly/3Qs4ZJs

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