The Penn Press spring 2008 catalog announces Against the Wall, a wide-ranging series of essays, edited by Elijah Anderson, that look at the plight and prospects of young black urban men; Mapping Decline, by Colin Gordon, an illustrated history of urban decay in St. Louis; and Almost a Dynasty, by William Kashatus, about the world champion 1980 Philadelphia Phillies. Among many other notable new titles for the season are these: new editions of The Business of Sports Agents and The Academic Job Search Handbook; Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe; and Place and Memory in the Singing Crane Garden.
New and forthcoming titles from the Penn Press current seasonal catalog.
Chase/Hamzawy, Human Rights in the Arab World: Independent Voices (2006)
Drexler, Aceh, Indonesia: Securing the Insecure State (Jan 2008)
Heiberg/O'Leary, Terror, Insurgency, and the State: Ending Protracted Conflicts (2007)
Howard-Hassmann, Reparations to Africa (Jun 2008)
Hughes, Chechnya: From Nationalism to Jihad (2007)
Kornbluh, The Battle for Welfare Rights: Politics and Poverty in Modern America (2007)
Mitchell/Burgess, Biofutures: Owning Body Parts and Information (Apr 2008)
Moran, Liberia: The Violence of Democracy (2005)
Nichols, Eve of Destruction: The Coming Age of Preventive War (Feb 2008)
Ross, Women's Human Rights: The International and Comparative Law Casebook (May 2008)
Schulz, The Future of Human Rights: U.S. Policy for a New Era (Apr 2008)
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