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Purcell <br/>288 pages | 6 x 9 | 15 illus. <br/>Cloth 2002 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3660-6 | $49.95 | £32.50 <br/>Paper 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-2109-1 | $24.95 | £16.50 <br/>A volume in the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/series/EAS.html">Early American Studies</a> series <br/> <br/><img align="right" alt="Sealed with Blood" border="0" hspace="5" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215im_/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/img/covers/150_13776.jpg"/><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An exemplary study of public memory because of its wide vision, its attentiveness to context, and its careful delineation of change over time."—David Waldstreicher, author of <em>In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes: The Making of American Nationalism, 1776-1820</em> </font><p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/13776.html">Read more</a> . . .</span></p> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Book reviewers: to request a press copy, contact <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/mailto:ellenpt@upenn.edu">Ellen Trachtenberg</a>. <br/>Educators: to request an exam copy for course use consideration, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/review.html">click here</a>.</font> </div> </div> <div class="entry-footer"> <p class="entry-footer-info"> <span class="post-footers">Posted by PennPress on March 29, 2010 at 01:24 PM in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/academic_life/">Academic Life</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/american_history_studies/">American History & Studies</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/now_in_paperback/">Now in Paperback</a> </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/2010/03/sealed-with-bloodnow-available.html">Permalink</a> <span class="separator">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/2010/03/sealed-with-bloodnow-available.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> </p>   </div> </div> <div class="entry-category-anthropology entry-category-european_world_history entry-category-literature_cultural_studies entry-category-now_in_paperback entry-author-pennpress entry-type-post entry" id="entry-6a00d8341d68da53ef01310fd75b58970c"> <h3 class="entry-header"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/2010/03/homo-narransnow-available.html">Homo Narrans--Now in Paperback</a></h3> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/13339.html"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Homo Narrans: The Poetics and Anthropology of Oral Literature</strong></span></a> <br/>John D. Niles <br/>296 pages | 6 x 9 | 15 illus. <br/>Paper 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-2107-7 | $24.95 | £16.50 <br/> <br/><p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/13339.html"><img align="right" alt="Homo Narrans" border="0" class="selected " hspace="5" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215im_/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/img/covers/150_13339.jpg"/></a>"A welcome interweaving of areas too often and too simplistically segregated: folklore and literature, oral tradition and written tradition, performance and text."--<em>Choice</em></p> <em>Homo Narrans</em> explores how human beings shape their world through the stories they tell. Author John D. Niles ponders the nature of the storytelling impulse, the social function of narrative, and the role of individual talent in oral tradition. <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/13339.html">Read more</a> . . .</p> Book reviewers: to request a press copy, contact <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/mailto:ellenpt@upenn.edu">Ellen Trachtenberg</a>. <br/>Educators: to request an exam copy for course use consideration, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/review.html">click here</a>. </div> </div> <div class="entry-footer"> <p class="entry-footer-info"> <span class="post-footers">Posted by PennPress on March 25, 2010 at 04:44 PM in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/anthropology/">Anthropology</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/european_world_history/">European & World History</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/literature_cultural_studies/">Literature & Cultural Studies</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/now_in_paperback/">Now in Paperback</a> </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/2010/03/homo-narransnow-available.html">Permalink</a> <span class="separator">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/2010/03/homo-narransnow-available.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> </p>   </div> </div> <div class="entry-category-european_world_history entry-category-human_rights_law entry-category-medieval_renaissance_studies entry-category-now_in_paperback entry-category-religious_studies entry-author-pennpress entry-type-post entry" id="entry-6a00d8341d68da53ef0120a9705cf5970b"> <h3 class="entry-header"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/2010/03/law-and-the-illicit-in-medieval-europenow-available.html">Law and the Illicit in Medieval Europe--Now in Paperback</a></h3> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14449.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;;"><strong>Law and the Illicit in Medieval Europe</strong></span></a> <br/>Edited by Ruth Mazo Karras, Joel Kaye, and E. Ann Matter <br/>336 pages | 6 x 9 <br/>Paper 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-2106-0 | $24.95 | £16.50 <br/>A volume in the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/series/MA.html">Middle Ages Series</a> <br/> <br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14449.html"><img align="right" alt="Law and the Illicit in Medieval Europe" border="0" hspace="5" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215im_/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/img/covers/150_14449.jpg"/></a>In the popular imagination, the Middle Ages are often associated with lawlessness. However, historians have long recognized that medieval culture was characterized by an enormous respect for law and legal procedure. This book makes the case that one cannot understand the era's cultural trends without considering the profound development of law. <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14449.html">Read more</a> . . .</p> Book reviewers: to request a press copy, contact <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/mailto:ellenpt@upenn.edu">Ellen Trachtenberg</a>. <br/>Educators: to request an exam copy for course use consideration, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/review.html">click here</a>. </div> </div> <div class="entry-footer"> <p class="entry-footer-info"> <span class="post-footers">Posted by PennPress on March 25, 2010 at 04:41 PM in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/european_world_history/">European & World History</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/human_rights_law/">Human Rights & Law</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/medieval_renaissance_studies/">Medieval & Renaissance Studies</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/now_in_paperback/">Now in Paperback</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/religious_studies/">Religious Studies</a> </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/2010/03/law-and-the-illicit-in-medieval-europenow-available.html">Permalink</a> <span class="separator">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/2010/03/law-and-the-illicit-in-medieval-europenow-available.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> </p>   </div> </div> <div class="entry-category-american_history_studies entry-category-now_in_paperback entry-category-political_science entry-author-pennpress entry-type-post entry" id="entry-6a00d8341d68da53ef01310f942b59970c"> <h3 class="entry-header"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/2010/03/popular-ideologiesnow-in-paperback.html">Popular Ideologies--Now in Paperback</a></h3> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14395.html"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Popular Ideologies: Mass Culture at Mid-Century</strong></span></a> <br/>Susan Smulyan <br/>208 pages | 6 x 9 | 10 illus. <br/>Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4020-7 | $35.00 | £23.00 <br/>Paper 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-2111-4 | $22.50 | £15.00 <br/> <br/>Smulyan demonstrates that popular culture represented more than just "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14395.html"><img align="right" alt="Popular Ideologies" border="0" hspace="5" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215im_/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/img/covers/150_14395.jpg"/></a>escape" during the twentieth century's formative period. Far from providing an ideology-free zone, popular products and entertainments served as an arena where producers attempt to impose notions of race, class, gender, and nationhood, and consumers react to such impositions. <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14395.html">Read more</a> . . .</p> Book reviewers: to request a press copy, contact Ellen Trachtenberg at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/mailto:ellenpt@upenn.edu">ellenpt@upenn.edu</a>. <br/>Educators: to request an exam copy for course use consideration, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/review.html">click here</a>. </div> </div> <div class="entry-footer"> <p class="entry-footer-info"> <span class="post-footers">Posted by PennPress on March 15, 2010 at 02:18 PM in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/american_history_studies/">American History & Studies</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/now_in_paperback/">Now in Paperback</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/political_science/">Political Science</a> </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/2010/03/popular-ideologiesnow-in-paperback.html">Permalink</a> <span class="separator">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/2010/03/popular-ideologiesnow-in-paperback.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> </p>   </div> </div> <div class="entry-category-african_american_studies entry-category-american_history_studies entry-category-music entry-category-now_in_paperback entry-author-pennpress entry-type-post entry" id="entry-6a00d8341d68da53ef01310f8f4b8a970c"> <h3 class="entry-header"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/2010/03/group-harmonynow-in-paperback.html">Group Harmony--Now in Paperback</a></h3> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14182.html"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Group Harmony: The Black Urban Roots of Rhythm & Blues</strong></span></a> <br/>Stuart L. Goosman <br/>304 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 15 illus. <br/>Paper 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-2108-4 | $24.95 | £16.50 <br/> <br/><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14182.html"><img align="right" alt="Group Harmony" border="0" hspace="5" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215im_/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/img/covers/150_14182.jpg"/></a>Drawing on dozens of interviews with performers, deejays, and industry professionals, <em>Group Harmony</em> details the emergence of vocal rhythm & blues out of black urban neighborhoods in the postwar period. </p><p>"Goosman challenges major myths, conventional wisdom, and historical inaccuracies concerning black popular music between 1940 and 1960. . . . A groundbreaking study."--<em>Popular Music and Society</em></p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14182.html">Read more</a> . . .</p> Book reviewers: to request a press copy, contact Ellen Trachtenberg at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/mailto:ellenpt@upenn.edu">ellenpt@upenn.edu</a>. <br/>Educators: to request an exam copy for course use consideration, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/review.html">click here</a>. </div> </div> <div class="entry-footer"> <p class="entry-footer-info"> <span class="post-footers">Posted by PennPress on March 12, 2010 at 09:00 AM in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/african_american_studies/">African American Studies</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/american_history_studies/">American History & Studies</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/music/">Music</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/now_in_paperback/">Now in Paperback</a> </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/2010/03/group-harmonynow-in-paperback.html">Permalink</a> <span class="separator">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/2010/03/group-harmonynow-in-paperback.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> </p>   </div> </div> <div class="entry-category-american_history_studies entry-category-architecture_landscape_design entry-category-biography entry-category-business_economics entry-category-now_in_paperback entry-category-urban_studies entry-author-pennpress entry-type-post entry" id="entry-6a00d8341d68da53ef0120a92886b2970b"> <h3 class="entry-header"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/2010/03/mall-makernow-in-paperback.html">Mall Maker--Now in Paperback</a></h3> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/13967.html"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Mall Maker: Victor Gruen, Architect of an American Dream</strong></span></a> <br/>M. Jeffrey Hardwick <br/>288 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 47 illus. <br/>Paper 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-2110-7 | $24.95 | £16.50 <br/> <br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/13967.html"><img align="right" alt="Mall Maker" border="0" hspace="5" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215im_/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/img/covers/150_13967.jpg"/></a>The enclosed shopping mall, now so ubiquitous, was invented by one man: Victor Gruen. <em>Mall Maker</em> is the first biography of this visionary spirit. <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/13967.html">Read more</a> . . .</p> Book reviewers: to request a press copy, contact <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/mailto:ellenpt@upenn.edu">Ellen Trachtenberg</a>. <br/>Educators: to request an exam copy for course use consideration, <a 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ecological crisis of globalism. <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14010.html">Read more</a> . . .</p> Book reviewers: to request a press copy, contact <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/mailto:ellenpt@upenn.edu">Ellen Trachtenberg</a>. <br/>Educators: to request an exam copy for course use consideration, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/review.html">click here</a>. </div> </div> <div class="entry-footer"> <p class="entry-footer-info"> <span class="post-footers">Posted by PennPress on March 11, 2010 at 04:29 PM in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/european_world_history/">European & World History</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/literature_cultural_studies/">Literature & Cultural Studies</a>, <a 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src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215im_/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/img/covers/150_13360.jpg"/></a>An authoritative guide to the whole of the cradle of civilization."—<em>Journal of Near Eastern Studies</em></p> <p>"In this excellent subject encyclopedia, scholars of the ancient Near East bring together major aspects of its history, language, and culture. . . . People, places, institutions, major geographical areas, chronological periods, and a rich variety of subjects, such as architecture, the economy, religion, and poetry are all covered. . . . Highly recommended for all libraries and interested individuals."--<em>Choice</em><br/><br/>"This work succeeds admirably in giving an introduction to the Near East."--<em>The Classical Outlook<br/></em></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/13360.html">Read more</a> . . .</p> Book reviewers: to request a press copy, contact <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/mailto:ellenpt@upenn.edu">Ellen Trachtenberg</a>. <br/>Educators: to request an exam copy for course use consideration, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/review.html">click here</a>. </div> </div> <div class="entry-footer"> <p class="entry-footer-info"> <span class="post-footers">Posted by PennPress on March 10, 2010 at 05:10 PM in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/african_studies/">African Studies</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/ancient_studies/">Ancient Studies</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/anthropology/">Anthropology</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/archaeology/">Archaeology</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/asian_studies/">Asian Studies</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/european_world_history/">European & World History</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/jewish_studies/">Jewish Studies</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/middle_eastern_studies/">Middle Eastern Studies</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/now_in_paperback/">Now in Paperback</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/religious_studies/">Religious Studies</a> </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/2010/03/dictionary-of-the-ancient-near-eastnow-in-paperback.html">Permalink</a> <span class="separator">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/2010/03/dictionary-of-the-ancient-near-eastnow-in-paperback.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> </p>   </div> </div> <div class="entry-category-anthropology entry-category-asian_studies entry-category-gender_studies entry-category-human_rights_law entry-category-now_in_paperback entry-category-political_science entry-category-womens_studies entry-author-pennpress entry-type-post entry" id="entry-6a00d8341d68da53ef01310f7cd66c970c"> <h3 class="entry-header"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/2010/03/stitching-identities-in-a-free-trade-zonenow-in-paperback.html">Stitching Identities in a Free Trade Zone--Now in Paperback</a></h3> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14380.html"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Stitching Identities in a Free Trade Zone: Gender and Politics in Sri Lanka</strong></span></a> <br/>Sandya Hewamanne <br/>296 pages | 6 x 9 | 10 illus. <br/>Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4045-0 | $59.95 | £39.00 <br/>Paper 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-2112-1 | $24.95 | £16.50 <br/>A volume in the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/series/CE%0A.html">Contemporary Ethnography</a> series <br/> <br/><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14380.html"><img align="left" alt="Stitching Identities in a Free Trade Zone" border="0" hspace="5" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215im_/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/img/covers/150_14380.jpg"/></a>"Hewamanne succeeds in meeting her primary objective, which is to tell us the story of these women in a way that we can see and partially apprehend the complexity of their lives through her writing. Few ethnographies are as passionate, confident, intimate, and evocative as this one."--<em>American Ethnologist</em></p><p> By analyzing how Sri Lankan free trade zone factory workers claim political subjectivity and revealing a vibrant subaltern political universe where they can express alternative perspectives, <em>Stitching Identities in a Free Trade Zone</em> challenges conventional notions about marginalized women at the bottom of the global economy. </p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14380.html">Read more</a> . . .</p> Book reviewers: to request a press copy, contact <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/mailto:ellenpt@upenn.edu">Ellen Trachtenberg</a>. <br/>Educators: to request an exam copy for course use consideration, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505044215/http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/review.html">click here</a> </div> </div> <div class="entry-footer"> <p class="entry-footer-info"> <span 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