Northern Illinois University Press
Northern Illinois University Press is a publisher affiliated with Northern Illinois University and owned by Cornell University Press. The press publishes about twenty new books per year in history, politics, anthropology, and literature, with about 400 books currently in print. In September 2008 the Press launched a fiction imprint, Switchgrass Books, which will publish fiction set in the Midwest.
Northern Illinois University Press
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- Northern Illinois University Press
- Founded
- 1965
- Headquarters
- DeKalb
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Northern Illinois University Press is a publisher affiliated with Northern Illinois University and owned by Cornell University Press. The press publishes about twenty new books per year in history, politics, anthropology, and literature, with about 400 books currently in print. In September 2008 the Press launched a fiction imprint, Switchgrass Books, which will publish fiction set in the Midwest.
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• Name — Northern Illinois University Press • Parent — Cornell University Press • Founded — 1965 • Headquarters — DeKalb, Illinois • Distribution — Chicago Distribution Center (the Americas, EMEA, India) United Publishers Services (Japan) Footprint Books (Australia) • Publications — Books • Imprints — Switchgrass Book • Website — http: www.niupress.niu.edu
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The circumstances in which Northern Illinois University Press stands. Established or created in 1965. Recorded as university press. Press has its headquarters at DeKalb. Situated in United States.
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