University of Arizona Press
The University of Arizona Press, a publishing house founded in 1959 as a department of the University of Arizona, is a nonprofit publisher of scholarly and regional books. The Press publishes about fifty books annually and has some 1,600 books in print. These include scholarly titles in American Indian studies, anthropology, archaeology, environmental studies, geography, Chicano studies, history, Latin American studies, and the space sciences.
Also recorded as UA Press
University of Arizona Press
- Founded
- 1959
- Headquarters
- Tucson
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
The University of Arizona Press, a publishing house founded in 1959 as a department of the University of Arizona, is a nonprofit publisher of scholarly and regional books. The Press publishes about fifty books annually and has some 1,600 books in print. These include scholarly titles in American Indian studies, anthropology, archaeology, environmental studies, geography, Chicano studies, history, Latin American studies, and the space sciences.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for University of Arizona Press. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
gnd · 1322964890 · wikidata · Q7895063 · wikipedia · University of Arizona Press
In this article
Overview
Overview
The UA Press has award-winning books in more than 30 subject areas. The UA Press also publishes general interest books on Arizona and the Southwest borderlands. In addition, the Press publishes books of personal essays, such as Nancy Mairs's Plaintext and two series in literature: Sun Tracks: An American Indian Literary Series and Camino del Sol: A Chicana/o Literary Series.
Key facts
Key facts
• Parent — University of Arizona • Founded — 1959 • Country — United States • Headquarters — Tucson, Arizona • Distribution — Chicago Distribution Center (US) UBC Press (Canada) Eurospan Group (Europe) • Publications — Books • Url — uapress.arizona.edu
Camino del Sol
Camino del Sol
The University of Arizona Press began their Camino del Sol Series in 1994 when it was founded by Ray Gonzalez. The series focuses on Chicanx and Latinx Literature, featuring poetry, fiction, and essays from both emerging and established Latinx writers. In 2010, Rigoberto Gonzalez edited an anthology honoring the series, also published by the University of Arizona press. Some critically acclaimed authors featured in the Camino del Sol series include: Farid Matuk, Pat Mora, Daniel A. Olivas, Sergio Troncoso, Luis Alberto Urrea, Vickie Vértiz, Tim Z. Hernandez, Juan Felipe Herrera, Emmy Pérez, Ray Gonzalez, Carmen Giménez Smith, Roberto Tejada, and more.
Sun Tracks
Sun Tracks
The other major series that the UA Press published was Sun Tracks, a series featuring creative works from Native American writers. Since its launch in 1971 the series has included more than eighty volumes of poetry, prose, art, and photography by artists like Joy Harjo, N. Scott Momaday, Simon J. Ortiz, Carter Revard, and Luci Tapahonso.
Identity
Identity
University of Arizona Press is associated with United States.
Institutional history
Dated record
Institutional history
The full dated record · 1 entries
1959
University of Arizona Press established.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
- United States
Primary material
Documents and archives
scholarly publication
- Ellen B. Basso (ed.), Carib-speaking Indians, culture, society and language. (Anthropological Papers of the University of Arizona, Number 28.) Tucson, Arizona: The University of Arizona Press, 1977. Pp. 122, Language in Society, 1979
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1979
- The Geoarchaeology of Whitewater Draw, Arizona, Michael R. Waters, Anthropological Papers of the University of Arizona, Number 45, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ $17.00, 81 pp, Geoarchaeology, 1987
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1987
reference work
- “University of Arizona Press”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q7895063: University of Arizona Press
Reputable secondary · Wikidata
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1322964890, University of Arizona Press.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.BRANDY. JENSEN. CHAPTER SIX: Race Erased? Arizona's Ban on Ethnic Studies. Counterpoints. 445. 2013. 1058-1634. 2022-04-08. 81–100.
- 2.“This Has Never Really Been about Books”: A Latcrit Case Study of Intellectual Freedom - ProQuest. www.proquest.com.
- 3.Tucson ethnic-studies program not illegal, audit says". The Arizona Republic. 16 juin 2011.
- 4.Highlighting Censorship: Tucson Unified School District Banned Books Week. web.archive.org. 2018-08-13.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
scholarly publication
Institutional witnessscholarly publication
Institutional witnessauthority file
Gemeinsame Normdatei 1322964890, University of Arizona Press.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Publishers and printers
5,459 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- University of AntioquiaOrganisation
- University of Applied and Environmental SciencesOrganisation
- University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern SwitzerlandOrganisation
- University of ArizonaOrganisation
- University of Arkansas PressOrganisation
- University of AtlánticoOrganisation
- University of BabylonOrganisation
- University of BaghdadOrganisation
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own an object connected with University of Arizona Press?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.