University of North Carolina Press
The University of North Carolina Press (UNC Press), founded in 1922, is a nonprofit university press associated with the University of North Carolina. It was the first university press founded in the Southern United States. UNC Press is a member of the Association of University Presses, with its office located in Chapel Hill.
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University of North Carolina Press
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- University of North Carolina Press
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- 1922
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- Chapel Hill
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The University of North Carolina Press (UNC Press), founded in 1922, is a nonprofit university press associated with the University of North Carolina. It was the first university press founded in the Southern United States. UNC Press is a member of the Association of University Presses, with its office located in Chapel Hill.
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• Country — United States • Headquarters — Chapel Hill, North Carolina • Publications — Books, Academic journals • Imprints — Ferris and Ferris Books • Url — https: uncpress.org/ • Name — University of North Carolina Press
History
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• Illustration — UNC Press building in 2014. UNC Press began its publishing history in 1925 with Southern Pioneers in Social Interpretation, edited by sociologist Howard W. Odum, one of the press's founders. The volume featured essays on both Black and white Southern figures, including Booker T. Washington and Woodrow Wilson, and aimed to present the South as a region with cultural and intellectual contributions. The collection received national attention and was described by The New Republic as signaling a "quickening breeze from the South." This publication helped establish UNC Press's long-term mission to highlight diverse voices and subjects related to the Southern experience. In 2006, UNC Press started the distribution company Longleaf Services as an affiliate.
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1922
University of North Carolina Press established.
1922
University of North Carolina Press is recorded from 1922.
1972
Books from Chapel Hill, 1922-1972; a complete catalog--the University of North Carolina Press (1972) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
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- 1.Carlson, C.A. 100 Years of the People's Press. Our State. March 25, 2022. 1092-0838.
- 2.Kirch, Claire. UNC Press Marks a Century of Publishing in the Tar Heel State. Publishers Weekly. June 17, 2022. 0000-0019.
- 3.University of North Carolina Press. Academy of American Poets.
- 4.North Carolina Scholarship Online. Oxford University Press.
- 5.S2O Publisher Profile, The University of North Carolina Press. Project Muse.
- 6.Our Members. Association of University Presses.
- 7.University Of North Carolina Press – Nonprofit Explorer. ProPublica.
- 8.Carlson, C.A. UNC Press: A Literary History. Our State. March 25, 2022. 1092-0838.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Suchma, Sharon Margaret. Binding Lives: Southern Photobooks and the Great Depression in America. City University of New York. 2013.
- Kalleberg, Arne L. 100 Years of Social Forces. Social Forces. Oxford University Press. 101. 1. 4–37. 2022. 0037-7732.
- Arnold, Taylor. Layered Lives: Rhetoric and Representation in the Southern Life History Project. Stanford University Press. 2022. 978-1-5036-1528-1.
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