University of Wisconsin Press
The University of Wisconsin Press (sometimes abbreviated as UW Press) is a non-profit university press publishing peer-reviewed books and journals. It publishes work by scholars from the global academic community; works of fiction, memoir and poetry under its imprint, Terrace Books; and serves the citizens of Wisconsin by publishing important books about Wisconsin, the Upper Midwest, and the Great Lakes region. UW Press annually awards the Brittingham Prize in Poetry, the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry, and The Four Lakes Prize in Poetry.
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University of Wisconsin Press
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- University of Wisconsin Press
- Founded
- 1936
- Headquarters
- Madison
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The University of Wisconsin Press (sometimes abbreviated as UW Press) is a non-profit university press publishing peer-reviewed books and journals. It publishes work by scholars from the global academic community; works of fiction, memoir and poetry under its imprint, Terrace Books; and serves the citizens of Wisconsin by publishing important books about Wisconsin, the Upper Midwest, and the Great Lakes region. UW Press annually awards the Brittingham Prize in Poetry, the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry, and The Four Lakes Prize in Poetry.
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The press was founded in 1936 in Madison and is one of more than 120 member presses in the Association of University Presses. The Journals Division was established in 1965. The press employs approximately 25 full and part-time staff, produces 40 to 60 new books a year, and publishes 13 journals. It also distributes books and some annual journals for selected smaller publishers. The press is a unit of the Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin–Madison and serves the university's overall mission of research, instruction, and outreach beyond the university.
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Key facts
• Name — University of Wisconsin Press • Parent — University of Wisconsin–Madison • Founded — 1936 • Country — United States • Headquarters — Madison, Wisconsin • Distribution — Chicago Distribution Center (US) Eurospan Group (EMEA) East-West Export Books (Asia and the Pacific) • Publications — Books, academic journals • Imprints — Terrace Books • Numemployees — 25 • Url — https: uwpress.wisc.edu/
Journals division
Journals division
• African Economic History • Arctic Anthropology • Contemporary Literature • Ecological Restoration • Ghana Studies • History of Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals • Journal of Human Resources • Land Economics • Landscape Journal • Luso-Brazilian Review • Monatshefte • Native Plants Journal • Scandinavian Studies
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University of Wisconsin Press joined The Association of American Publishers trade organization in the Hachette v. Internet Archive lawsuit that found that the Internet Archive committed copyright infringement, which resulted in the removal of access to over 500,000 books from global readers.
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1936
University of Wisconsin Press established.
1936
University of Wisconsin Press is recorded from 1936.
1967
Early Madhyamika In India And China By Richard H Robinson Buddhism Madison 1967 University Of Wisconsin Press is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
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Since its first book appeared in 1937, the press has published and distributed more than 3,000 titles. The press has more than 1,400 titles currently in print, including: • scholarly books: American studies and modern American history, African studies, anthropology, Classical studies, dance history, environmental studies, film/cinema history, gay & lesbian studies, modern European and Irish history, Jewish studies, Slavic and Eastern European studies, Southeast Asian Studies, and other subjects • regional books: Wisconsin, the Upper Midwest, and the Great Lakes region • books of general interest: natural history, poetry, biography, fiction, food, travel. In 2003, the press acquired the publishing company Popular Press, which specialized in works on popular culture.
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scholarly publication
- Politics in wisconsin. By Leon D. Epstein. Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 1958. xiv, 218 pp. $3.50, National Civic Review, 1959
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1064789080, University of Wisconsin Press.
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Politics in wisconsin. By Leon D. Epstein. Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 1958. xiv, 218 pp. $3.50, National Civic Review, 1959Crossref registry
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