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New York University Press

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New York University Press
Parent companyNew York University
Founded1916
FounderElmer Ellsworth Brown
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationNew York, New York
DistributionIngram Publisher Services(US)[1]
Combined Academic Publishers (UK)[2]
Publication typesBooks
Official websitenyupress.org

New York University Press(orNYU Press) is auniversity pressthat is part ofNew York University.

History[edit]

NYU Press was founded in 1916 by the then chancellor of NYU,Elmer Ellsworth Brown.[3]

Directors[edit]

  • Arthur Huntington Nason, 1916–1932
  • No director, 1932–1946
  • Jean B. Barr (interim director), 1946–1952
  • Filmore Hyde, 1952–1957
  • Wilbur McKee, acting director, 1957–1958
  • William B. Harvey, 1958–1966
  • Christopher Kentera, 1966–1974
  • Malcolm C. Johnson, 1974–1981
  • Colin Jones, 1981–1996
  • Niko Pfund, 1996–2000
  • Steve Maikowski, 2001–2014
  • Ellen Chodosh, 2014–present[4]

Notable publications[edit]

Once best known for publishingThe Collected Writings of Walt Whitman,NYU Press has now published numerous award-winning scholarly works, such asConvergence Culture(2007) byHenry Jenkins,The Rabbi's Wife(2006) byShuly Schwartz,andThe Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust(2002).[3]Other well-known names published by the press includeCary Nelson,Jonathon Hafetz,Samuel R. Delany,andMark Denbeaux.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Customer Service".NYU Press.Retrieved2017-11-02.
  2. ^"Marston Book Services".Retrieved2017-12-04.
  3. ^ab"NYU Press » History".nyupress.org. Archived fromthe originalon 12 May 2013.Retrieved5 October2016.
  4. ^"History".Retrieved2016-10-05.

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