New York University Press
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Parent company | New York University |
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Founded | 1916 |
Founder | Elmer Ellsworth Brown |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | New York, New York |
Distribution | Ingram Publisher Services(US)[1] Combined Academic Publishers (UK)[2] |
Publication types | Books |
Official website | nyupress |
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]
- ^"Customer Service".NYU Press.Retrieved2017-11-02.
- ^"Marston Book Services".Retrieved2017-12-04.
- ^ab"NYU Press » History".nyupress.org. Archived fromthe originalon 12 May 2013.Retrieved5 October2016.
- ^"History".Retrieved2016-10-05.