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University of Missouri Press

{{Short description|American university press}}

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| parent = University of Missouri

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| founded = 1958

| founder = William Peden

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| country = United States

| headquarters = Columbia, Missouri

| distribution = Chicago Distribution Center (US){{Cite web| title = Publishers served by the Chicago Distribution Center| work = University of Chicago Press| access-date = 2017-09-12| url = http://press.uchicago.edu/cdc/publishers.html}}
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| website = {{URL|http://press.umsystem.edu}}

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The University of Missouri Press is a university press operated by the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri and London, England; it was founded in 1958 primarily through the efforts of English professor William Peden.{{Cite web|url=http://press.umsystem.edu/pages/history_mission.aspx |title=History and Mission |publisher=University of Missouri Press |access-date=May 26, 2012}} Many publications are by, for, and about Missourians. The press also emphasizes the areas of American and world history; military history; intellectual history; biography; journalism; African American studies; women's studies; American, British, and Latin American literary criticism; political science; regional studies; and creative nonfiction. The press has published 2,000 books and publishes about 30 mostly academic books a year.

Notable publications

Among its notable publications were:

Series

  • Studies in Constitutional Democracies,{{Cite web |title=Books |url=https://upress.missouri.edu/books/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=University of Missouri Press |language=en-US}} edited by Jeffrey L. Pasley and Jay K. Dow
  • Journalism in Perspective: Continuity and Disruptions,{{Cite web |title=Books |url=https://upress.missouri.edu/books/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=University of Missouri Press |language=en-US}} edited by Tim P. Vos and Yong Z. Volz
  • The American Military Experience Series,{{cite web |url=https://upress.missouri.edu/books/?series=american-military-experience |title=The American Military Experience Series |website=University of Missouri Press |access-date=September 8, 2021 }} edited by John C. McManus.
  • The Collected Works of Langston Hughes{{cite web |url=https://upress.missouri.edu/search-result/?series=the-collected-works-of-langston-hughes |title=The Collected Works of Langston Hughes |website=University of Missouri Press |access-date=September 8, 2021 }}
  • The Collected Works of Eric Voegelin{{cite web |url=https://upress.missouri.edu/search-result/?series=the-collected-works-of-eric-voegelin |title=The Collected Works of Eric Voegelin |website=University of Missouri Press |access-date=September 8, 2021 }}
  • The Eric Voegelin Institute Series in Political Philosophy{{cite web |url=https://upress.missouri.edu/search-result/?series=the-eric-voegelin-institute-series-in-political-philosophy |title=The Eric Voegelin Institute Series in Political Philosophy |website=University of Missouri Press |access-date=September 8, 2021 }}
  • The Give 'Em Hell Harry Series,{{cite web |url=https://upress.missouri.edu/search-result/?series=give-em-hell-harry |title=The Give 'Em Hell Harry Series |website=University of Missouri Press |access-date=September 9, 2021 }} edited by Robert H. Ferrell.
  • The Mark Twain and His Circle Series,{{cite web |url=https://upress.missouri.edu/books/?series=mark-twain-and-his-circle |title=The Mark Twain and His Circle Series |website=University of Missouri Press |access-date=September 9, 2021 }} edited by Tom Quirk.
  • The Missouri Biography Series,{{cite web |url=https://upress.missouri.edu/search-result/?series=missouri-biography-series |title=The Missouri Biography Series |website=University of Missouri Press |access-date=September 9, 2021 }} edited by William E. Foley.
  • The Missouri Heritage Readers Series,{{cite web |url=https://upress.missouri.edu/search-result/?series=missouri-heritage-readers |title=The Missouri Heritage Readers Series |website=University of Missouri Press |access-date=September 9, 2021 }} edited by Rebecca B. Schroeder.
  • The Shades of Blue and Gray Series,{{cite web |url=https://upress.missouri.edu/books/?series=shades-of-blue-and-gray |title=The Shades of Blue and Gray Series |website=University of Missouri Press |access-date=September 9, 2021 }} edited by Herman Hattaway, Jon Wakelyn, and Clayton E. Jewett.
  • The Sports and American Culture Series,{{cite web |url=https://upress.missouri.edu/books/?series=sports-and-american-culture |title=The Sports and American Culture Series |website=University of Missouri Press |access-date=September 9, 2021 }} edited by Roger Launius.
  • The Southern Women Series,{{cite web |url=https://upress.missouri.edu/search-result/?series=southern-women |title=The Southern Women Series |website=University of Missouri Press |access-date=September 9, 2021 }} edited by Theda Perdue, Betty Brandon, and Virginia Bernhard.
  • The Paul Anthony Brick Lectures,{{cite web |url=https://upress.missouri.edu/search-result/?series=the-paul-anthony-brick-lectures |title=The Paul Anthony Brick Lectures |website=University of Missouri Press |access-date=September 9, 2021 }} which include works by John Hope Franklin and Sissela Bok.

Reorganization

The university proposed in spring 2012 to close the press and terminate its ten employees in order to end the university's subsidy to the press, estimated by the university administration as $400,000 per year and by outside critics of the closure decision as under $250,000 a year.William Least Heat-Moon, [http://www.columbiatribune.com/commentary/op-ed/university-press-closure-casts-bad-light-on-um-system/article_86d060a1-2c3f-5c27-82b4-7e1971533ba6.html "University Press closure casts bad light on UM System,"]{{Dead link|date=November 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Columbia Daily Tribune, July 15, 2012. The decision was reversed in August 2012 after public outcry.Jennifer Howard, [http://chronicle.com/article/After-Outcry-Over-Closure-U/133988/?cid=at "After Outcry Over Closure, U. of Missouri Press Is Back to Printing Books," Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug. 28, 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022193832/http://www.chronicle.com/article/After-Outcry-Over-Closure-U/133988/?cid=at |date=October 22, 2017 }} As part of the reorganization the press now reports up to the main Columbia campus rather than the University of Missouri System.{{cite web|url=http://www.kansascity.com/2013/06/01/4267865/university-of-missouri-press-emerges.html|title=University of Missouri Press emerges from the brink|website=kansascity.com|access-date=19 April 2018}} A new director was hired in 2013.

See also

{{Portal|Literature|Missouri}}

References

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External links

  • [http://www.umsystem.edu/upress/ University of Missouri Press]

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