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  Oxford University Press: About Us
Oxford University Press had its origins in the information technology revolution of the late fifteenth century, which began with the invention of printing from movable type.
As a department of the University, and one of its major assets, the Press has an obligation beyond its scholarly and educational mission to provide the rest of the University with a financial return.
It is all applied in the pursuit of the educational and scholarly objectives of the University and its Press, either through reinvesting in publishing or transferring funds to the rest of the University.
www.oup.com /about   (1006 words)

  
  University press - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A university press is an academic, nonprofit publishing house that is typically affiliated with a large research university.
Because scholarly books are mostly unprofitable, university presses may also publish trade books, textbooks, and reference works, which tend to have larger audiences and sell more copies.
The oldest university press in the United States is The Johns Hopkins University Press.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/University_press   (212 words)

  
 Oxford University Press - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oxford University Press (OUP) is a highly-respected publishing house and a department of the University of Oxford in England.
OUP is the largest university press in the world by the number of publications, publishing more than 4500 new books every year and employing some 4000 people.
The content of the charter was negotiated by Archbishop Laud, at the time Chancellor of the University, as part of his drive to establish a set of statutes (the Laudian Code) that were to govern the running of the University for the next two centuries.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oxford_University_Press   (460 words)

  
 Oxford University Press: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The university of oxford, located in the city of oxford in england, is the oldest university in the english languageenglish-speaking world....
OUP grew into the world's largest press after it received the rights to publish the King James Version of the Bible[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject] and it expanded beyond academic and learned printing.
The hogarth press was founded in 1917 by leonard and virginia woolf....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/o/ox/oxford_university_press.htm   (921 words)

  
 Oxford University Press: OUP.COM Home Page
Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford.
It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide.
Countries with OUP publishing offices are listed before the full alphabetical list.
www.oup.com   (46 words)

  
 University of Iowa Press Home Page
The University of Iowa Press is pleased to announce the winners of the 2006 Iowa Short Fiction Awards.
The University of Iowa Press is pleased to announce the winners of the 2005 Iowa Poetry Prize—Emily Rosko for her debut collection Raw Goods Inventory and Joshua Marie Wilkinson for Lug Your Careless Body out of the Careful Dusk, his second book.
The University of Iowa Press is pleased to announce that Megan Johnson and Susan Wheeler are the recipients of the 2004 Iowa Poetry Prize.
www.uiowa.edu /uiowapress   (435 words)

  
 FDU Press :: Fairleigh Dickinson University
Since its establishment in 1967 as the first of the Associated University Presses consortium, the FDU Press has produced well over 1,200 books on a wide variety of subjects.
The Press has particular strengths in literary studies, world history and politics, biography, film, ethnic studies, sociology, the Civil War, art, religion, local history, and urban studies.
Press books are reviewed regularly in leading academic journals.
view.fdu.edu /?id=1145   (119 words)

  
 Marquette University Press
Founded in 1916, the Marquette University Press, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, publishes scholarly works in philosophy, theology, history, and other selected humanities.
MU Press is a member of the Association of American University Presses
MU Press is a member of the Association of Jesuit University Presses
www.mu.edu /mupress   (210 words)

  
 UNU Press Homepage
United Nations University Press (UNU Press) is the scholarly publishing division of UN University.
UNU Press emphasizes research that addresses international policies and the issues facing the United Nations and its people and member states, particularly in the fields of peace and governance, multilateralism, and environmental and sustainable development.
UNU Press accepts proposals for new publications about international policies and the issues facing the United Nations and its member states
www.unu.edu /unupress   (196 words)

  
 The Encyclopedia of New York State :: Syracuse University Press :: NY :: New York
The Encyclopedia of New York State :: Syracuse University Press :: NY :: New York
But Syracuse University and Peter Eisenstadt have now combined to produce a book that is as grand and as comprehensive as any book that has ever appeared on the Empire State."
Home About ENYS Selected Entries Order Project Staff Editorial Board Advisory Board Donors Reviews Contact Us Syracuse University Press
www.syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu /encyclopedia   (408 words)

  
 Journals: Duke University Press
Duke University Press publishes and distributes more than thirty periodicals that span a stimulating range of disciplines within the humanities and sciences--from East Asian cultural studies to French history, from lesbian and gay studies to mathematics and the history of economic thought, from feminism, culture and media studies to medieval and early modern studies.
Institutions and individuals that have electronic subscriptions to Duke University Press journals content will experience interrupted access if they have not yet activated their online subscription with HighWire Press.
Duke University Press is also proud to be partnered with the following learned societies.
www.dukeupress.edu /journals/index.shtml   (324 words)

  
 SIU Press, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
New and Forthcoming Releases from Southern Illinois University Press
Southern Illinois University Press is a member of the Association of American University Presses.
See a year's worth of award winners from Southern Illinois University Press, June 2003 to June 2004.
www.siu.edu /~siupress   (140 words)

  
 AU Press Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The AU Press Web page is not encrypted; do not send credit card numbers electronically Discounts are available on bulk purchases (100 copies or more) and to booksellers.
Air University Press provides publication design and editorial support to the Air War College and Air Command and Staff College for the Maxwell and Wright Flyer series papers, respectively.
AU Press does not maintain any of the following Web sites nor does it administer any of the programs referenced on any of these links.
www.maxwell.af.mil /au/aul/aupress   (525 words)

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