University of Tennessee Press
Encyclopedia
The University of Tennessee Press is a university press associated with the University of Tennessee
.
UT Press was established in 1940 by the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees.
The University of Tennessee Press issues about 35 books each year. Its specialties include scholarly lists
in African American studies
, southern history, Appalachian studies
, material culture
, and literary studies, as well as books on regional topics written for general readers.
Notable books about Tennessee
or Appalachia
that were issued by the Press include:
Six UT Press books related to Appalachia, including the Encyclopedia of Appalachia, have won the Appalachian Studies Association
's annual Weatherford Award.
Four UT Press books in the field of material culture have won the Abbott Lowell Cummings
Award:
Some other noteworthy books that UT Press has published are:
A major online publication project of the UT Press is the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
, created in cooperation with the Tennessee Historical Society. When it first appeared in 2002, this was the second online state encyclopedia ever produced. The UT Press continues to update and expand it. According to UT Press, its long-term plans include the creation of digital editions of the Encyclopedia of Appalachia and The Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English.
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
.
UT Press was established in 1940 by the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees.
The University of Tennessee Press issues about 35 books each year. Its specialties include scholarly lists
Academic publishing
Academic publishing describes the subfield of publishing which distributes academic research and scholarship. Most academic work is published in journal article, book or thesis form. The part of academic written output that is not formally published but merely printed up or posted is often called...
in African American studies
African American studies
African American studies is a subset of Black studies or Africana studies. It is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to the study of the history, culture, and politics of African Americans...
, southern history, Appalachian studies
Appalachian studies
Appalachian studies is the area studies field concerned with the Appalachian region of the United States.-Scholarship:In 1966, West Virginia University librarian Robert F...
, material culture
Material culture
In the social sciences, material culture is a term that refers to the relationship between artifacts and social relations. Studying a culture's relationship to materiality is a lens through which social and cultural attitudes can be discussed...
, and literary studies, as well as books on regional topics written for general readers.
Notable books about Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
or Appalachia
Appalachia
Appalachia is a term used to describe a cultural region in the eastern United States that stretches from the Southern Tier of New York state to northern Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia. While the Appalachian Mountains stretch from Belle Isle in Canada to Cheaha Mountain in the U.S...
that were issued by the Press include:
- Horace KephartHorace KephartHorace Kephart was an American travel writer and librarian, best known as the author of Our Southern Highlanders, about his life in the Great Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina.-Biography:...
's Our Southern HighlandersOur Southern HighlandersOur Southern Highlanders: A Narrative of Adventure In the Southern Appalachians and a Study of Life Among the Mountaineers is a book written by American author Horace Kephart , first published in 1913 and revised in 1922...
(1976) - Cades Cove: A Southern Appalachian Community, by Durwood Dunn (1988)
- Tennesseans and Their History by Paul Bergeron, Stephen Ash, and Jeannette Keith (1999)
- The Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English by Michael Montgomery and Joseph S. Hall (2004)
- Bobby Lovett’s The Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee: A Narrative History, winner of the 2005 Tennessee History Book Award.
- Encyclopedia of AppalachiaEncyclopedia of AppalachiaThe Encyclopedia of Appalachia is the first encyclopedia dedicated to the region, people, culture, history, and geography of Appalachia. Appalachia is a region of the United States named for the significant mountain system which stretches through fourteen states: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky,...
, published in 2006 in association with the Center for Appalachian Studies and Services of East Tennessee State UniversityEast Tennessee State UniversityEast Tennessee State University is an accredited American university located in Johnson City, Tennessee. It is part of the Tennessee Board of Regents system of colleges and universities, the nation's sixth largest system of public education, and is the fourth largest university in the state...
. This 2,000-page resource, edited by Rudy Abramson and Jean Haskell, contains contributions from nearly 700 scholars.
Six UT Press books related to Appalachia, including the Encyclopedia of Appalachia, have won the Appalachian Studies Association
Appalachian Studies Association
The Appalachian Studies Association is an organization of scholars and activists interested in Appalachian studies.According to its web site, “The Appalachian Studies Association was formed in 1977 by a group of scholars, teachers, and regional activists who believed that shared community has...
's annual Weatherford Award.
Four UT Press books in the field of material culture have won the Abbott Lowell Cummings
Abbott Lowell Cummings
Abbott Lowell Cummings is a noted architectural historian and genealogist, best known for his study of New England architecture. He currently lives in South Deerfield, Massachusetts.Cummings was born in St...
Award:
- Charles Martin, Hollybush: Folk Building and Social Change in an Appalachian Community (1985)
- Bernard L. Herman, Architecture and Rural Life in Central Delaware, 1700–1900 (1987)
- Kingston Heath, The Patina of Place: Cultural Weathering of a New England Industrial Landscape (2001)
- J. Ritchie Garrison, Two Carpenters: Architecture and Building in Early New England, 1799–1859 (2007)
Some other noteworthy books that UT Press has published are:
- Charles HudsonCharles M. Hudson (author)Charles M. Hudson is the Franklin Professor of Anthropology and History Emeritus at the University of Georgia, and is one of the foremost authorities on the history and culture of the Indians of the U.S. Southeast.-Degrees:Charles Melvin Hudson Jr....
’s The Southeastern Indians (1976) - Jo Ann Gibson Robinson’s The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It (1978)
- Richard Beale Davis’s Intellectual Life in the Colonial South, for which Davis received the 1978 National Book AwardNational Book AwardThe National Book Awards are a set of American literary awards. Started in 1950, the Awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the current year. In 1989 the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization which now oversees and manages the National Book...
in history - Warren Grabau’s Ninety-eight Days: A Geographer’s View of the Vicksburg Campaign (2000), which was named an "Outstanding Academic Title" by the magazine Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries
- Laura Jarmon’s Wishbone: Reference and Interpretation in Black Folk Narrative (2003), another of Choice magazine's Outstanding Academic Title.
A major online publication project of the UT Press is the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture is a reference book on the U.S. state of Tennessee that was published in book form in 1998 and has also been available online since 2002...
, created in cooperation with the Tennessee Historical Society. When it first appeared in 2002, this was the second online state encyclopedia ever produced. The UT Press continues to update and expand it. According to UT Press, its long-term plans include the creation of digital editions of the Encyclopedia of Appalachia and The Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English.