The
University of Wisconsin Press (sometimes abbreviated as
UW Press) is a
non-profitA nonprofit organization is an organization that does not distribute its surplus funds to owners or shareholders, but instead uses them to help pursue its goals . Examples of NPOs include charities , trade unions, and public arts organizations...
university pressA university press is an academic, nonprofit publishing house that is typically affiliated with a large research university, and publishes work that has been reviewed by scholars in the field. It produces mainly scholarly works...
publishing
peer-reviewedPeer review is the process of subjecting an author's scholarly work, research, or ideas to the scrutiny of others who are experts in the same field. Peer review requires a community of experts in a given field, who are qualified and able to perform impartial review...
books and journals. It primarily publishes work by scholars from the global academic community but also serves the citizens of
WisconsinWisconsin is one of the fifty U.S. states. Located in the north-central United States, Wisconsin is considered part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the...
by publishing important books about Wisconsin, the
Upper MidwestThe Upper Midwest is a perceived region of the United States with no universally agreed-upon boundary, but it almost always lies within the US Census Bureau's definition of the Midwest and includes the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana...
, and the
Great Lakes regionThe Great Lakes Region includes the Canadian Province of Ontario, and the eight U.S. states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, New York, and Pennsylvania...
. The Press’s mission also includes publishing work that contributes to a literate culture and to civic conversation.
The
University of Wisconsin Press (sometimes abbreviated as
UW Press) is a
non-profitA nonprofit organization is an organization that does not distribute its surplus funds to owners or shareholders, but instead uses them to help pursue its goals . Examples of NPOs include charities , trade unions, and public arts organizations...
university pressA university press is an academic, nonprofit publishing house that is typically affiliated with a large research university, and publishes work that has been reviewed by scholars in the field. It produces mainly scholarly works...
publishing
peer-reviewedPeer review is the process of subjecting an author's scholarly work, research, or ideas to the scrutiny of others who are experts in the same field. Peer review requires a community of experts in a given field, who are qualified and able to perform impartial review...
books and journals. It primarily publishes work by scholars from the global academic community but also serves the citizens of
WisconsinWisconsin is one of the fifty U.S. states. Located in the north-central United States, Wisconsin is considered part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the...
by publishing important books about Wisconsin, the
Upper MidwestThe Upper Midwest is a perceived region of the United States with no universally agreed-upon boundary, but it almost always lies within the US Census Bureau's definition of the Midwest and includes the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana...
, and the
Great Lakes regionThe Great Lakes Region includes the Canadian Province of Ontario, and the eight U.S. states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, New York, and Pennsylvania...
. The Press’s mission also includes publishing work that contributes to a literate culture and to civic conversation.
Terrace Books is an
imprintIn the publishing industry, an imprint can refer to two different things:* It can mean a brand name under which a work is published. One single publishing company may have multiple imprints; the different imprints are used by the publisher to market the work to different demographic consumer segments...
of the press. The press also publishes the annual
Brittingham Prize in PoetryThe Brittingham Prize in Poetry is a major United States literary award for a book of poetry chosen from an open competition.The prize, established in 1985, is sponsored by the English Department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and is selected by a nationally recognized poet, The winner is...
.
The Press was founded in 1936 in
MadisonMadison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
and is one of more than 120 member presses in the
Association of American University PressesThe Association of American University Presses is an association of mostly, but not exclusively, North American university presses, with 129 member publishers as of 2005....
. The Journals Division was established in 1965. Currently the Press employs approximately 25 full and part-time staff, produces 40 to 60 new books a year, and publishes 11 journals. It also distributes books and some annual journals for selected smaller publishers. The Press is a unit of the Graduate School of the
University of Wisconsin–MadisonThe University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...
and serves the University of Wisconsin's overall mission of research, instruction, and outreach beyond the university.
Books Division
Since its first book appeared in 1937, the Press has published and distributed more than 3,000 titles. The Press has more than 1,400 titles currently in print, including:
- scholarly books: American studies and modern American history, African studies, anthropology, Classical studies, dance history, environmental studies, film/cinema history, gay & lesbian studies, modern European and Irish history, Jewish studies, Slavic and Eastern European studies, Southeast Asian Studies, and other subjects
- regional books: Wisconsin, the Upper Midwest, and the Great Lakes region
- books of general interest: natural history, poetry, biography, fiction, food, travel.
Journals Division
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