Publisher Profile / Columbia University Press
Facts
Mission: “Columbia University Press seeks to enhance Columbia University’s educational and research mission by publishing outstanding original works by scholars and other intellectuals that contribute to an understanding of global human concerns. The Press also reflects the importance of its location in New York City in its publishing programs. Through book, reference, electronic publishing, and distribution services, the Press broadens the university’s international reputation.”
Year Founded: 1893
Reviews
Recovering Place: Reflections on Stone Hill by Mark C. Taylor
Written on Water by Eileen Chang, Translated by Andrew E. Jones
Chronicles of My Life: An American in the Heart of Japan by Donald Keene
Autobiography of a Geisha by Sayo Masuda, Translated by G. Rowley
Picturing New York: The City from Its Beginnings to Its Present by Gloria Dek
Shakespeare on Love and Lust by Maurice Charney
Literature: An Embattled Profession* by Carl Woodring
Against the Tide: The Battle for America’s Beaches by Cornelia Dean
Lead Us Into Temptation: The Triumph of American Materialism by James B. Twitchell
Modern Girls, Shining Stars, the Skies of Tokyo: Five Japanese Women by Phyllis Birnbaum
Finding Fran: History and Memory in the Lives of Two Women by Lois W. Banner
Awards
If A Then B by Michael Shenefelt and Heidi White
The Rise and Fall of Soul and Self: An Intellectual History of Personal Identity by Raymond Martin and John Barresi
The Natural History of the Bible: An Environmental Exploration of the Hebrew Scriptures by Daniel Hillel
Foreword Mentions
Press Releases
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