University of Pennsylvania Press
Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The University of Pennsylvania Press, also known as Penn Press, is a university press affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
History
The press was originally incorporated with by the Pennsylvania state government on March 26, 1890,[2] and the imprint of the University of Pennsylvania Press first appeared on publications in the 1890s, among the earliest such imprints in America. One of the press's first book publications, published in 1899, was The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study, written by black reformer, scholar, and social critic W. E. B. Du Bois.
University of Pennsylvania Press has an active backlist of roughly 2,000 titles and an annual output of upward of 120 new books in a focused editorial program. It focuses heavily on publishing works related to American history and culture, ancient, medieval, and Renaissance studies, anthropology, landscape architecture, studio arts, human rights, Jewish studies, and political science. The press also publishes 27 peer-reviewed academic journals,[3] mostly in the humanities, and the magazine Dissent.
since July 2023,[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Wharton School Press is an imprint of University of Pennsylvania Press.[4][5][6][7]
The University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc. is a nonprofit Pennsylvania corporation wholly owned by the University of Pennsylvania, which maintains nonprofit tax status under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Code.
University of Pennsylvania Press is headquartered at 3905 Spruce Street in Philadelphia. The building housing the press is the former Potts House built by the Wilson Brothers & Company architecture firm in 1876.[8] The house previously served as both the headquarters of International House Philadelphia and WXPN.
See also
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- List of university presses
- Journal of Austrian-American History
References
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External links
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- Historic American Buildings Survey documentation, filed under 3905 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA:
- HABS No. PA-1638, "Potts House", 10 photos, 1 data page, 1 photo caption page
- HABS No. PA-1638-A, "Potts House, Carriage House and Stable", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
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