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


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Press Releases

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University Press Roundup


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