Rutgers University Press

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Rutgers University Press
Founded1936
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationNew Brunswick, New Jersey
DistributionChicago Distribution Center (US)
UBC Press (Canada)
Eurospan Group (Europe)[1]
Key peopleMicah Kleit (Director)
Publication typesBooks
Official websitewww.rutgersuniversitypress.org

Rutgers University Press is a nonprofit academic publishing house, operating in New Brunswick, New Jersey under the auspices of Rutgers University.[2]

History

Rutgers University Press, a nonprofit academic publishing house operating in New Brunswick, New Jersey, under the auspices of Rutgers University, was founded on March 26, 1936. Since then, the Press has grown in size and the scope of its publishing program. Among the original areas of specialization were Civil War history and European history. The Press’ current areas of specialization include sociology, anthropology, health policy, history of medicine, human rights, urban studies, Jewish studies, American studies, film and media studies, the environment, and books about New Jersey and the mid–Atlantic region.

Open access

Rutgers is one of thirteen publishers to participate in the Knowledge Unlatched pilot, a global library consortium approach to funding open access books.[3]

Notable books

This is a list of books published by Rutgers University Press that have articles on Wikipedia.

References

  1. ^ "Place An Order - Rutgers University Press".
  2. ^ "Rutgers University Press on JSTOR". www.jstor.org. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  3. ^ "Publishers – Knowledge Unlatched". www.knowledgeunlatched.org.

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