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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|University press based in New York City, affiliated with Columbia University}}<br />
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| country = [[United States]]<br />
| headquarters = [[New York City]]<br />
| distribution = [[Perseus Distribution]] (US)<br />[[John Wiley & Sons]] (Europe, Africa, Asia)<ref>{{Cite web| title = For Booksellers| work = Columbia University Press| access-date = 2017-11-02| url = https://cup.columbia.edu/for-booksellers}}</ref><br />
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| imprints = Wallflower Press<br />
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[[File:Columbia University Press logo (from Gloria D'Amor).jpg|thumb|One of the earliest emblems of Columbia University Press]]<br />
'''Columbia University Press''' is a [[university press]] based in [[New York City]], and affiliated with [[Columbia University]]. It is currently directed by Jennifer Crewe (2014–present) and publishes titles in the [[humanities]] and [[sciences]], including the fields of literary and cultural studies, [[history]], [[social work]], [[sociology]], [[religion]], [[film]], and [[international studies]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia University Press on JSTOR |url=https://www.jstor.org/publisher/columbiaup |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=www.jstor.org}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Founded in May 1893,<ref name="Camhi2013">{{cite book|author=Jeff Camhi|title=A Dam in the River: Releasing the Flow of University Ideas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3qodTxXkEgEC&pg=PA149|access-date=31 August 2013|date=15 April 2013|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=978-0-87586-989-6|pages=149–}}</ref> In 1933, the first four volumes of the ''History of the State of New York'' were published. In the early 1940s, revenues rises, partially thanks to the ''Encyclopedia'' and the government's purchase of 12,500 copies for use by the military.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wiggins |first=Henry |title=Columbia University Press 1893-1983 |year=1983 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=978-0231057547}}</ref> <br />
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Columbia University Press is notable for publishing reference works, such as ''[[The Columbia Encyclopedia]]'' (1935–present), ''The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry'' (online as ''The Columbia World of Poetry Online'') and ''The Columbia Gazetteer of the World'' (also online) and for publishing music.<ref>[https://cup.columbia.edu/about-us About Columbia University Press], columbia.edu. Retrieved 24 April 2021.</ref><br />
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First among American university presses to publish in electronic formats,{{citation needed|date=August 2013}} in 1998 the Press founded an online-only site, ''[http://ciaonet.org Columbia International Affairs Online]'' (CIAO),<ref>{{cite book|last1=Thompson|first1=John|title=Books in the Digital Age|date=2005|publisher=Polity|isbn=9780745634784|pages=354–356}}</ref> and ''Columbia Earthscape'' (in 2009).{{citation needed|date=August 2013}} Their books have been positively reviewed by several notable outlets, including ''Cleveland Review of Books.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Where of Grains: On Rob Arnold's "The Terroir of Whiskey"|url=https://www.clereviewofbooks.com/home/rob-arnold-the-terroir-of-whiskey-review|access-date=2021-12-07|website=Cleveland Review of Books|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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==Imprints==<br />
In 2011, Columbia University Press bought UK publisher [[Wallflower Press]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/47605-columbia-university-press-acquires-wallflower-press.html|title=Columbia University Press Acquires Wallflower Press|author=<!-- Staff -->|work=[[Publishers Weekly]]|date=2011-06-14|access-date=2014-06-26}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[List of English-language book publishing companies]]<br />
* [[List of university presses]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Wikisource publisher|Columbia University Press}}<br />
*[http://cup.columbia.edu/ Official website]<br />
* [http://www.earthscape.org/ Columbia Earthscape]<br />
*[http://www.ciaonet.org/ Columbia International Affairs Online]<br />
*[http://www.columbiagrangers.org/Home.html Columbia Granger's World of Poetry]<br />
*[http://www.columbiagazetteer.org/main/Home.html Columbia Gazetteer of the World]<br />
*[https://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_4078645 Finding aid to Columbia University Press records at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.]<br />
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