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-reviewedacademic journals,[3] mostly in the humanities, and the magazine Dissent.
As of July 2023,[update] 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.
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^"Homepage". journals.pennpress.org. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
^"Wharton School Press becomes an imprint of the University of Pennsylvania Press". University of Pennsylvania Press. July 11, 2023. from the original on October 26, 2023.
^"Wharton School Press Merges with Penn Press". Publishers Weekly. July 11, 2023. from the original on January 28, 2024.
^"Wharton School Press Becomes Imprint of Univ. of Pennsylvania Press". www.shelf-awarness.com.
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Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-1638, "Potts House, 3905 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA", 10 photos, 1 data page, 1 photo caption page
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university, pennsylvania, press, also, known, penn, press, university, press, affiliated, with, university, pennsylvania, league, university, philadelphia, pennsylvania, parent, companyuniversity, pennsylvaniastatusactivefoundedmarch, 1890country, originunited. 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 University of Pennsylvania PressParent companyUniversity of PennsylvaniaStatusActiveFoundedMarch 26 1890Country of originUnited StatesHeadquarters location3905 Spruce St Philadelphia Pennsylvania U S DistributionHopkins Fulfillment Services the Americas Scholarly Book Services Canada Combined Academic Publishers Europe Asia Africa Australasia 1 Publication typesBooks magazine journalsOfficial websitewww wbr upenn wbr edu wbr pennpress wbr Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe 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 As of July 2023 update 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 amp Company architecture firm in 1876 8 The house previously served as both the headquarters of International House Philadelphia and WXPN See also edit nbsp Literature portal nbsp Pennsylvania portalList of English language book publishing companies List of university presses Journal of Austrian American HistoryReferences edit Ordering Information University of Pennsylvania Press De Gruyter Retrieved June 26 2020 Homepage journals pennpress org Retrieved September 23 2023 Wharton School Press becomes an imprint of the University of Pennsylvania Press University of Pennsylvania Press July 11 2023 Archived from the original on October 26 2023 Wharton School Press Merges with Penn Press Publishers Weekly July 11 2023 Archived from the original on January 28 2024 Wharton School Press Becomes Imprint of Univ of Pennsylvania Press www shelf awarness com Imprints Wharton School Press www lunch publishersmarketplace com 3905 Spruce Street University of Pennsylvania Archives and Records Center External links editOfficial website Penn Press Log Historic American Buildings Survey HABS No PA 1638 Potts House 3905 Spruce Street Philadelphia Philadelphia County PA 10 photos 1 data page 1 photo caption page nbsp This article about a university or college in Pennsylvania is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about a United States publishing company is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title University of Pennsylvania Press amp oldid 1200181226, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
