Stanford University Press
Stanford University Press (SUP) is the publisher of Stanford University in Stanford , California , in the United States .
Just one year after the university was founded in 1891, the first work with the imprint "Stanford" appeared. The name "Stanford University Press" was first found on a book in 1895. In 1917 the university acquired the printing company and expanded it into a publishing house by 1925. Since 1999 the publishing house has been part of the university library.
According to its own information, the publisher publishes around 130 books a year, with the specialist focus on the humanities and social sciences. The publisher's authors include marine biologist Richard Ellis and philosopher Daniel Boyarin . The linguist Joseph Greenberg published his late work here, including his influential Language in the Americas in 1987 . The Polish scientist Andrzej Walicki received the 1998 Balzan Prize for History for his Slavic cultural history, the English version of which was published by Stanford University Press .
The publisher is a member of the Association of American University Presses and the Association of American Publishers .
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ About Stanford University Press. In: Stanford University Press. Accessed July 14, 2018 .
- ↑ Richard Ellis ( Memento of the original from April 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ^ The bold theses of the linguist Joseph H. Greenberg. In: Wissenschaft.de. September 4, 2000, accessed September 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Walicki on the Balzan Prize page ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
