University of Georgia Press

Since its founding in 1938, the primary mission of the University of Georgia Press has been to support and enhance the University’s place as a major research institution by publishing outstanding works of scholarship and literature by scholars and writers throughout the world. The Press is the oldest and largest scholarly publisher within the University System of Georgia and has been a full member

of the Association of American University Presses since 1940. With a full-time staff of 26 publishing professionals, the Press currently publishes 60-70 new books a year and has 1800 titles in print. In 2008 the Press received the Governor’s Award in the Humanities “for enriching the life of the humanities through a distinguished record of publications, for serving as an important resource to libraries and other community discussion groups, and for building partnerships that contribute to enlightened communities of readers in Georgia and the nation.”

The University of Georgia Press publishes scholarly and general-interest books in the following areas:

African American studies
American history
American literature
American studies
Atlantic World studies
Ecocriticism
Environmental history
Environmental studies
Food studies
Geography
International relations
Landscape studies
Natural history
Regional trade (books about Georgia and the South)
Security studies
Southern studies
Urban studies