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Wilmington, North Carolina once had a thriving Black middle class and an elected interracial government. In 1898 white supremacists used violence to overthrow that government, kill Black residents and drive many others from the city.
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This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
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| Parent company | University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
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| Founded | 1941 |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Distribution | UNC Press (US) Codasat Canada (Canada) Combined Academic Publishers (EMEA for UNP, JPS) Casemate (Europe for Potomac) Eurospan Group (Asia, the Pacific)[1] |
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| Official website | www |
The University of Nebraska Press (UNP) is an academic publisher of scholarly and general-interest books. Established in 1941, the press is under the auspices of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, the main campus of the University of Nebraska system. UNP publishes primarily non-fiction books and academic journals, in both print and electronic editions. The press has particularly strong publishing programs in Native American studies, the history and culture of the American West, sports, world and national affairs, and military history. The press has also been active in reprinting classic books from various genres, including science fiction and fantasy.
Since its inception, UNP has published more than 4,000 books and thirty journals, adding approximately 150 titles each year, making it the twelfth-largest university press in the United States.[2] Three of UNP's books have received the Bancroft Prize, the highest honor bestowed on history books in the U. S.
Domestic distribution is provided by the University of North Carolina Press's Longleaf Services.[3] UNP is a member of the Association of University Presses.
The University of Nebraska Press began in November 1941 at the prompting of chancellor Chauncey Samuel Boucher, who hired Emily Schossberger as UNP's first editor. UNP became the 32nd American university press and seventh in the Midwest. During Schossberger's seventeen-year tenure UNP published 97 books, primarily focused on regional titles and the works of Louise Pound, Karl Shapiro, and George W. Norris. Following Schossberger's departure, Bruce Nicoll became UNP's first official director and Virginia Faulkner became editor-in-chief. Nicoll led the UNP for seventeen years and expanded its focus to publish books of more diverse backgrounds, not simply monographs for and by scholars. That led to the launch of UNP's first imprint in 1961, Bison Books, specializing in paperback books to be sold in non-traditional places such as truck stops, drug stores, and gas stations. In 1966 the press expanded by creating distribution partnerships overseas.[2]
In 1975, Dave Gilbert became UNP director and reoriented Bison Books toward a more western focus. Gilbert hired designer Richard Eckersley and his wife Dika to bring all book design in-house. Gilbert eventually left for a post at Cornell University and was succeeded by editor-in-chief Bill Regier, UNP's third full-time director. Regier expanded UNP's focus beyond the American West into foreign translations and literature, particularly France and Scandinavia, with three translation authors later receiving Nobel Prizes. By 1991, UNP had 2,000 books in print, was adding 100 new books per year, and had annual sales of $4.5 million. Dan Ross became director in 1995, expanding Bison Books to focus on sports, especially baseball, the start of UNP's highly regarded sports publishing program.[4] In Ross's first year, UNP's annual sales topped $6 million, a 600-percent increase from 1980.[2]
By the early 2000s, Gary Dunham became director and in 2009 UNP sold its longtime warehouse in the Haymarket District. With Donna Shear as editor-in-chief, Bison Books was redefined to solely represent books of the west and UNP switched to a print-on-demand model of publishing, coordinating the simultaneous release of ebooks with the print editions. Shear also tripled journal production to thirty publications and in September 2011 the press entered into a collaborative publishing arrangement with the Jewish Publication Society, one of the oldest Jewish publishers in the United States.[2] In April 2013, the press acquired Potomac Books, a publisher specializing in military and diplomatic topics.[5] With the new additions, UNP surpassed $7 million in sales in 2015, moved up in status with the Association of University Presses, and become the twelfth-largest university press in the country.[2] Three of the press's books have received the Bancroft Prize, the highest honor bestowed on history books in the U. S.
Under its Nebraska imprint, UNP publishes both scholarly and general interest books, with a particular focus on Native and Indigenous studies, history, sports history, American studies and cultural criticism, environmental studies, anthropology, and creative works.[6] UNP publishes scholarly editions of the works of Willa Cather, including the classics My Ántonia and O Pioneers!.
Bison Books began in 1961 as UNP's first trade imprint and originally focused on inexpensive paperbacks of general-interest works in Western Americana. In 2013 Bison Books shifted its focus to the trans-Mississippi West. The imprint has featured the work of notable authors such as André Breton, George Armstrong Custer, William F. Cody, Loren Eiseley, Michel Foucault, Che Guevara, Wright Morris, Tillie Olsen, Mari Sandoz, Wallace Stegner, Leo Tolstoy, Philip Wylie, and Stefan Zweig.[7]
Bison Books issues Bison Frontiers of Imagination, a series of science fiction novels that includes works by Jules Verne, Hugo Gernsback, Edgar Rice Burroughs, A. Merritt, E. E. Smith, and Karel Čapek.[8]
Potomac Books began in 1983 as Brassey's, the U. S. imprint of a longstanding British publishing enterprise that focused on military subjects.[9] The trade imprint was acquired by Books International in 1999 and renamed Potomac Books in 2004, expanding its catalog to include world and national affairs, presidential history, diplomats and diplomacy, and biography and memoir.[9] UNP purchased Potomac Books in 2013.[10]
The Jewish Publication Society (JPS) is the oldest nonprofit, nondenominational publisher of Jewish works in English. Founded in Philadelphia in 1888, it is known for its English translation of the Hebrew Bible, the NJPS Tanakh. UNP purchased all of JPS's outstanding book inventory, and is responsible for the production, distribution, and marketing all JPS publications, although JPS continues its operations from its Philadelphia headquarters, acquiring new manuscripts and developing new projects.[11]
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The University of Nebraska Press (UNP) is an academic publisher of scholarly and general-interest books. Established in 1941, the press is under the auspices of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, the main campus of the University of Nebraska system. UNP publishes primarily non-fiction books and academic journals, in both print and electronic editions. The press has particularly strong publishing programs in Native American studies, the history and culture of the American West, sports, world and national affairs, and military history. The press has also been active in reprinting classic books from various genres, including science fiction and fantasy. Since its inception, UNP has published more than 4,000 books and thirty journals, adding approximately 150 titles each year, making it the twelfth-largest university press in the United States. Three of UNP's books have received the Bancroft Prize, the highest honor bestowed on history books in the U. S. Domestic distribution is provided by the University of North Carolina Press's Longleaf Services. UNP is a member of the Association of University Presses.
Brian Glyn Williams is a professor of Islamic History at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth who worked for the CIA. As an undergraduate, he attended Stetson University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1988. He received his PhD in Middle Eastern and Islamic Central Asian History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1999. An expert on history of the Middle East, he has written a number of books on Afghanistan, the war on terror and General Rashid Dostum. His articles have been published by the Jamestown Foundation. As an expert in the country, he teaches courses on Afghanistan at Umass Dartmouth.
Thutmose III (variously also spelled Tuthmosis or Thothmes, Ancient Egyptian: 𓅝𓄟𓄤𓆣; c. 1485 BC - 11 March 1425 BC), sometimes called Thutmose the Great, was a pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. He is regarded as one of the greatest warriors, military commanders, and military strategists of his time; as Egypt's preeminent warrior pharaoh and conqueror; and as a dominant figure in the New Kingdom period. Technically, Thutmose III ruled Egypt from 28 April 1479 BC until his death on 11 March 1425 BC. However, for the first 22 years of his reign he was coregent with his stepmother and aunt, Hatshepsut, who was named pharaoh. He became sole ruler after Hatshepsut's death around 1458 BC. Thutmose III conducted between 17 and 20 military campaigns, all victorious, which brought ancient Egypt's empire to its zenith. They are detailed in the inscriptions known as the Annals of Thutmose III. He also created the ancient Egyptian navy, the first navy in the ancient world. Historian Richard Gabriel called him the "Napoleon of Egypt". Two years before his own death, and after the death of his firstborn son and heir Amenemhat, Thutmose III appointed a later son, Amenhotep II, as junior co-regent and successor-in-waiting
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) is the fourth Nimitz-class, nuclear-powered, aircraft carrier in the United States Navy. She is named in honor of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States and a proponent of naval power. She is the fourth ship named in honor of Theodore Roosevelt, three bearing his full name and a fourth with just his last name. Another three U.S. Navy ships have "Roosevelt" in their names in honor of members of the Roosevelt family. This carrier's radio call sign is "Rough Rider", the nickname of President Roosevelt's volunteer cavalry unit during the Spanish–American War. She was launched in 1984, and saw her first action during the Gulf War in 1991. As of August 2024, she is deployed with Carrier Air Wing 11 and Carrier Strike Group 9 and the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers USS John S. McCain, USS Halsey, and USS Daniel Inouye.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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