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Founded in 1963, the University of Massachusetts Press publishes scholarship, literature, and books for general readers that reflect the quality and diversity of intellectual life on UMass campuses, in their region, and around the world. UMass Press has sold more than 2,000,000 volumes since its inception, and currently has over 1,400 titles in print.  

In recent years, the Press has focused primarily on books in the field of American studies broadly defined—books that explore the history, politics, literature, culture, and environment of the United States—as well as works with a transnational perspective. In addition to publishing works of scholarship, the Press produces books of more general interest for a wider readership and launched its regional trade imprint, Bright Leaf in 2017.

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Oppression and Liberty

By Simone Weil; Translated by Arthur Wills and John Petrie; Introduction by F. Ellert and F. C. Ellert
University of Massachusetts Press
  • Copyright year: 1978
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Faulkner's Narrative Poetics

Style as Vision

University of Massachusetts Press
  • Copyright year: 1978
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The Necessity for Ruins and Other Topics

University of Massachusetts Press
  • Copyright year: 1980
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The Book of Shaker Furniture

University of Massachusetts Press
  • Copyright year: 1980
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Prayers for Dark People

University of Massachusetts Press
  • Copyright year: 1980
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The Amateur Wind Instrument Maker

University of Massachusetts Press
  • Copyright year: 1981
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Freshwater Wetlands

A Guide to Common Indicator Plants of the Northeast

By Dennis W. Magee; Illustrated by Abigail Rorer
University of Massachusetts Press
  • Copyright year: 1981
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The Assembly Line

University of Massachusetts Press
  • Copyright year: 1981
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Woman's Legacy

Essays on Race, Sex, and Class in American History

University of Massachusetts Press
  • Copyright year: 1982
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Mirror of the Indies

A History of Dutch Colonial Literature

By Rob Nieuwenhuys; Translated by Frans van Rosevelt; Edited by E. M. Beekman
University of Massachusetts Press
  • Copyright year: 1982
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Ever-Expanding Horizons

The Dual Informational Sources of Human Evolution

University of Massachusetts Press
  • Copyright year: 1983
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The Islands

By A. Alberts; Translated by Hans Koning; Edited by E. M. Beekman
University of Massachusetts Press
  • Copyright year: 1983
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