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Princeton University Press is an independent publisher with close connections, both formal and informal, to Princeton University. Its fundamental mission is to disseminate scholarship (through books, journals, and in the future, electronic media) both within academia and to society at large.
With the financial support of Charles Scribner, the Press was founded by Whitney Darrow in 1905 as a printing press to service the Princeton community. Its first book, published in 1912, was a new edition of Lectures on Moral Philosophy by John Witherspoon. Since then, the Press has sought to publish the innovative works of the greatest minds in academia.
Princeton University Press books that have been particularly influential are The Meaning of Relativity by Albert Einstein, The Constitution and What It Means Today by Edward Samuel Corwin, Atomic Energy for Military Purposes by Henry DeWolf Smyth, The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell, the Wilhelm/Baynes translation of The I Ching, Or Book of Changes, Irrational Exuberance by Robert Shiller, Women Don't Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever, The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions by William G. Bowen and Derek Bok, Garden Insects of North America: The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs by Whitney Cranshaw, The Quotable Jefferson collected and edited by John P. Kaminski, Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More by Derek Bok, and, most recently, On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt.In addition to publishing the best scholarship available, the Press has undertaken several monumental projects including The Papers of Woodrow Wilson, The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, and The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein.
Six Princeton University Press books have won Pulitzer Prizes: Russia Leaves the War (1957) by George F. Kennan, Banks and Politics in America From the Revolution to the Civil War (1958) by Bray Hammond, Between War and Peace (1961) by Herbert Feis, Washington, Village and Capital (1963) by Constance McLaughlin Green, The Greenback Era (1965) by Irwin Unger, and Machiavelli in Hell (1989) by Sebastian de Grazia.
Directors of the Press
- 1905-1917, Whitney Darrow
- 1917-1938, Paul G. Tomlinson
- 1938-1942, Joseph Brandt
- 1942-1952, Datus C. Smith, Jr.
- 1952-1954, Norvell B. Samuels, acting director
- 1954-1986, Herbert S. Bailey, Jr.
- 1986-2005, Walter Lippincott
- 2005- , Peter J. Dougherty
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"Princeton University Press"