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| Parent company | University of Manchester |
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| Founded | 1904 |
| Founder | James Tait |
| Headquarters location | Manchester, England |
| Distribution | NBN International (UK books) Oxford University Press (Americas books) Footprint Books (Australia books)[1] Turpin Distribution (Worldwide journals)[2] |
| Publication types | Books, academic journals |
| Official website | manchesteruniversitypress |
Manchester University Press is theuniversity press of theUniversity of Manchester,England, and a publisher of academic books and journals. Manchester University Press has developed into an international publisher. It maintains its links with the University.
Manchester University Press publishes monographs and textbooks for academic teaching in higher education. In 2012 it was producing about 145 new books annually and managed a number of journals.[3][needs update]
Areas of expertise are history, politics and international law, literature and theatre studies, and visual culture.
MUP books are marketed and distributed byOxford University Press in the United States and Canada, and in Australia by Footprint Books; all other global territories are covered from Manchester itself. Some of the press's books were formerly published in the US byBarnes & Noble, Inc., New York.[4] Later the press established an American office inDover, New Hampshire.[5]
Manchester University Press has been actively involved inopen access.[6][7] It is one of thirteen publishers to participate in theKnowledge Unlatched pilot, a global library consortium approach to fundingopen access books.[8]
MUP was founded in 1904 (as the Publications Committee of the University), initially to publish academic research being undertaken at theVictoria University of Manchester. The office was accommodated in a house in Lime Grove.[9] Distribution was then in the hands ofSherratt & Hughes of Manchester; from 1913 the distributors wereLongmans, Green & Co. though this arrangement came to an end in the 1930s. (Only 17 publications had been issued under its imprint in the first year.)[10]
MUP was founded by James Tait. His successor wasThomas Tout and between them they were in charge for the first 20 years of the Press's existence. H. M. McKechnie was secretary to the press from 1912 to 1949.
The MUP offices moved several times to make way for other developments within the university. Since 1951 these have beenGrove House, Oxford Road,[11] then the formerUniversity Dental Hospital of Manchester (illustrated) and until the present time theManchester Medical School in Coupland Street.
