Lehigh University Press
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Lehigh University Press is the publishing house of Lehigh University
. Lehigh's university press
was a member of the Associated University Presses
consortium; other members included Bucknell University Press
, University of Delaware Press
, Susquehanna University Press and Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
. When Associated University Presses ceased operating in 2010, a new distribution agreement between Lehigh University Press, Bucknell University Press, University of Delaware Press, and Fairleigh Dickinson University Press was struck with Rowman & Littlefield
.
Founded in 1985, the current director of the press is Lehigh History professor Monica Najar. The press's three main areas of focus are 18th century studies, local history, and science and technology in society.
Lehigh University
Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school, but has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines...
. Lehigh's university press
University press
A university press is an academic, nonprofit publishing house that is typically affiliated with a large research university, and publishes work that has been reviewed by scholars in the field. It produces mainly scholarly works...
was a member of the Associated University Presses
Associated University Presses
Associated University Presses is a publishing company based in the United States, formed and operated as a consortium of several American university presses. AUP was first established and incorporated in 1966, with the first titles bearing the AUP imprint appearing from 1968...
consortium; other members included Bucknell University Press
Bucknell University Press
Bucknell University Press was founded in 1968 as part of a consortium operated by Associated University Presses and currently partnered with Rowman & Littlefield. Since then it has published more than 1000 titles in the humanities and social and biological sciences...
, University of Delaware Press
University of Delaware Press
The University of Delaware Press is a publishing house and a department of the University of Delaware in the United States, whose main campus is at Newark, Delaware, where the University Press is also based....
, Susquehanna University Press and Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press is a publishing house under the operation and oversight of Fairleigh Dickinson University, the largest private university in New Jersey, USA. FDU Press was established in 1967 by the university's founder Peter Sammartino, in cooperation with the publisher...
. When Associated University Presses ceased operating in 2010, a new distribution agreement between Lehigh University Press, Bucknell University Press, University of Delaware Press, and Fairleigh Dickinson University Press was struck with Rowman & Littlefield
Rowman & Littlefield
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an independent publishing house founded in 1949. Under several imprints, the company offers scholarly books and journals for the academic market, as well as trade books. The company also owns a book distributor, National Book Network...
.
Founded in 1985, the current director of the press is Lehigh History professor Monica Najar. The press's three main areas of focus are 18th century studies, local history, and science and technology in society.