What is University of Missouri Press?
{{Infobox publisher | name = University of Missouri Press | image = | caption = | parent = [[University of Missouri]] | status = | traded_as = | predecessor = | founded = 1958 | founder = William Peden | successor = | country = United States | headquarters = [[Columbia, Missouri]] | distribution = [[Chicago Distribution Center]] (US)<ref>{{Cite web| title = Publishers served by the Chicago Distribution Center| work = University of Chicago Press| access-date = 2017-09-12| url = http://press.uchicago.edu/cdc/publishers.html}}</ref><br>Scholarly Book Services (Canada)<br>[[East-West Export Books]] (Asia, the Pacific)<br>The Eurospan Group (Europe)<ref>{{Cite web| title = Orders| work = Missouri Press| access-date = 2017-12-03| url = https://upress.missouri.edu/orders/}}</ref> | keypeople = | publications = Books | topics = | genre = | imprints = | revenue = | owner = | numemployees = | website = {{URL|http://press.umsystem.edu}} }} The '''University of Missouri Press''' is a [[university press]] controlled by the [[University of Missouri]] in [[Columbia, Missouri]] and [[London|London, England]]. It was created in 1958 by English professor William Peden.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://press.umsystem.edu/pages/history_mission.aspx |title=History and Mission |publisher=University of Missouri Press |access-date=May 26, 2012}}</ref> Many publications are by, for, and about people from Missouri. The Press also focuses on the areas of American and world history; [[military history]]; intellectual history; biography; journalism; African American studies; [[women's studies]]; American, British, and Latin American literary criticism; [[political science]]; regional studies; and creative nonfiction. The Press has published 2,000 books since its creation and currently publishes about 30 mostly academic books a year. ==References== {{reflist}} {{authority control}} [[Category:1958 establishments in the United States]] [[Category