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.
Indigenous Kinship, Colonial Texts, and the Contested Space of Early New England
- Copyright year: 2023
Handwriting in Early America
A Media History
- Copyright year: 2023
How the News Feels
The Empathic Power of Literary Journalists
- Copyright year: 2023
Dropping In
What Skateboarders Can Teach Us about Learning, Schooling, and Youth Development
- Copyright year: 2023
"This World Is Not My Home"
A Critical Biography of African American Writer Charles Wright
- Copyright year: 2023
The Songs of Betty Baach
- Copyright year: 2023
The Horrible Peace
British Veterans and the End of the Napoleonic Wars
- Copyright year: 2023
Idea City
How to Make Boston More Livable, Equitable, and Resilient
- Copyright year: 2023
Teaching the History of the Book
- Copyright year: 2023
Fighting Over There
U.S. War Making and Contemporary Refugee Literature
- Copyright year: 2023
A Voice in Their Own Destiny
Reagan, Thatcher, and Public Diplomacy in the Nuclear 1980s
- Copyright year: 2023
The New Civil Rights Movement Reader
Resistance, Resilience, and Justice
- Copyright year: 2023