One important but under-considered aspect of the connection between television’s rise and the Cold War is the anxiety that the rapid growth in the cultural influence of television produced in its wake, most notably a concern about the older, traditional American culture ostensibly being left behind. Included within this “traditional” culture was…[Read more]

Anonymized data set for “Print Revenue and Open Access Monographs: A University Press Study,” containing data on 976 OA books. This study was undertaken over 2022-2023 by AUPresses and Ithaka S+R, supported by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The full report and additional information can be found via…[Read more]

The second edition of the AUPresses Handbook for peer review of scholarly books was published online in September 2022. This deposit is an accessible PDF of the 2022 edition prepared in spring 2023; the most current version of the handbook is always available at https://peerreview.up.hcommons-staging.org. Demonstration of the highest standards of…[Read more]

With the brazen privatization, if not pending chaotic collapse of Twitter, millions of people are looking for alternative spaces to share their work, thoughts, and ill-conceived memes. Among the many digital migrants are a significant number of academics who looking for guidance, and familiar faces, as they try to make sense of the many new…[Read more]