Articles tagged: University of Michigan Press
Legacy of Stevens T. Mason, Michigan's 'boy governor,' explored in new biography
Posted: Jan 16, 2013Chances are the name Stevens T. Mason isn’t familiar to many Michiganians these days. However, a new biography, “The Boy Governor: Stevens T. Mason and the Birth of Michigan Politics,” by Ann Arborite Don Faber, ... Read more »
'The Lone Wolverine' tells the story of a real Michigan wolverine
Posted: Jul 28, 2012Despite the large number of locals who identify themselves as Wolverines, the real, wild animal variety is simply not something you’ll come across in the state of Michigan. Yet in 2004, a set of unfamiliar ... Read more »
University of Michigan Press serializing 2 novels for free on Facebook
Posted: Jul 18, 2011As it continues moving forward in the world of digital book publishing, the University of Michigan Press has updated an old concept for a new era: the serialized novel. Starting today, the imprint is offering ... Read more »
U-M Press introduces us to 'Ladies of the Lights: Michigan Women in the U.S. Lighthouse Service'
Posted: Dec 21, 2010An article in Michigan History magazine first brought Patricia Majher's attention to the subject. Kathy Mason's 2003 cover story, “Mystery at Sand Point Lighthouse,” described the suspicious circumstances surrounding a fire at this Escanaba lighthouse ... Read more »
Michael Moore's work and image examined in U-M Press book, 'Michael Moore: Filmmaker, Newsmaker, Cultural Icon'
Posted: Dec 20, 2010Note: this story has been updated with more information on the controversy over "Roger and Me." Years ago, I interviewed an Ann Arbor man who’d known controversial filmmaker (and Michigan native) Michael Moore while growing ... Read more »
'Michigan Family Farms and Farm Buildings' explores the American way of life - via barns
Posted: Nov 30, 2010If you are the sort of person who looks for any chance to get Grandma and Grandpa going about the good old days, you're going to love “Michigan Family Farms and Farm Buildings: Landscapes of ... Read more »
Concentrate: A local focus from university presses
Posted: Sep 23, 2010Concentrate has a story this week about area university presses and their new focus on regional content. The University of Michigan Press and Wayne State University Press publish scholarly texts as their primary mission, but ... Read more »
'Blues in Black and White' photographer Stanley Livingston dies
Posted: Sep 17, 2010Stanley Livingston, Ann Arbor music and celebrity photographer, passed away Wednesday from a heart attack, following heart surgery earlier this year. He was 69. Livingston took tens of thousands of professional celebrity photographs over the ... Read more »
University of Michigan Press offering discount rentals for some E-books
Posted: Aug 24, 2010If prices are prohibting you from reading more books electronically, the University of Michigan Press has a deal for some of its scholarly titles: E-book rentals. Read more »
New U-M Press book offers an 'encyclopedic tour' of 'Michigan's County Courthouses'
Posted: Aug 23, 2010“This all started with a camera and a full tank of gas,” explained John Fedynsky. He’s talking about his book, “Michigan County Courthouses: An Encyclopedic Tour of Michigan Courthouses” (University of Michigan Press), in which ... Read more »
Book of candid photographs recalls groundbreaking Ann Arbor Blues Festival
Posted: Aug 21, 2010In 1969 and 1970, the Ann Arbor Blues Festival brought together an impressive slate of performers that seemed to feature every big name in the blues genre. Stanley Livingston, a professional photographer from Ann Arbor, ... Read more »
links: Weather history links: 'Extreme Michigan Weather' and Paul Gross
Posted: Jun 23, 2010Paul Gross, the WDIV Channel 4 staff meteorologist, has a new book out called "Extreme Michigan Weather" that was published by the University of Michigan Press. In it, he gives a history of some of ... Read more »
U-M Press launches Open Text Project with gift to the autism community
Posted: Apr 12, 2010The University of Michigan Press is in a unique position to honor National Autism Awareness Month by offering…awareness. The university’s publishing arm kicked off its brand-new Open Text Project on April 1 by making its ... Read more »
"The Changing Environment of Northern Michigan" details studies of U-M Biological Station
Posted: Jan 26, 2010Among the illustrious University of Michigan’s many long arms is its Biological Station, a small village on the southern tip of Douglas Lake, maybe 20 miles south of the Mackinac Bridge. It has all the ... Read more »
University of Michigan Press launches author talk series with photographer Monte Nagler
Posted: Jan 11, 2010The new University of Michigan Press Author Series will offer, in the Gallery (room 100) of the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library (920 North University), a monthly talk or show-and-tell by an author, followed by a ... Read more »
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