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Miautics @miautics.bsky.social · Apr 15

A Territory in Conflict
Eras of Development and Urban Architecture in Gaza
By Fatina Abreek-Zubiedat. The urban and architectural history of Gaza’s cities and the varied perspectives and identities of the people who shaped them @upittpress.bsky.social
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abbysmcallister.bsky.social @abbysmcallister.bsky.social · Feb 14

Not to be missed: this episode of @randywilburn.bsky.social 's podcast on the ever-inspiring Mal Goode. #blackhistorymonth iamnorthwestarkansas.com/captivate-po...

Mal Goode: Breaking Barriers in Broadcast Journalism

About the Show: As we celebrate Black History Month, we take this opportunity to revisit the inspiring legacy of Mal Goode—the first Black network new...

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University of Pittsburgh Press @upittpress.bsky.social · Dec 3

COVER REVEAL! We’re thrilled to announce: Model Schools in the Model City: Race, Planning, and Education in the Nation’s Capital by Amber N. Wiley (on sale 3/25/25

Details/pre-order here: upittpress.org/books/978082...

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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · Dec 11

This beauty from @upittpress.bsky.social
arrived today. Happy I could help a little to get this terrific book published. #HistNatHist #museums #collections #papertechnologies Anne Greenwood MacKinney:
Nature on Paper. Documenting Science in Prussia, 1770-1850. upittpress.org/books/978082... 📜🗃️

Image of a book: Anne Greenwood MacKinney:
Nature on Paper. Documenting Science in Prussia, 1770-1850.
It’s a drawing of a bird and handwritten notes.

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Anna-Luna Post @annalunapost.bsky.social · Dec 20

I received the *best* news just before the holidays: my book is now in copyediting!

Galileo’s Fame: Science, Credibility, and Memory in the Seventeenth Century will appear in the Fall of 2025 with @upittpress.bsky.social.

To celebrate, I bought myself something I've had my eye on for ages...

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University of Pittsburgh Press @upittpress.bsky.social · Jan 13

Terrific interview with Amy Kaminski, author of The People’s Spaceship: NASA, the Shuttle Era, and Public Engagement after Apollo now available on GovFresh.com!

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Direct messaging: Amy Paige Kaminski

Author, catalyst, & champion for public engagement with space, science, & technology

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University of Pittsburgh Press @upittpress.bsky.social · Jan 29

"The first scholar with a deep knowledge of Carpatho-Rusyn culture to write about Warhol, Rusinko’s engaging book will no doubt prove to be the definitive study of Julia’s profound influence on her son."

Terrific review of Andy Warhol's Mother @hyperallergic.com!
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Julia Warhola Was an Artist in Her Own Right

The calligrapher, illustrator, and mother to Andy Warhol lived with her son in New York City for decades, supporting and even collaborating with him on artistic projects.

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University of Pittsburgh Press @upittpress.bsky.social · Feb 5

Rather than reduce the Gaza Strip to an arena of war and violence, Abreek-Zubiedat resurrects the urban and architectural history of Gaza’s cities and the varied perspectives and identities of the people who shaped them.

A Territory in Conflict is out next month upittpress.org/books/978082...

University of Pittsburgh Press @upittpress.bsky.social · Jan 22

A groundbreaking study of urban and architectural history in Gaza, A Territory in Conflict is the first book to present the cultural architecture and urban history of the Gaza Strip in the wake of Israel’s occupation of the territory in 1967.

On sale: 3/18/25: upittpress.org/books/978082...

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abbysmcallister.bsky.social @abbysmcallister.bsky.social · Feb 14

Hearty congrats to @kendalljoy.bsky.social, acquiring editor Josh Shanholtzer, and our CLC series editors Aja Y. Martinez and Stacey Waite. 🙌 upittpress.org/series/compo...

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abbysmcallister.bsky.social @abbysmcallister.bsky.social · Feb 14

Last night we gathered to celebrate the life and legacy of Mal Goode, Wilburn's grandfather and network news’s first African American correspondent. A welcome reminder of all that's good in the world in these dark and strange times. upittpress.org/books/978082...

Mal Goode Reporting - University of Pittsburgh Press

|9780822967453|The Life and Work of a Black Broadcast Trailblazer|Mal Goode (1908–1995) became network news’s first African American correspondent when ABC News hired him in 1962. Raised in Homestead ...

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abbysmcallister.bsky.social @abbysmcallister.bsky.social · Feb 14

"A blueprint for what it means to treat other people right." — @randywilburn.bsky.social on Mal Goode Reporting: The Life and Work of a Black Broadcast Trailblazer, by Liann Tsoukas and Rob Ruck. @upittpress.bsky.social

Mal Goode Reporting - University of Pittsburgh Press

|9780822967453|The Life and Work of a Black Broadcast Trailblazer|Mal Goode (1908–1995) became network news’s first African American correspondent when ABC News hired him in 1962. Raised in Homestead ...

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abbysmcallister.bsky.social @abbysmcallister.bsky.social · Feb 5

"Today, @aupresses.bsky.social joins in repudiating the recent presidential Executive Order that grossly mischaracterizes current primary and secondary history education across the US as 'radical indoctrination.'"👇

AUPresses Responds to the 1776 Report - Association of University Presses

We note that this report is plagued by procedural deficiencies that would render it unpublishable as a serious work of scholarship.

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abbysmcallister.bsky.social @abbysmcallister.bsky.social · Jan 17

Our spring catalog has dropped! upittpress.org/spring-summe...

Spring & Summer 2025 Catalog - University of Pittsburgh Press

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Edwin Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social · Nov 15

And it is now possible to pre-order from @upittpress.bsky.social upittpress.org/books/978082...!

Edwin Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social · Nov 11

Delighted to say that my book now has a cover! Due to be published on 18 March 2025 (USA) and 13 May 2025 (worldwide).

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University of Pittsburgh Press @upittpress.bsky.social · Nov 15

Cover Reveal! We’re thrilled to announce the forthcoming publication of Imperial Weather: Meteorology, Science, and the Environment in Colonial Malaya by Fiona Williamson.

Imperial Weather joins our Intersections series on 2/18/25.
Details and preorders here: upittpress.org/books/978082...

Book cover for Imperial Weather featuring hand-drawn artwork of a sandy beach with four tall ships in the distance. It is raining.

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Marci Baranski @ecomarci.bsky.social · Nov 16

I heard we're talking about the politicization of science today? It just happens to be my book's 2nd birthday! 🎂🎂

The Globalization of Wheat is about how a controversial scientific concept, "wide adaptation," became the basis of today's international agricultural development.

#histsci #envhist

The cover image from the book The Globalization of Wheat by Marci R. Baranski. There is a stylized graphic of a hand holding a globe and wheat stalk.

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abbysmcallister.bsky.social @abbysmcallister.bsky.social · Dec 7

Another stellar addition to CPBE.

University of Pittsburgh Press @upittpress.bsky.social · Nov 19

A very happy pub day Spatial Theories for the Americas by Fernando Luiz Lara!

Lara discusses several theories of space—drawing on cartography, geography, anthropology, and mostly architecture—and proposes counterweights to five centuries of Eurocentrism.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · Nov 26

Today on our site we are highlighting @mattholmes.bsky.social's new book, The Graft Hybrid: Challenging Twentieth-Century Genetics (@upittpress.bsky.social, 2024)

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#envhist #histsci #book

New Book - The Graft Hybrid: Challenging Twentieth-Century Genetics

For environmental historians, The Graft Hybrid offers new insights into what it meant to think about the “environment” in the twentieth century and how we now perceive and define biotechnology.

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University of Pittsburgh Press @upittpress.bsky.social · Dec 2

The Art of Freedom: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay and the Making of Modern India by Nico Slate is one of History Today’s Best Books of 2024!

www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...

Books of the Year 2024: Part 1

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abbysmcallister.bsky.social @abbysmcallister.bsky.social · Dec 7

Forthcoming in our Culture, Politics, and Built Environment series, ed. Dianne Harris.

University of Pittsburgh Press @upittpress.bsky.social · Dec 3

COVER REVEAL! We’re thrilled to announce: Model Schools in the Model City: Race, Planning, and Education in the Nation’s Capital by Amber N. Wiley (on sale 3/25/25

Details/pre-order here: upittpress.org/books/978082...

abbysmcallister.bsky.social @abbysmcallister.bsky.social · Nov 15

We’re a bit tucked away near Studio 4, but I hope you’ll stop by to check out the sale @upittpress.bsky.social for #PSA24. 30% off + free domestic shipping through 12/2. Use code 29PSA24. upittpress.org/psa-2024-con...

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abbysmcallister.bsky.social @abbysmcallister.bsky.social · Nov 12

I was sorry to miss #hss24 this year, but please take advantage of our conference sale @upittpress.bsky.social . Through Dec. 10th, take 30% off select titles + free domestic shipping with code 29HSS24. @historyscience.bsky.social upittpress.org/hss-2024-con...

HSS 2024 Conference Sale - University of Pittsburgh Press

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abbysmcallister.bsky.social @abbysmcallister.bsky.social · Nov 12

I finally deactivated my X account—looking forward to connecting with @upittpress.bsky.social authors, past, present, and future, on @bsky.app.

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University of Pittsburgh Press @upittpress.bsky.social · Oct 24

We’re thrilled to announce the forthcoming publication of World Observation: Empire, Architecture, and the Global Archive of Itō Chūta by Matthew Mullane, an incisive study of a towering figure in modern Japanese architecture.

World Observation will be published on April 22, 2025.

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Amy Sherman @andcleverness.bsky.social · Oct 30

we're hiring a Design & Production Assistant at the University of Pittsburgh Press (@upittpress.bsky.social)!
help us make beautiful books!
#publishing

Design %26 Production Assistant

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

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