Wilfrid Laurier University Press, based in
Waterloo
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* Battle of Waterloo, a battle on 18 June 1815 in which Napoleon met his final defeat
* Waterloo, Belgium, where the battle took place.
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,
Ontario, is a publisher of scholarly writing and is part of
Wilfrid Laurier University. The fourth-largest
university press in Canada, WLUP publishes work in a variety of disciplines in the
humanities and
social sciences —
literary criticism
Literary criticism (or literary studies) is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods. Th ...
,
indigenous studies,
sociology,
environmental studies
Environmental studies is a multidisciplinary academic field which systematically studies human interaction with the environment. Environmental studies connects principles from the physical sciences, commerce/economics, the humanities, and social ...
, and
history among them — as well as books of regional interest. Laurier Press also provides publishing services to scholarly associations and journals.
History
The Press was founded in 1974 as a non-profit enterprise. They publish 20-25 titles per year and have 800 physical titles in print and digital formats. WLUP has been typesetting books from electronic files since 1984, and was one of the first publishers to have a web presence in 1994.
Wilfrid Laurier University Press distributes titles for the Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies,
Toronto International Film Festival (in Canada) and the Cress Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay. WLUP is represented in the trade market by in Canada by Ampersand Inc., in the United States by Ingram Academic, and around the world by Eurospan. Wilfrid Laurier University Press is a member of the
Association of American University Presses, the Association of Canadian University Presses (and through them, the
International Publishers Association), the Association of Canadian Publishers, and the Organization of Book Publishers of Ontario.
References
External links
Wilfrid Laurier University PressScholars Commons @ Laurier
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University presses of Canada
Publishing companies established in 1974
Literary publishing companies