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spring & summer 2016 hat an honor it is to be the director of the University of Nebraska Press as it celebrates its 75th anniversary and diamond jubilee. Reference to a diamond W seems particularly apt, since I have often thought of the press as the “jewel in the crown” of Great Plains publishing. Always innovative—whether it was the bold idea more than fifty years ago to start a paperback reprint line called Bison Books, or the hunch that great works of fiction translated into English would eventually receive the honors they deserved, or the recent technological plunge into XML formatting, or the collaboration with the Jewish Publication Society, or the recent acquisition of Potomac Books—UNP has never failed to be at the forefront of scholarly and regional publishing. And it has paid off: threeUNP authors went on to become Nobel Laureates; one au- thor became a U.S. poet laureate and won a Pulitzer Prize; two authors in recent years won Bancroft Prizes (history’s highest honor); we recently ascended into the largest tier (in revenue) of university presses; and, of course, we continue to be committed to publishing and disseminating works of intellectual and cultural significance that move civilization forward. Just use this catalog as a barometer: the depth and breadth of our offerings are staggering. Our Native studies books include works on no fewer than seven different populations: Ojibwes, Comanches, Ho-Chunks, Lakotas, Kiowas, Salish, and Alto Perené Arawaks. We are pleased to publish a comprehensive biography of the great John G. Neihardt. Our sports history titles run the gamut, from football, baseball, and basketball to cycling and martial arts. We are publishing several books on Mexico and the Mexican experience, an area in which the press has become a leading publisher of important scholarship, and we continue to publish fine works in the African Poetry series. Under the banner of our Potomac imprint (whose books are folded into this catalog for the first time) we continue to publish important works of current affairs, military affairs, foreign policy, and political biography both recent and historical. Seventy-five years is a long time, and myriad people have come and gone from the press, each making his or her contribution. In many ways we have changed over three-quarters of a century, but in many ways we are just the same: everything we do we strive to do exceptionally well—acquire, edit, design, market, and distribute excellent books and journals in print and digital formats. It goes without saying that the University of Nebraska Press remains indebted to and grateful for the support of our parent institution—regents, presidents, and chancel- lors past and present—as well as the sustenance provided by all of our authors and readers. Thanks to all of you.

With best regards, A history of the Press will be available in March 2016: Big House on the Prairie 75 Years of the University of Nebraska Press

Donna A. Shear $9.95 paperback 978-0-8032-8812-6 Director $14.00 Canadian/£9.99 UK Support the Press

Help the University of Nebraska Press continue its vibrant program of scholarly and regional book publishing by becoming a Friend of the Press during our diamond jubilee year. To join, visit nebraskapress.unl.edu or contact Erika Kuebler Rippeteau, grants and development specialist, at 402-472-1660 or [email protected]. To find out about special opportunities for our 75th anniversary, including sponsoring an individual book or endowing a series, contact Donna Shear, Press director, at 402-472-2861 or [email protected].

Subject Guide Contents

Africa 32–33, 51 , 56 General Interest African American Studies 28–29, 50, 52 Nebraska/Bison Books . . . . . 2 American Studies 2–3, 52, 54–55, 76 Potomac Books ...... 34 Anthropology & Archaeology 6, 50, 66–69, 71–73, 77 JPS...... 46 Art & Photography 12–19, 64–65 Special Interest......