Welcome to Duke University Press Books, publisher of over 100 titles per year for the general trade and academic markets. We are proud to be among the leading university presses in American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Cultural Studies, Film & Television Studies, Gay & Lesbian Studies, Latin American Studies, Literary Criticism & Theory, and Postcolonial Studies.

“It is one of the glories of American democracy that North Carolina is home to both Jesse Helms and the Duke University Press.”
– Foreign Affairs

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– The New York Times Book Review

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