Email: americanplaces@colum.edu
The Center for American Places, which joined the Columbia College community in 2007, is an active publishing company whose goal it is to develop and produce books of lasting value for the classroom and the common reader. The center's publishing program is designed to enhance the public's understanding, appreciation, and affection for the places of the Americas and the rest of the world—whether urban, suburban, rural, or wild. It is guided by the view that books provide the intellectual and emotional foundation for comprehending and caring for the places where we live, work, and commune. The center brings to publication, on average, 15-20 books per year, under its own imprint and occasionally in association with publishing partners. Since 1990, the center has published more than 320 works spanning dozens of disciplines including geography, history, landscape and urban studies, photography, and creative nonfiction. The center has won or shared more than 100 editorial prizes, including best-book honors in 31 academic fields.
The center's publishing program continues to pioneer a new path in place-based study in a wide range of academic and artistic fields. For more information about publishing, internships, or the center's book list, please email us at: americanplaces@colum.edu.