Welcome to the University of Minnesota Press’s Library of Open-Access Titles

Known for its boundary breaking editorial program in the humanities and social sciences, the University of Minnesota Press developed Manifold as an innovative platform to publish and read open-access books online. Browse the collections below, explore our full library of open titles, and start reading today.

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Welcome to the University of Minnesota Press’s Library of Open-Access Titles

Newest Releases

New and recently updated titles to which we'd like to direct your attention. Check out our entire library of open titles.
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Prizewinners

These recent University of Minnesota Press titles have earned recognition from some of the world’s leading scholarly organizations.
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Forerunners: Ideas First

Forerunners is a thought-in-process series of breakthrough digital works. Written between fresh ideas and finished books, Forerunners draws on scholarly work initiated in notable blogs, social media, conference plenaries, journal articles, and the synergy of academic exchange.
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Rediscoveries

Rediscoveries presents books of continuing scholarly importance, originally published by Minnesota over the past two decades, in new open-access editions.
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