‘Travels in America,’ Syracuse, and the Erie Canal
Selections from Basil Hall’s journey to the Erie Canal through Central and western New York.
200 Years of ‘Celebration of the Grand Canal’
The opening day celebration of the Erie Canal in 1825 was a momentous occasion, featuring parades as well as crowds of people gathering to witness the first ships sail through the canal. One such witness was the Reverent Charles Giles. Giles arrived in Western New York from Connecticut, and eventually settled outside Utica after more than a dozen years of preaching around the state. A part-time poet, Giles wrote “Celebration of a Grand Canal” as a tribute both to the monumental construction as well as a salute to then Governor Clinton for his role in the project. “Celebration of the…
A journey through New York waterways with ‘Canal Boatman’
Richard Garrity spent much of his youth on the Erie Canal, with plenty of happy memories both along the waterways and on tugs and boats along the river. Garrity would go on to work as a boatmen as a young man, recording his memories years later in Canal Boatman: My Life on Upstate Waterways. In the below excerpt, Garrity remembers his first journey along the newly opened, expanded Barge Canal, which offered a new peak at familiar waters for the experienced boatman. When the Barge Canal opened on May 15, 1918, I had hired out as a fireman on the…
Announcing our Spring and Summer 2025 Books
As we enter 2025, we’re thrilled to share our catalog for our Spring 2025 publishing season.
Books for Understanding: Immigration
Across our many published series, Syracuse University Press has explored issues regarding immigration through a number of lenses, and in a wide variety of regions, never losing sight of the individuals caught up in the complex, often Byzantine process. Explore some of those titles below. In Nepali Migrant Women, Hamal Gurung gives voice to the growing number of Nepali women who migrate to the United States to work in the informal economy. Highlighting the experiences of thirty-five women, mostly college educated and middle class, who take on domestic service and unskilled labor jobs, Hamal Gurung challenges conventional portraits of Third…
Celebrate Earth Day with conservation books
Celebrate Earth Day with conservation books from Syracuse University Press.
Celebrate National Poetry Month
Syracuse University Press has a long history publishing poetry from around the world and, to celebrate National Poetry Month, we are offering 40% off of all of our poetry books.
Celebrate National Translation Month with the Press
Syracuse University Press has long worked to publish translated literature, poetry and work from around the world, as part of our Middle East Literature in Translation, Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art, and other series.
Celebrating Arab American Heritage Month
Syracuse University Press has long published on a wide range of Middle Eastern studies and has covered the intersection with American studies and contemporary life across decades of books.
Celebrating Black History Month
As part of Black History Month, Syracuse University Press is celebrating the success and historical accomplishments of African American figures as well as the scholarship of black authors and academics.