Fitzroy Dearborn was an American publisher of academic library reference titles with offices in London and Chicago. It was acquired by
Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals. Its parts include Taylor & Francis, Routledge, F1000 (publisher), F1000 Research or Dovepress. It is a division of Informa ...
as an imprint of
Routledge
Routledge () is a British multinational publisher. It was founded in 1836 by George Routledge, and specialises in providing academic books, journals and online resources in the fields of the humanities, behavioural science, education, law ...
Reference in 2002, before Taylor & Francis merged with
Informa.
At the time of its sale, the company had a backlist of 350 titles.
History
Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers was founded in 1994 by Daniel Kirkpatrick and George Walsh. The company was a publisher of academic library reference titles with offices in London and Chicago. It was acquired by the UK-based
Taylor & Francis Group
Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals. Its parts include Taylor & Francis, Routledge, F1000 (publisher), F1000 Research or Dovepress. It is a division of Informa ...
as an imprint of
Routledge
Routledge () is a British multinational publisher. It was founded in 1836 by George Routledge, and specialises in providing academic books, journals and online resources in the fields of the humanities, behavioural science, education, law ...
Reference in 2002. Taylor & Francis itself subsequently merged with
Informa.
At the time of its sale, the company had a backlist of 350 titles, many of them award-winning.
Name
The name of the company was derived from the districts of London and Chicago in which its offices were located, Fitzrovia and Dearborn respectively.
Titles
Fitzroy Dearborn's titles included:
*''Dictionary of Artists' Models.''
*''Dictionary of Women Artists.''
*''
Encyclopedia of African History
The ''Encyclopedia of African History'' is a three-volume work dedicated to African history. It was edited by Kevin Shillington and published in New York City by Routledge in November 2004. The Library of Congress subjects for this work are '' ...
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*''Encyclopedia of AIDS.''
*''Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography.''
*''Encyclopedia of the Essay.''
*''Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition.''
*''Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing.''
*''
Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture
An encyclopedia (American English) or encyclopædia (British English) is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge either general or special to a particular field or discipline. Encyclopedias are divided into articles ...
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*''Encyclopedia of Interior Design.''
*''Encyclopedia of Life Writing. ''
*''Encyclopedia of Literary Translation into English.''
*''Encyclopedia of Mexico.''
*''Encyclopedia of Monasticism.''
*''Encyclopedia of the Novel. ''
*''Encyclopedia of the Palestinians.''
*''Encyclopedia of Sculpture.''
*''Encyclopedia of Television.''
*''International Book Publishing An Encyclopedia.''
*''Jewish Writers of the Twentieth Century.''
*''Reader's Guide to American History.''
*''Reader's Guide to the History of Science.''
*''Reader's Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies''
*''Reader's Guide to Literature in English.''
*''Reader's Guide to Military History.''
*''Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences.''
*''Reference Guide to Russian Literature.''
References
External links
fitzroydearborn.com
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Book publishing companies of the United Kingdom
Book publishing companies of the United States
Publishing companies established in 1994
1994 establishments in Illinois