Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an independent publishing house founded in 1949. Under several imprints, the company offers scholarly books for the academic market, as well as trade books. The company also owns the book distributing company National Book Network based in

Lanham, Maryland Lanham is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland. As of the 2020 United States Census it had a population of 11,282. The New Carrollton station (the terminus of the Washington Metro's Orange Li ...

History

The current company took shape when

University Press of America University Press of America is an academic publisher based in the United States. Part of the independent Rowman & Littlefield Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an independent publishing house founded in 1949. Under several imprints, the ...

acquired Rowman & Littlefield in 1988 and took the Rowman & Littlefield name for the parent company. Since 2013, there has also been an affiliated company based in London called Rowman & Littlefield International. It is editorially independent and publishes only academic books in

Philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

, Politics & International Relations and

Cultural Studies Cultural studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the political dynamics of contemporary culture (including popular culture) and its historical foundations. Cultural studies researchers generally investigate how cultural practices re ...

. The company sponsors the

Rowman & Littlefield Award in Innovative Teaching The Rowman & Littlefield Award in Innovative Teaching is the only national teaching award in political science given in the United States. It has been awarded annually by the American Political Science Association and was first awarded in 1996. Th ...

, the only national teaching award in political science given in the United States. It is awarded annually by the

American Political Science Association The American Political Science Association (APSA) is a professional association of political science students and scholars in the United States. Founded in 1903 in the Tilton Memorial Library (now Tilton Hall) of Tulane University in New Orleans, ...

for people whose innovations have advanced political science pedagogy.

Imprints

*Alban (acquired 2014 from the Alban Institute) *AltaMira Press (acquired 1999 from

SAGE Publications SAGE Publishing, formerly SAGE Publications, is an American independent publishing company founded in 1965 in New York by Sara Miller McCune and now based in Newbury Park, California. It publishes more than 1,000 journals, more than 800 books ...

) *Amadeus Books (acquired 2018 from

Hal Leonard HAL may refer to: Aviation * Halali Airport (IATA airport code: HAL) Halali, Oshikoto, Namibia * Hawaiian Airlines (ICAO airline code: HAL) * HAL Airport, Bangalore, India * Hindustan Aeronautics Limited an Indian aerospace manufacturer of fight ...

) *Applause Theatre & Cinema Books (acquired 2018 from

) * Ardsley House Publishers, Inc. *Backbeat Books (acquired 2018 from

) *Bernan Press (acquired 2008) * Bonus Books *Cowley Publications (acquired 2007 from the

Society of St. John the Evangelist The Society of St John the Evangelist (SSJE) is an Anglican religious order for men. The members live under a rule of life and, at profession, make monastic vows of poverty, celibacy and obedience. SSJE was founded in 1866 at Cowley, Oxford, Eng ...

.) *General Hall (acquired 2000) *

Globe Pequot Press Globe Pequot is a book publisher and distributor of outdoor recreation and leisure titles that publishes 500 new titles. Globe Pequot was acquired by Morris Communications Morris Communications, headquartered in Augusta, Georgia, is a privat ...

(acquired 2014 from Morris Communications) ** Down East Books (acquired by Rowman & Littlefield in 2013) **Falcon Guides ** Gooseberry Patch (acquired 2015) **Lyons Press **Muddy Boots (launched 2016) ** Pineapple Press (acquired 2018) **

Stackpole Books Stackpole Books is a trade publishing company in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. It was founded by E. J. Stackpole Jr. in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1930 and was moved to its current headquarters in 1993. Stackpole publishes nonfiction books in the ...

(acquired 2015) **Taylor Trade (acquired by Rowman & Littlefield in 2001) ***Bridge Works (acquired 2000) ***Cooper Square Press (founded 1961 by Rowman & Littlefield, acquired 1988 by UPA) ****Northland Publishing backlist (acquired in 2007) *****including Rising Moon and Luna Rising imprints *** The Derrydale Press (acquired 1999) ***Madison Books (founded 1985 by UPA) ***M. Evans (acquired 2005) ***Roberts Rinehart (acquired 2000) **TwoDot Books *Government Institutes (acquired 2004) *Hal Leonard Books (acquired 2018 from

) *Hamilton Books (founded 2003) *Ivan R. Dee (acquired 1998) * Jason Aronson (acquired 2003) *Lexington Books (acquired 1998) *Limelight Editions (acquired 2018 from

) *Madison House Publishers (acquired 2000) *Newbridge Educational Publishing (acquired 2008 from Haights Cross) * Prometheus Books (acquired 2019) *Rowman & Littlefield Education or R&L Education (formerly Technomic Books, acquired 1999) *Rowman & Littlefield (acquired 1988 by UPA) **Philip Turner Books (founded 2009) * Scarecrow Press (acquired 1995 by UPA from Grolier); founded by

Ralph R. Shaw Ralph Robert Shaw (May 18, 1907 – October 14, 1972) was a librarian, a publisher, and an innovator in library science. In 1999, ''American Libraries'' named him one of the "100 Most Important Leaders We Had in the 20th Century". Scarecrow Pr ...

* Sheed & Ward (founded in the 1920s in London by

Frank Sheed Francis Joseph Sheed (20 March 1897 in Sydney – 20 November 1981 in Jersey City) was an Australian-born lawyer, Catholic writer, publisher, speaker, and lay theologian. He and his wife Maisie Ward were famous in their day as the names be ...

and his wife,

Maisie Ward Maisie Ravier is a fictional character, the leading character of ten films (1939–1947) and the radio show ''The Adventures of Maisie'' (broadcast 1945–1947, 1949–1953). She was played by actress Ann Sothern (1909–2001). Eight of the ten ...

, both prominent in the Catholic Action movement; acquired 2002 from the Priests of the Sacred Heart) *SR Books (acquired 2004 from Scholarly Resources, Inc., of Wilmington, Delaware) *Sundance Publishing (acquired 2008 from Haights Cross) *

(founded 1975) *The World Today Series (acquired 2011 from Stryker-Post Publications)

Distribution

* Bucknell University Press * Fairleigh Dickinson University Press * Lehigh University Press * University of Delaware Press * Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press *

C&T Publishing C&T Publishing is a midsize, family-run, independent publisher of quilting, sewing, and crafting books based in Concord, CA. It was founded in 1983 by Carolie and Tom Hensley, owners of The Cotton Patch, a quilting and sewing supplies store in Laf ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rowman and Littlefield Book publishing companies based in Maryland Publishing companies established in 1949 1949 establishments in Maryland Academic publishing companies Lanham, Maryland Publishing companies of the United States

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