Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an independent publishing house founded in 1949. Under several imprints, the company offers scholarly books for the
academic
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market, as well as trade books. The company also owns the book distributing company National Book Network based in
Lanham, Maryland.
History
The current company took shape when
University Press of America 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
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called Rowman & Littlefield International. It is editorially independent and publishes only academic books in
Philosophy,
Politics
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&
International Relations
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and
Cultural Studies.
The company sponsors the
Rowman & Littlefield Award in Innovative Teaching, the only national teaching award in
political science
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given in the
United States
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. It is awarded annually by the
American Political Science Association for people whose innovations have advanced
political science
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pedagogy
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.
Imprints
*Alban (acquired 2014 from the
Alban Institute
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* Alban (surname)
* Alban (given name)
* Alban people, Latin people from the city of Alba Longa.
*Things or people from or related to Alba (Gaelic for 'Scotland')
*Alban wine, a wine of Ancient Rome from Colli Albani
* Alban V ...
)
*AltaMira Press (acquired 1999 from
SAGE Publications)
*Amadeus Books (acquired 2018 from
Hal Leonard)
*Applause Theatre & Cinema Books (acquired 2018 from
Hal Leonard)
* Ardsley House Publishers, Inc.
*Backbeat Books (acquired 2018 from
Hal Leonard)
*Bernan Press (acquired 2008)
*
Bonus Books
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*Cowley Publications (acquired 2007 from the
Society of St. John the Evangelist.
)
*General Hall (acquired 2000)
*Globe Pequot Press (acquired 2014 from Morris Communications)
**Down East, The Magazine of Maine, 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 (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
Hal Leonard)
*Hamilton Books (founded 2003)
*Ivan R. Dee (acquired 1998)
*Jason Aronson (acquired 2003)
*Lexington Books (acquired 1998)
*Limelight Editions (acquired 2018 from
Hal Leonard)
*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
*Sheed & Ward (founded in the 1920s in
London
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by Frank Sheed and his wife, Maisie Ward, 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)
*
University Press of America (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
See also
*List of book distributors
References
Further reading
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External links
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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