Kumarian Press was an independent

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company established in 1977 in

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by Krishna Kumari Sondhi and Ian Mayo-Smith. The company was named after the founders (Sondhi's middle name and Mayo Smith's first name combined). The company began publishing titles on management for training programs in

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, some of them written by the founders. International development remains the core of the publishing program but has expanded over the years to include books on

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, microfinance and international health. It also distributes titles for

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Great Britain,

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and The

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. Kumarian was sold in April 2008 to Stylus Publishing and was an imprint of Stylus, located in Sterling, VA. In April 2013 Kumarian was sold to

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of Boulder, CO. Authors included

Hazel Henderson Jean Hazel Henderson ( Mustard; 27 March 1933 – 22 May 2022) was a British American futurist and environmental activist. She authored several books including ''Building a Win-Win World'', ''Beyond Globalization'', ''Planetary Citizenship'' ( ...

, Jude Howell, David Hulme, David Korten, Joanna Macy, Helena Norberg-Hodge,

Lester Salamon Lester M. Salamon (11 January 1943 – 20 August 2021) was a professor at Johns Hopkins University. He was also the director of the Center for Civil Society Studies at The Johns Hopkins Institute for Health and Social Policy Studies. Salamon ...

, Ian Smillie, and

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, whose book ''Aiding Violence'' discusses the development enterprise in Rwanda.

External links

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Book publishing companies based in Virginia Publishing companies established in 1977