Allyn & Bacon, founded in 1868, is a
higher education
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textbook
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publisher in the areas of
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,
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and
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s. It is an
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of
Pearson Education
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, the world's largest education publishing and technology company which is part of Pearson PLC.
Allyn & Bacon was an independent company until it was purchased by Esquire, Inc., the former publishers of
the magazine of the same name, in 1981. Esquire, Inc. was sold to
Gulf+Western in 1983, and Allyn & Bacon became part of
Simon & Schuster
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's education division.
Pearson purchased the education and reference divisions of Simon & Schuster in 1998.
In 2007 Allyn & Bacon merged with Merrill, also a
Pearson company. As a result of the merge, the company's website changed from ablongman.com to pearsonhighered.com.
External links
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Book publishing companies based in Massachusetts
Companies based in Boston
Pearson plc
Publishing companies established in 1868
1868 establishments in Massachusetts
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