Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an independent publishing house founded in 1949. Under several imprints, the company offers scholarly books for the

academic An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, ...

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 London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

called Rowman & Littlefield International. It is editorially independent and publishes only academic books in Philosophy,

Politics Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that stud ...

International Relations International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such a ...

and Cultural Studies. The company sponsors the Rowman & Littlefield Award in Innovative Teaching, the only national teaching award in

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

given in the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

. It is awarded annually by the American Political Science Association for people whose innovations have advanced

pedagogy Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...

Imprints

*Alban (acquired 2014 from the

Alban Institute Alban may refer to: * 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 Bonus Books is an American book publisher based in Los Angeles, California. The company publishes approximately 30 books per year, primarily "how to" books on subjects such as casino gambling, sports biographies, broadcasting and journalism. Freq ...

*Cowley Publications (acquired 2007 from the Society of St. John the Evangelist.) *General Hall (acquired 2000) * Globe Pequot Press (acquired 2014 from

Morris Communications Morris Communications, headquartered in Augusta, Georgia, is a privately held media company with diversified holdings that include magazine publishing, outdoor advertising, book publishing and distribution, visitor publications, and online serv ...

) **

Down East "Down East", also "Downeast", is a term for parts of eastern coastal New England and Canada, particularly the U.S. state of Maine and Canada's Maritime Provinces, an area that closely corresponds to the historical French territory of Acadia. Th ...

Books (acquired by Rowman & Littlefield in 2013) **Falcon Guides **

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(acquired 2015) **Lyons Press **Muddy Boots (launched 2016) **

Pineapple Press Pineapple Press is a niche publisher in Florida. Its catalogue includes non-fiction titles such as "Baseball in Florida" and "Florida's Birds" (a reference book with artwork by Karl Karalus) as well as compilations such as "Cracker literature", ...

(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 The Derrydale Press was an American book publishing company founded in 1927 with headquarters on Park Ave. in Manhattan, New York. It was the creation of Princeton University graduate Eugene V. Connett III (1891–1969). He told ''Time'' magaz ...

(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) *

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(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 Grolier was one of the largest American publishers of general encyclopedias, including '' The Book of Knowledge'' (1910), ''The New Book of Knowledge'' (1966), ''The New Book of Popular Science'' (1972), ''Encyclopedia Americana'' (1945), ''Acad ...

); founded by Ralph R. Shaw *

Sheed & Ward Sheed and Ward was a publishing house founded in London in 1926 by Catholic activists Frank Sheed and Maisie Ward. The head office was moved to New York in 1933. The United States assets of Sheed and Ward have been owned by Rowman & Littlefie ...

(founded in the 1920s in

by Frank Sheed and his wife, Maisie Ward, both prominent in the

Catholic Action Catholic Action is the name of groups of lay Catholics who advocate for increased Catholic influence on society. They were especially active in the nineteenth century in historically Catholic countries under anti-clerical regimes such as Spain, I ...

movement; acquired 2002 from the

Priests of the Sacred Heart The Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart ( la, Congregatio Sacerdotum a Sacro Corde Iesu) abbreviated SCI, also called the Dehonians, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men in the Catholic Church f ...

) *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 Bucknell University is a private liberal arts college in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg, it now consists of the College of Arts and Sciences, Freeman College of Management, and the College of Engineering. ...

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Fairleigh Dickinson University Press (FDU Press) is a publishing house under the operation and oversight of Fairleigh Dickinson University, the largest private university in New Jersey, which has international campuses in Vancouver, British Colum ...

Lehigh University Press Lehigh University Press is the publishing house of Lehigh University. Lehigh's university press was a member of the Associated University Presses consortium; other members included Bucknell University Press, University of Delaware Press, Susqueh ...

University of Delaware Press The University of Delaware Press (UDP) is a publishing house and a department of the University of Delaware in the United States, whose main campus is at Newark, Delaware, where the University Press is also based. Established in the early 1970s ...

Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums and education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge". Founded ...

Scholarly Press * C&T Publishing

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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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