M. E. Sharpe, Inc., an

academic publisher Academic publishing is the subfield of publishing which distributes academic research and scholarship. Most academic work is published in academic journal articles, books or theses. The part of academic written output that is not formally publi ...

, was founded by Myron Emanuel Sharpe in 1958 with the original purpose of publishing translations from Russian in the

social sciences Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of society, societies and the Social relation, relationships among members within those societies. The term was former ...

and

humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including Philosophy, certain fundamental questions asked by humans. During the Renaissance, the term "humanities" referred to the study of classical literature a ...

. These translations were published in a series of journals, the first of which was ''Problems of Economics'', now called ''Problems of Economic Transition''. In the 1960s, the translation project was expanded to include other

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

an languages, then Chinese and later Japanese. Other

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launched by M.E. Sharpe during these years featured articles originating in English. At present, the firm publishes over 35 periodicals including '' Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs'', '' Journal of Management Information Systems'', ''International Journal of Electronic Commerce'', ''Journal of Post-Keynesian Economics'' and '' Problems of Post-Communism''. Shortly after it was established, M. E. Sharpe, Inc. also began to publish scholarly books in the

and

, with a special emphasis on

international studies International relations (IR, and also referred to as international studies, international politics, or international affairs) is an academic discipline. In a broader sense, the study of IR, in addition to multilateral relations, concerns al ...

. In the 1980s, the book division was expanded and it currently publishes approximately 60 new titles a year, including works in

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

business Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or Trade, buying and selling Product (business), products (such as goods and Service (economics), services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for ...

management Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a Government agency, government bodies through business administration, Nonprofit studies, nonprofit management, or the political s ...

public administration Public administration, or public policy and administration refers to "the management of public programs", or the "translation of politics into the reality that citizens see every day",Kettl, Donald and James Fessler. 2009. ''The Politics of the ...

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

history History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

and

literature Literature is any collection of Writing, written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, Play (theatre), plays, and poetry, poems. It includes both print and Electroni ...

. Many of M. E. Sharpe's

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are available in digital editions through the Sharpe E-Text Center. Several

Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...

winners, including

Kenzaburō Ōe was a Japanese writer and a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature. His novels, short stories and essays, strongly influenced by French and American literature and literary theory, deal with political, social and philosophical issue ...

and

Wassily Leontief Wassily Wassilyevich Leontief (; August 5, 1905 – February 5, 1999) was a Soviet-American economist known for his research on input–output analysis and how changes in one economic sector may affect other sectors. Leontief won the Nobel Memo ...

, are among M. E. Sharpe authors, as is the acclaimed American novelist Howard Fast, author of ''

Spartacus Spartacus (; ) was a Thracians, Thracian gladiator (Thraex) who was one of the Slavery in ancient Rome, escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major Slave rebellion, slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Historical accounts o ...

''. The East Gate Books imprint is widely recognized as representing the best in Asian Studies. In 1995, Sharpe Reference was founded to provide essential

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material for the

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, undergraduate, and general reader—again, building on Sharpe's areas of strength in

American studies American studies or American civilization is an interdisciplinarity, interdisciplinary field of scholarship that examines American literature, History of the United States, history, Society of the United States, society, and Culture of the Unit ...

and

global studies Global studies (GS) or global affairs (GA) is the interdisciplinary study of global macro-processes. Predominant subjects are political science in the form of global politics, as well as economics, law, the sociology of law, ecology, environmen ...

. The full, updated content of many of these reference sets is also available in electronic editions published by Sharpe Online Reference. M. E. Sharpe, Inc. started in New York City and was originally called International Arts and Sciences Press. After twelve years in the city, the firm moved to White Plains, New York. Its offices have been based in Armonk, New York, since 1980. M. E. Sharpe was sold to

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in 2014.

Books

M. E. Sharpe specializes in

business management Business administration is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. Overview The administration of a business includes the performance o ...

and

Journals

Some journals published by M.E. Sharpe include: * '' Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs'' * '' European Education'' * '' Problems of Post-Communism'' * ''

Journal of Economic Issues The ''Journal of Economic Issues'' is an academic journal of economics. The current editor-in-chief is William Waller (Hobart and William Smith Colleges). It is published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the Association for Evolutionary Economics ...

'' * '' Journal of Management Information Systems'' * '' Journal of Post Keynesian Economics'' * '' International Journal of Political Economy''

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