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| Founded | 1970 (1970),Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
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| Founder | Peter Lang |
| Country of origin | Switzerland |
| Headquarters location | Lausanne |
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| Publication types | Books,academic journals,textbooks |
| Official website | peterlang |
Peter Lang is anacademic publisher specializing in thehumanities andsocial sciences. It has its headquarters inLausanne,Switzerland, with offices inBerlin,Brussels,Chennai,New York, andOxford.[4][5]
Peter Lang publishes over 1,100 academic titles annually, both in print and digital formats, with abacklist of over 40,000 books.[6] It has its complete online journals collection available onIngentaconnect,[5] and distributes its digital textbooks globally through Kortext.[7]
The company specializes in the following twelve subject areas:[4]
The company was founded inFrankfurt am Main in 1970 by Swiss editor Peter Lang. Since 1982 it has an American subsidiary, Peter Lang Publishing USA, specializing in textbooks for classroom use ineducation,[8] media and communication, andBlack studies, as well as monographs in thehumanities andsocial sciences.[9][10]
Peter Lang publishers 22academic journals.[11]
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