American book publisher
Basic Books is a book publisher founded in 1950 and located in New York City, now animprint ofHachette Book Group . It publishes books in the fields ofpsychology , philosophy, economics, science, politics, sociology, current affairs, and history.
Basic Books originated as a smallGreenwich Village -based book club marketed to psychoanalysts. Arthur Rosenthal took over the book club in 1950, and under his ownership it soon began producing original books, mostly in the behavioral sciences. Early successes included Ernest Jones'sThe Life and Work of Sigmund Freud , as well as works byClaude Lévi-Strauss ,Jean Piaget andErik Erikson .Irving Kristol joined Basic Books in 1960, and helped Basic to expand into the social sciences.Harper & Row purchased the company in 1969.[ 2]
In 1997,HarperCollins announced that it would merge Basic Books into its trade publishing program, effectively closing the imprint and ending its publishing of serious academic books. That same year, Basic was purchased by the newly createdPerseus Books Group .[ 3] Perseus's publishing business was acquired byHachette Book Group in 2016.[ 4] In 2018,Seal Press became an imprint of Basic.[ 5]
Basic's list of authors includes:
^ Vitello, Paul (July 8, 2013)."Arthur Rosenthal, Academic Book Publisher, Dies at 93" .The New York Times .ISSN 0362-4331 . RetrievedJanuary 15, 2018 . ^ "Basic Books: 70 Years of Publishing Excellence, 1950–2020" (PDF) .Hachette Book Group . RetrievedMarch 23, 2024 .^ Doreen Carvajal (August 22, 1997)."HarperCollins Selling Basic Books Unit to Venture Capital Firm" .The New York Times . ^ Natasha Onwuemezi, "Perseus sale to Hachette Book Group completed",The Bookseller ,1 April 2016 ^ "Hachette Book Group Reorganizes Lines, Announces About 25 Layoffs As DiPreta Departs" .Publishers Lunch . November 13, 2018. RetrievedDecember 30, 2018 .^ Alexander, Stephon (June 27, 2017).The Jazz of Physics . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465093571 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Alter, Robert (1981).The Art of Biblical Narrative . New York: Basic Books.ISBN 0-465-00427-X . ^ Baptist, Edward (June 27, 2017).The Half Has Never Been Told . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465049660 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Brands, H.W. (February 5, 2019).Dreams of El Dorado . Basic Books.ISBN 9781541672536 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Brzezinski, Zbigniew (June 28, 2017)."Books by Zbigniew Brzezinski" . Basic Books. RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Chang, Iris (June 27, 2017).The Rape of Nanking . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465068364 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Coontz, Stephanie (June 28, 2017)."Books by Stephanie Coontz" . Basic Books. RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Dawkins, Richard (June 27, 2017).River Out of Eden . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465069903 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Andrea, Dworkin (June 27, 2017).Intercourse . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465017522 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Dyson, Michael Eric (June 27, 2017).April 4, 1968 . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465012862 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Ferguson, Niall (June 27, 2017).Empire . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465023295 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Feynman, Richard (September 2017)."The Featured Feynman" . Basic Books. RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Florida, Richard (June 28, 2017)."Books by Richard Florida" . Basic Books. RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Ford, Richard (June 27, 2017).Rise of the Robots . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465097531 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Gardner, Howard (June 27, 2017).Frames of Mind . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465024339 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Haidt, Jonathan (June 27, 2017).The Happiness Hypothesis . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465028023 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Hanson, Victor Davis (September 4, 2018).The Second World Wars . Basic Books.ISBN 9781541674103 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Herman, Judith (June 27, 2017).Trauma and Recovery . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465061716 . Archived fromthe original on November 12, 2020. RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Hitchens, Christopher (June 27, 2017).Letters to a Young Contrarian . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465030330 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Hofstadter, Douglas (June 27, 2017).Godel, Escher, Bach . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465026562 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Kolakowski, Leszek (June 27, 2017).Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing? . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465004997 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Kruse, Kevin (June 27, 2017).One Nation Under God . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465097418 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Lessig, Lawrence (June 27, 2017).Code . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465039142 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Nozick, Robert (June 27, 2017).Anarchy, State, and Utopia . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465051007 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Pinker, Steven (June 27, 2017).Words and Rules . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465072705 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Power, Samantha (June 27, 2017)."A Problem from Hell" . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465061518 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Rogan, Eugene (June 28, 2017)."Books by Eugene Rogan" . Basic Books. RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Smolin, Lee (June 27, 2017).Three Roads to Quantum Gravity . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465094547 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ "Jason Sokol" .^ Snyder, Timothy."Bloodlands" . Basic Books. Archived fromthe original on January 26, 2021. RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Sommers, Tamler (September 5, 2017).Why Honor Matters . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465098873 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Sowell, Thomas (June 28, 2017)."Books by Thomas Sowell" . Basic Books. RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Stewart, Ian (June 28, 2017)."Books by Ian Stewart" . Basic Books. RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Tatum, Beverly Daniel (June 27, 2017).Why Are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465060689 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Traub, James (September 24, 2019).What Was Liberalism? The Past, Present, And Promise of A Noble Idea . Basic Books.ISBN 9781541616851 . RetrievedJuly 29, 2023 . ^ Turkle, Sherry (June 27, 2017).Alone Together . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465093656 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Topol, Eric (June 27, 2017)."Books by Eric Topol" .Basic Books . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Walzer, Michael (June 27, 2017).Just and Unjust Wars . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465052714 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Warren, Elizabeth (June 27, 2017).The Two Income Trap . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465097708 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Weigel, George (June 28, 2017)."Books by George Weigel" .Basic Books . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Weinberg, Steven (June 27, 2017).The First Three Minutes . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465024377 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Wilczek, Frank (June 27, 2017).The Lightness of Being . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465018956 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Wilson, Bee (June 28, 2017)."Books by Bee Wilson" .Basic Books . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Wrangham, Richard (June 27, 2017).Catching Fire . Basic Books.ISBN 9780465020416 . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 . ^ Yalom, Irvin D. (June 27, 2017)."Books by Irvin D. Yalom" .Basic Books . RetrievedNovember 6, 2019 .
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