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American independent academic publishing company

Rowman & Littlefield

Founded	1949; 76 years ago (1949)
Founder	Walter Rowman and Arthur W. Littlefield
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	Lanham, Maryland, U.S.
Distribution	National Book Network (US) NBN International (UK)
Imprints	Many
Official website	rowman.com

Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an Americanindependent academic publishing company founded in 1949. Under several imprints, the company offers scholarly books for theacademic market, as well astrade books. The company also owns the book distributing companyNational Book Network based inLanham, Maryland.

History

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The current company took shape when theUniversity Press of America acquired Rowman & Littlefield in 1988 and took the Rowman & Littlefield name for the parent company.^[1]^[2]

Since 2013, there has also been an affiliated company based inLondon called Rowman & Littlefield International. It is editorially independent and publishes only academic books inPhilosophy,Politics &International Relations andCultural Studies.

The company sponsors theRowman & Littlefield Award in Innovative Teaching, the only national teaching award inpolitical science given in theUnited States. It is awarded annually by theAmerican Political Science Association for people whose innovations have advancedpolitical science pedagogy.^[3]

On May 29, 2024, Rowman & Littlefield sold its academic publishing business toBloomsbury Publishing (with the exception of most of Globe Pequot, the Rowman & Littlefield trade publishing arm, Sundance-Newbridge, the National Book Network, or the company's trade distribution business).^[4]^[5]

Imprints

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Current imprints

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Alban (acquired 2014 from theAlban Institute)^[6]
AltaMira Press (acquired 1999 fromSAGE Publications)
Amadeus Books (acquired 2018 fromHal Leonard^[7])
Applause Theatre & Cinema Books (acquired 2018 fromHal Leonard^[7])
Ardsley House Publishers, Inc.
Bernan Press (acquired 2008)
Bonus Books
Cowley Publications (acquired 2007 from theSociety of St. John the Evangelist.^[8])
General Hall (acquired 2000)^[9]
Globe Pequot Press (acquired 2014 fromMorris Communications)^[10]
Down East Books (acquired by Rowman & Littlefield in 2013)^[11]
Falcon Guides
Gooseberry Patch (acquired 2015)^[12]
Lyons Press
Muddy Boots (launched 2016)^[13]
Pineapple Press (acquired 2018)^[14]
Stackpole Books (acquired 2015)^[15]
Taylor Trade (acquired by Rowman & Littlefield in 2001)^[16]^[17]
Bridge Works (acquired 2000)
Cooper Square Press (founded 1961 by Rowman & Littlefield, acquired 1988 by UPA)
Northland Publishing backlist (acquired in 2007)^[18]
including Rising Moon and Luna Rising imprints^[19]
Northword Books for Young Readers (acquired 2007)
Two-Can Publishing (acquired 2007)^[20]
The Derrydale Press (acquired 1999)
Madison Books (founded 1985 by UPA)
M. Evans (acquired 2005)^[21]
Roberts Rinehart (acquired 2000)^[22]^[23]
TwoDot Books
Government Institutes (acquired 2004)
Hal Leonard Books (acquired 2018 fromHal Leonard^[7])
Hamilton Books (founded 2003)
Ivan R. Dee (acquired 1998)
Jason Aronson (acquired 2003)
Limelight Editions (acquired 2018 fromHal Leonard^[7])
Madison House Publishers (acquired 2000)^[9]
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 fromGrolier)
Sheed & Ward (founded in the 1920s inLondon byFrank Sheed and his wife,Maisie Ward, both prominent in theCatholic Action movement; acquired 2002 from thePriests of the Sacred Heart)^[24]
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)