Westview Press

Westview Press
Established	1975 (49 years ago)
Founders	Frederick A. Praeger
Types	publisher, schoolbook publisher
Legal status	joint-stock company
Headquarters	Boulder, Boulder
Country	United States
Owners	Frederick A. Praeger
Parent organisations	Taylor & Francis, Perseus Books Group, HarperCollins
Website	www.perseusbooksgroup.com/westview/home.jsp

Westview Press was an American publishing company headquartered in Boulder, Colorado founded in 1975.

Field of work

Westview primarily publishes textbooks.^[1]

History

Westview Press was founded by Frederick A. Praeger in 1975. Praeger sold Westview in 1991.^[2]

Westview was purchased by HarperCollins.^{[citation needed]} HarperCollins and Westview had difficulty working together due to very different corporate cultures and values.^[3] Perseus bought Westview in March 1998 from HarperCollins.^[3]

In April 2016, Perseus Books Group's publishing operations, including Westview, were purchased by Hachette Book Group.^[4]^[5] Hachette Book Group's Perseus Books Group division sold it to Taylor & Francis in 2017.^[1]

Book series

Series published 1975–1990 (Frederick A. Praeger )

AAAS Selected Symposia Series
Academy of Independent Scholars Forum Series
Academy of Independent Scholars Retrospections Series^[6]
Academy of Independent Scholars Retrospective Series
African Modernization and Development Series
American Casebook Series
American History Series
Ancient Peoples and Places Series^[7]
Atlantic Council Policy Paperbacks
The Atwater Series on the World Information Economy
Conflict and Social Change Series
Conservation of Human Resources Studies in the New Economy
CSIS Energy Policy Series
CSIS Significant Issues Series
Development, Conflict and Social Change Series
Dilemmas in World Politics
Dimensions of Philosophy Series^[8]
East-West Forum Publication Series
East-West Monograph Series
Educom Series in Computing and Telecommunications in Higher Education
Encore Edition Series
Energy Management Training Program Monograph Series
Exeter Arabic and Islamic Series
Feminist Theory and Politics Series
Focus Series
Foreign Relations of Latin America Series
Frontiers in Physics
Geographies of the United States
Henry Rolfs Book Series of the Institute of Noetic Sciences^[9]
IDA Monographs in Development Anthropology
IADS Development-Oriented Literature Series
Icon Editions Series
IFES Research Series
IFES Third World Series
International Centre for Ethnic Studies Series
International Economies Series
International Perspectives on Security Series
Interventions : Theory and Contemporary Politics
The John M. Olin Critical Issues Series
Latin American Perspectives Series
The Language Library^[10]
Mathematics Lecture Note Series
Nations of the Modern World^[11]
Occasional Paper Series
Ocean Resources and Marine Policy Series
Pacific and World Studies Series
Persian Heritage Series (Bibliotheca Persica)
Political Cultures Series
Profiles: Nations of Contemporary Africa
Profiles: Nations of the Contemporary Middle East
Radicalism in the Contemporary Age
Rural Studies Series
Santa Fe Institute Series
Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity^[12]
Series in Political Economy and Economic Development in Latin America
Social Behavior & Natural Resources Series
Social Inequality Series
Social Impact Assessment Series
Studies in Ancient Art and Archaeology
Studies in Global Security
Studies in International and Strategic Affairs Series
Studies in International Security Affairs and Military Strategy
Studies in Physical Geography
Transforming American Politics
UN Science and Technology for Development Series
West Bank Data Base Perspective Series
Westview Library of Federal Departments, Agencies, and Systems
Westview Replica Edition Series^[13]
Westview Series on Social Inequality
Westfield Special Studies
Westview Special Studies in Applied Anthropology
Westview Special Studies in Communications Series
Westview Special Studies in Contemporary Social Issues
Westview Special Studies in National Security and Defense Policy
Westview Special Studies: Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research: Studies in High Altitude Geo-Ecology
Westview Special Studies in International Economics and Business
Westview Special Studies in International Relations
Westview Special Studies in Military Affairs
Westview Special Studies in Natural Resources and Energy Management
Westview Special Studies in Science, Technology, and Public Policy
Westview Special Studies on Africa Series
Westview Special Studies on China and East Asia
Westview Special Studies on Social, Political, and Economic Development
Westview Special Studies on South and Southeast Asia
Westview Special Studies on the Middle East Series
Westview Studies in Insect Biology
Westview Tropical Agriculture Series
Winrock Development-Oriented Literature Series
Women in Cross Cultural Perspective Series

References

^ ^a ^b "We are delighted to welcome Westview Publishing into the Taylor & Francis Group". Taylor & Francis Group. Archived from the original on 2018-01-03.
^ "Frederick A. Praeger: Book publisher". Washington Post (Obituary). 6 June 1994. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Perseus Books Buys Westview Press From HarperCollins". The Chronicle of Higher Education. 10 April 1998. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ Onwuemezi, Natasha (1 April 2016). "Perseus sale to Hachette Book Group completed". The Bookseller. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ Yin, Maryann (1 March 2016). "Hachette Book Group Acquires the Perseus Book Group's Publishing Business". Adweek. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ se:Academy of Independent Scholars retrospections series, worldcat.org. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
^ Ancient Peoples and Places (Thames & Hudson) - Book Series List, publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
^ se:Dimensions of Philosophy Series, worldcat.org. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
^ se:Henry Rolfs Book Series of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, worldcat.org. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
^ The language of Thackeray, worldcat.org. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
^ se:Nations of the Modern World, worldcat.org. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
^ se:Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity, worldcat.org. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
^ Westview Replica Edition Series, worldcat.org. Retrieved 4 September 2024.

External links

Westview Press at Open Library

[TF-welcome-1] "We are delighted to welcome Westview Publishing into the Taylor & Francis Group". Taylor & Francis Group. Archived from the original on 2018-01-03.

[2] "Frederick A. Praeger: Book publisher". Washington Post (Obituary). 6 June 1994. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[Chronicle_1998-3] "Perseus Books Buys Westview Press From HarperCollins". The Chronicle of Higher Education. 10 April 1998. Retrieved 14 November 2023.

[4] Onwuemezi, Natasha (1 April 2016). "Perseus sale to Hachette Book Group completed". The Bookseller. Retrieved 14 November 2023.

[5] Yin, Maryann (1 March 2016). "Hachette Book Group Acquires the Perseus Book Group's Publishing Business". Adweek. Retrieved 14 November 2023.

[6] se:Academy of Independent Scholars retrospections series, worldcat.org. Retrieved 4 September 2024.

[7] Ancient Peoples and Places (Thames & Hudson) - Book Series List, publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 4 September 2024.

[8] se:Dimensions of Philosophy Series, worldcat.org. Retrieved 4 September 2024.

[9] se:Henry Rolfs Book Series of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, worldcat.org. Retrieved 4 September 2024.

[10] The language of Thackeray, worldcat.org. Retrieved 4 September 2024.

[11] se:Nations of the Modern World, worldcat.org. Retrieved 4 September 2024.

[12] se:Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity, worldcat.org. Retrieved 4 September 2024.

[13] Westview Replica Edition Series, worldcat.org. Retrieved 4 September 2024.

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