1949 founder walter rowman and arthur w. littlefield country of origin united states headquarters location lanham maryland official website www.rowman.com rowman & littlefield publishing group is an independent publishing house founded in 1949 . under several imprints the company offers scholarly books and journals for the academic market as well as trade books . rowman & littlefield is the world s largest publisher in museum studies . the company also owns two book distributing businesses national book network based in lanham maryland and nbn international based in plymouth uk . the current company took shape when university press of america acquired rowman & littlefield in 1988 and took the rowman & littlefield name for the parent company . since 2013 there is also an affiliated company based in london uk called rowman & littlefield international which is editorially independent and publishes only academic books in philosophy politics & international relations and cultural studies . contents 1 imprints 2 distribution 3 see also 4 references 5 further reading 6 external links imprints edit alban acquired 2014 from the alban institute 1 altamira press acquired 1999 from sage publications bernan press acquired 2008 cowley publications acquired 2007 from the society of st. john the evangelist . 2 down east books acquired 2013 3 globe pequot press acquired 2014 from morris communications 4 gooseberry patch acquired 2015 5 government institutes acquired 2004 ivan r. dee publisher acquired 1998 jason aronson acquired 2003 lexington books acquired 1998 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 taylor trade acquired 2001 bridge works acquired 2000 cooper square press founded 1961 by rowman & littlefield acquired 1988 by upa the derrydale press acquired 1999 madison books founded 1985 by upa m. evans acquired 2005 roberts rinehart acquired 2000 6 7 sheed & ward founded in the 1920s in london by frank sheed and his wife maisie ward both prominent in the catholic action movement ; acquired 2002 from the priests of the sacred heart 8 sr books acquired 2004 from scholarly resources inc. of wilmington delaware hamilton books founded 2003 university press of america founded 1975 sundance publishing acquired 2008 from haights cross newbridge educational publishing acquired 2008 from haights cross the world today series acquired 2011 from stryker post publications distribution edit bucknell university press fairleigh dickinson university press lehigh university press university of delaware press smithsonian institution scholarly press c & t publishing see also edit list of book distributors references edit rowman & littlefield buys alban institute book program rosen judith january 10 2007 . rowman & littlefield buys cowley list . publishers weekly . rowman & littlefield buys down east book assets . publishersweekly.com . retrieved 2014 08 22 . rowman & littlefield acquires globe pequot press . publishersweekly.com . retrieved 2014 08 22 . rowman & littlefield acquires gooseberry patch . publishersweekly.com . retrieved 2016 08 02 . pw roberts rinehart assets sold to court wayne press . publishersweekly.com . retrieved 2014 08 22 . rowman & littlefield makes four buys . publishersweekly.com . retrieved 2014 08 22 . rowman & littlefield buys sheed & ward . publishersweekly.com . retrieved 2014 08 22 . further reading edit slide anthony september 2010 . a publishing phenomenon that begins and ends with scarecrow press . film history . indiana university press . 22 3 298 308 . doi 10.2979 fil .2010.22.3.298 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rowman % 26 littlefield & oldid 732616796 categories book publishing companies based in marylandpublishing companies established in 19491949 establishments in marylandacademic publishing companieslanham marylandpublishing companies of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschportugu ssrpskohrvatski edit links this page was last modified on 2 august 2016 at 03 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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