Transaction Publishers
Alvin Ward Gouldner, Lee Rainwater, and Irving Louis Horowitz | |
Successor | Routledge |
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Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | Piscataway, New Jersey |
Publication types | Books |
Nonfiction topics | Social Sciences |
Official website | www |
Transaction Publishers was a
Overview
As of February 1, 2017, Transaction Publishers became a part of Routledge, of the Taylor & Francis Group.
Transaction was an academic publisher of the
Transaction began on July 1, 1962, as part of a multiplex grant sponsored by the Ford Foundation at Washington University in St. Louis. From beginnings as a social science magazine, Transaction: Social Science and Modern Society (later Society), Transaction Publishers evolved into a full-fledged publisher of books (Transaction Books), journals (Transaction Periodicals Consortium), and eBooks.[7]
In 1969, Transaction relocated to the newly formed Livingston College, on the Livingston campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey. Many editors, authors, and advisors are drawn from the faculty. Close to 200 faculty members have been authors and editors of Transaction books.[citation needed]
AldineTransaction was an imprint of Transaction Publishers. Formerly a division of
Transaction published more than 6,000 titles.[when?]
Transaction once published academic journals, including its flagship journal, Society; however, Transaction sold its journal publishing program to Springer Science+Business Media in 2007.[9]
In 2010,
References
- ISBN 0-88738-881-7.
- ^ About Transaction
- ^ Educational, academic and professional publishing transactions
- ^ "Irving Louis Horowitz, Founder of Transaction Publishers, Dies at 82" (Press release).
- ISBN 978-0-313-34644-6. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- ^ American Anthropological Association (1999). Anthropology news. American Anthropological Association. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- ^ About Transaction (http://www.transactionpub.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CMS&articleid=16)
- ^ "Transaction Publishers Acquires Titles from Rutgers' Center for Urban Policy Research" (Press release).
- EurekAlert!. 2007-02-20. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
- ^ "Seminal social sciences archive goes online and opens to the public". Penn State University. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
External links
- Official website
- Irving Louis Horowitz-Transaction Publishers Archives, 1939-2009 online searchable archive at Penn State