When was Transaction Publishers founded and by whom?
Transaction Publishers was founded on the 1st of July 1962 through a Ford Foundation grant at Washington University in St. Louis. Irving Louis Horowitz served as chairman and editorial director from that moment until his death in 2012.
Where did Transaction Publishers relocate to in 1969?
Livingston College on the Livingston campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey became home for the publisher in 1969. The move integrated faculty members directly into the editing and authorship process.
Which companies merged with Transaction Publishers between 2004 and 2011?
Aldine Publishing Co. joined the organization in July 2004 after being acquired by Transaction Publishers. Precedent Publishers contributed book lists to the collection in 2009 and the Rutgers Center for Urban Policy Research added its holdings to the archive in 2011.
What happened to the flagship journal Society in 2007?
The flagship journal Society was sold to Springer Science+Business Media in 2007. This decision marked the end of Transaction's direct involvement in academic journal publishing.
When did Taylor & Francis Group purchase Transaction Publishers?
Taylor & Francis Group purchased Transaction Publishers in 2016. The deal resulted in the merger with the Routledge imprint by the 1st of February 2017.