Who founded Transaction Publishers?
Transaction Publishers was founded by Irving Louis Horowitz, who served as its chairman of the board and editorial director from the company's founding on the 1st of July 1962 until his death in 2012.
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When did Transaction Publishers start and where was it originally based?
Transaction Publishers began on the 1st of July 1962 at Washington University in St. Louis, launched as a social-science magazine under a multiplex grant from the Ford Foundation. It later relocated in 1969 to Livingston College on the Rutgers University campus in Piscataway, New Jersey.
How many titles did Transaction Publishers publish?
Transaction Publishers published more than 6,000 titles over its history as an independent press.
What happened to Transaction Publishers in 2016?
Transaction Publishers was sold to Taylor & Francis in 2016. On the 1st of February 2017, it officially became part of Routledge, a Taylor & Francis imprint focused on academic publishing.
What is the AldineTransaction imprint and how did it come about?
AldineTransaction was an imprint created after Transaction Publishers acquired Aldine Publishing Co., formerly a division of Walter de Gruyter, Inc., in July 2004. The imprint specialized in sociology, anthropology, economics, sociobiology, physical anthropology, and public policy.
What is the Irving Louis Horowitz Transaction Publishers archive at Penn State?
The "Irving Louis Horowitz-Transaction Publishers Archives, 1939-2009" is a collection held in Penn State's Historical Collections and Labor Archives within the Eberly Family Special Collections Library. It was opened for public research in 2010 and documents the expansion of social-science research over roughly half a century.