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{{Short description|Publishing house}}
{{Infobox publisher
| image = [[Image:Rowman Littlefield Logo.png|220px|Rowman & Littlefield]]
| parent =
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| founded = {{start date and age|1949}}
| founder = Walter Rowman and Arthur W. Littlefield
| successor =
| country = United States
| headquarters = [[Lanham, Maryland]], U.S.
| distribution = National Book Network (US)<br />[[NBN International]] (UK)
| keypeople =
| publications =
| topics =
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| imprints = Many
| revenue =
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| url = {{URL|https://rowman.com/}}
}}
'''Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group''' is an independent publishing house founded in 1949. Under several imprints, the company offers scholarly books for the [[academic]] market, as well as trade books. The company also owns the book distributing company '''National Book Network''' based in [[Lanham, Maryland]].

==History==
The current company took shape when the University Press of America acquired Rowman & Littlefield in 1988 and took the Rowman & Littlefield name for the parent company.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Streitfeld |first1=David |title=Book Report |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1998/09/13/book-report/7d6a3446-a7a4-4391-bb78-57e6eeafed49/ |access-date=February 16, 2023 |work=[[Washington Post]] |date=September 13, 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=University Press, An Academic Publisher That Deals In Bulk|work=[[New York Times]]|date=November 27, 1989|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/27/business/the-media-business-university-press-becomes-big-distributor-for-small-publishers.html}}</ref>

Since 2013, there has also been an affiliated company based in [[London]] called Rowman & Littlefield International. It is editorially independent and publishes only academic books in [[Philosophy]], [[Politics]] & [[International Relations]] and [[Cultural Studies]].

The company sponsors the [[Rowman & Littlefield Award in Innovative Teaching]], the only national teaching award in [[political science]] given in the [[United States]]. It is awarded annually by the [[American Political Science Association]] for people whose innovations have advanced [[political science]] [[pedagogy]].<ref name=APSA-VanVechten>{{cite web|url=http://www.apsanet.org/content_53678.cfm|title=Professor Van Vechten Named to Receive 2008 Roman ''{{black|(sic)}}'' & Littlefield Award |publisher=[[American Political Science Association]] |access-date=2008-07-12 |date=2008-07-12}}</ref>

==Imprints==
*Alban (acquired 2014 from the [[Alban Institute]])<ref>[http://www.publishersweekly.com:8080/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/60578-rowman-littlefield-buys-alban-institute-book-program.html Rowman & Littlefield Buys Alban Institute Book Program]</ref>
*AltaMira Press (acquired 1999 from [[SAGE Publications]])
*Amadeus Books (acquired 2018 from [[Hal Leonard LLC|Hal Leonard]]<ref name="hal leonard"/>)
*Applause Theatre & Cinema Books (acquired 2018 from [[Hal Leonard LLC|Hal Leonard]]<ref name="hal leonard">{{Cite web| title = Rowman & Littlefield Acquires Hal Leonard Trade Titles| work = PublishersWeekly.com| access-date = 2019-05-26| url = https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/78859-rowman-littlefield-buys-hal-leonard-performing-arts-publishing-group.html}}</ref>)
* Ardsley House Publishers, Inc.<ref name=FOB>{{cite web |url=http://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/watch/fob.cfm |title= Firms Out of Business |author1= Harry Ransom Center |author-link= Harry Ransom Center |author2=University of Reading Library |author2-link=University of Reading Library |via=University of Texas at Austin |quote= Information about vanished publishing concerns, literary agencies, and similar firms |access-date= June 8, 2017 }}</ref>
*Backbeat Books (acquired 2018 from [[Hal Leonard LLC|Hal Leonard]]<ref name="hal leonard"/>)
*Bernan Press (acquired 2008)
*[[Bonus Books]]
*Cowley Publications (acquired 2007 from the [[Society of St. John the Evangelist]].<ref name = "PW">{{cite magazine |title=Rowman & Littlefield Buys Cowley List |url= http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6406259.html |magazine= [[Publishers Weekly]] | first= Judith |last=Rosen |date=January 10, 2007}}</ref>)
*General Hall (acquired 2000)<ref name="FourBuys">{{cite magazine|last1=Milliot |first1=Jim |title=Rowman & Littlefield Makes Four Buys |volume=247|issue=50 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20001211/24207-rowman-amp-littlefield-makes-four-buys.html |access-date=June 26, 2018 |date=December 11, 2000}}</ref>
*[[Globe Pequot Press]] (acquired 2014 from [[Morris Communications]])<ref name="globe">{{Cite web | title = Rowman & Littlefield Acquires Globe Pequot Press | work = PublishersWeekly.com | access-date = 2014-08-22 | url = http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/62405-rowman-littlefield-acquires-globe-pequot-press.html }}</ref>
**[[Down East, The Magazine of Maine|Down East]] Books (acquired by Rowman & Littlefield in 2013)<ref>{{Cite web | title = Rowman & Littlefield Buys Down East Book Assets | work = PublishersWeekly.com | access-date = 2014-08-22 | url = http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/56985-rowman-littlefield-buys-down-east-book-assets.html }}</ref>
**Falcon Guides
**[[Gooseberry Patch]] (acquired 2015)<ref>{{Cite web| title = Rowman & Littlefield Acquires Gooseberry Patch| work = PublishersWeekly.com| access-date = 2016-08-02| url = http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/65474-rowman-littlefield-acquires-gooseberry-patch.html}}</ref>
**Lyons Press
**Muddy Boots (launched 2016)<ref>{{Cite web| title = Globe Pequot to Launch Children's Imprint| work = PublishersWeekly.com| access-date = 2018-10-15| url = https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/70008-globe-pequot-to-launch-children-s-imprint.html}}</ref>
**[[Pineapple Press]] (acquired 2018)<ref>{{Cite web| title = Rowman and Littlefield Acquires Pineapple Press| work = PublishersWeekly.com| access-date = 2018-10-15| url = https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/77483-rowman-and-littlefield-acquires-pineapple-press.html}}</ref>
**[[Stackpole Books]] (acquired 2015)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/68978-rowman-littlefield-buys-stackpole-books.html|title=Rowman & Littlefield Buys Stackpole Books|first=Jim|last=Milliot |website=PublishersWeekly.com}}</ref>
**Taylor Trade (acquired by Rowman & Littlefield in 2001)<ref>{{Cite web| title = Lanham company buys two publishing firms| work = Washington Business Journal| access-date = 2018-10-15| url = https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2001/05/14/daily44.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title = Globe Pequot Launches Texas-Themed Imprint| work = PublishersWeekly.com| access-date = 2018-10-15| url = https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/70549-globe-pequot-launches-texas-themed-imprint.html}}</ref>
***Bridge Works (acquired 2000)
***Cooper Square Press (founded 1961 by Rowman & Littlefield, acquired 1988 by UPA)
****Northland Publishing backlist (acquired in 2007)<ref>{{Cite web| last = Reporter| first = J. FERGUSONSun Staff| title = Flagstaff publisher ready to turn page| work = Arizona Daily Sun| access-date = 2018-04-20| url = http://azdailysun.com/business/flagstaff-publisher-ready-to-turn-page/article_9fe22aca-9514-5d79-b7b5-b25b3d99523e.html}}</ref>
*****including Rising Moon and Luna Rising imprints<ref>{{Cite web| title = Rising Moon Launches Bilingual Imprint| work = PublishersWeekly.com| access-date = 2020-08-19| url = https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20041213/29459-rising-moon-launches-bilingual-imprint.html}}</ref>
****Northword Books for Young Readers (acquired 2007)
****Two-Can Publishing (acquired 2007)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20070813/11970-news-briefs.html|title=News Briefs|website=PublishersWeekly.com}}</ref>
***[[The Derrydale Press]] (acquired 1999)
***Madison Books (founded 1985 by UPA)
***M. Evans (acquired 2005)<ref>{{Cite web| title = News Briefs| work = PublishersWeekly.com| access-date = 2017-12-31| url = https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20051024/37106-news-briefs.html}}</ref>
***Roberts Rinehart (acquired 2000)<ref>{{Cite web | title = PW: Roberts Rinehart Assets Sold To Court Wayne Press | work = PublishersWeekly.com | access-date = 2014-08-22 | url = http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20000605/21531-pw-roberts-rinehart-assets-sold-to-court-wayne-press.html }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title = Rowman &Littlefield Makes Four Buys | work = PublishersWeekly.com | access-date = 2014-08-22 | url = http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20001211/24207-rowman-amp-littlefield-makes-four-buys.html }}</ref>
**TwoDot Books
*Government Institutes (acquired 2004)
*Hal Leonard Books (acquired 2018 from [[Hal Leonard LLC|Hal Leonard]]<ref name="hal leonard"/>)
*Hamilton Books (founded 2003)
*Ivan R. Dee (acquired 1998)
*[[Jason Aronson]] (acquired 2003)
*Lexington Books (acquired 1998)
*Limelight Editions (acquired 2018 from [[Hal Leonard LLC|Hal Leonard]]<ref name="hal leonard"/>)
*Madison House Publishers (acquired 2000)<ref name="FourBuys"/>
*Newbridge Educational Publishing (acquired 2008 from Haights Cross)
*[[Prometheus Books]] (acquired 2019)
*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 by UPA from [[Grolier]]); founded by [[Ralph R. Shaw]]<ref name=FOB /><ref>{{Cite web| title = Grolier Inc facts, information, pictures {{!}} Encyclopedia.com articles about Grolier Inc| access-date = 2018-04-29| url = https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/economics-business-and-labor/businesses-and-occupations/grolier-inc}}</ref>
*[[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]])<ref>{{Cite web | title = Rowman & Littlefield Buys Sheed & Ward | work = PublishersWeekly.com | access-date = 2014-08-22 | url = http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20020715/18122-rowman-amp-littlefield-buys-sheed-amp-ward.html }}</ref>
*SR Books (acquired 2004 from Scholarly Resources, Inc., of Wilmington, Delaware)
*Sundance Publishing (acquired 2008 from Haights Cross)
*[[University Press of America]] (founded 1975)
*The World Today Series (acquired 2011 from Stryker-Post Publications)

==Distribution==
*[[Bucknell University Press]]
*[[Fairleigh Dickinson University Press]]
*[[Lehigh University Press]]
*[[University of Delaware Press]]
*[[Smithsonian Institution]] Scholarly Press
*[[C&T Publishing]]

==See also==
*[[List of book distributors]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{Cite journal|title=A publishing phenomenon that begins and ends with Scarecrow Press|first=Anthony|last=Slide|journal=Film History|volume=22|issue=3|date=September 2010|pages=298–308|publisher=[[Indiana University Press]] |doi=10.2979/fil.2010.22.3.298|s2cid=192112592}}

==External links==
*{{official website|https://rowman.com/}}
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