Greenwood Publishing Group

– History:
– Founded as Greenwood Press, Inc. in 1967 by Harold Mason and Harold Schwartz.
– Initially focused on reprinting out-of-print works.
– Acquired by Williamhouse-Regency in 1969, leading to expansion of reprint activities.
– Shifted focus to scholarly, reference, and professional books in the 1970s.
– Acquired by Congressional Information Service, Inc (CIS) in 1976, then by Elsevier in 1979.

– Subsidiaries:
– Imprints include Greenwood Press and Greenwood World Publishing.
– Former imprints include Praeger Security International, Praeger Publishers, and Libraries Unlimited.
– Praeger Security International, Praeger Publishers, and Libraries Unlimited became subsidiaries of ABC-CLIO.
– Former subsidiary Heinemann USA.

– Selected publications:
– Notable publications include “The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore.”
– Also published “The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy.”

– References:
– Businessweek and Greenwood Publishing Group provide company overviews.
– “Improvised Continent: Pan-Americanism and Cultural Exchange” by Richard Candida Smith.
– Obituary of Frederick A. Praeger in The New York Times.

– External links:
– Official website archived on Web Archive.