Basic Books Explained

Parent:Hachette Book Group
Founded:1950
Founder:Arthur Rosenthal[1]
Country:United States
Headquarters:New York City

Basic Books is a book publisher founded in 1950 and located in New York City, now an imprint of Hachette Book Group. It publishes books in the fields of psychology, philosophy, economics, science, politics, sociology, current affairs, and history.

History

Basic Books originated as a small Greenwich Village-based book club marketed to psychoanalysts. Arthur Rosenthal took over the book club in 1950, and under his ownership it soon began producing original books, mostly in the behavioral sciences. Early successes included Ernest Jones's The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud, as well as works by Claude Lévi-Strauss, Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson. Irving Kristol joined Basic Books in 1960, and helped Basic to expand into the social sciences. Harper & Row purchased the company in 1969.[2]

In 1997, HarperCollins announced that it would merge Basic Books into its trade publishing program, effectively closing the imprint and ending its publishing of serious academic books. That same year, Basic was purchased by the newly created Perseus Books Group.[3] Perseus's publishing business was acquired by Hachette Book Group in 2016.[4] In 2018, Seal Press became an imprint of Basic.[5]

Authors

Basic's list of authors includes:

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 0362-4331. Vitello. Paul. Arthur Rosenthal, Academic Book Publisher, Dies at 93. The New York Times. January 15, 2018. July 8, 2013.
  2. Web site: Basic Books: 70 Years of Publishing Excellence, 1950–2020 . . March 23, 2024.
  3. News: HarperCollins Selling Basic Books Unit to Venture Capital Firm. August 22, 1997. Doreen Carvajal. The New York Times.
  4. Natasha Onwuemezi, "Perseus sale to Hachette Book Group completed", The Bookseller, 1 April 2016
  5. Web site: Hachette Book Group Reorganizes Lines, Announces About 25 Layoffs As DiPreta Departs. Publishers Lunch. December 30, 2018. November 13, 2018.
  6. Book: Alexander . Stephon . The Jazz of Physics . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465093571 . November 6, 2019.
  7. Book: Alter, Robert. The Art of Biblical Narrative. 1981. Basic Books. New York. 0-465-00427-X.
  8. Book: Baptist . Edward . The Half Has Never Been Told . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465049660 . November 6, 2019.
  9. Book: Brands . H.W. . Dreams of El Dorado . Basic Books . February 5, 2019 . 9781541672536 . November 6, 2019.
  10. Web site: Brzezinski . Zbigniew . Books by Zbigniew Brzezinski . June 28, 2017 . Basic Books . November 6, 2019.
  11. Book: Chang . Iris . The Rape of Nanking . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465068364 . November 6, 2019.
  12. Web site: Coontz . Stephanie . Books by Stephanie Coontz . June 28, 2017 . Basic Books . November 6, 2019.
  13. Book: Dawkins . Richard . River Out of Eden . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465069903 . November 6, 2019.
  14. Book: Andrea . Dworkin . Intercourse . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465017522 . November 6, 2019.
  15. Book: Dyson . Michael Eric . April 4, 1968 . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465012862 . November 6, 2019.
  16. Book: Ferguson . Niall . Empire . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465023295 . November 6, 2019.
  17. Web site: Feynman . Richard . The Featured Feynman . Basic Books . September 2017 . November 6, 2019.
  18. Web site: Florida . Richard . Books by Richard Florida . June 28, 2017 . Basic Books . November 6, 2019.
  19. Book: Ford . Richard . Rise of the Robots . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465097531 . November 6, 2019.
  20. Book: Gardner . Howard . Frames of Mind . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465024339 . November 6, 2019.
  21. Book: Haidt . Jonathan . The Happiness Hypothesis . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465028023 . November 6, 2019.
  22. Book: Hanson . Victor Davis . The Second World Wars . Basic Books . September 4, 2018 . 9781541674103 . November 6, 2019.
  23. Book: Herman . Judith . Trauma and Recovery . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465061716 . November 6, 2019 . November 12, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201112021755/https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/judith-l-herman/trauma-and-recovery/9780465061716/ . dead .
  24. Book: Hitchens . Christopher . Letters to a Young Contrarian . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465030330 . November 6, 2019.
  25. Book: Hofstadter . Douglas . Godel, Escher, Bach . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465026562 . November 6, 2019.
  26. Book: Kolakowski . Leszek . Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing? . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465004997 . November 6, 2019.
  27. Book: Kruse . Kevin . One Nation Under God . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465097418 . November 6, 2019.
  28. Book: Lessig . Lawrence . Code . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465039142 . November 6, 2019.
  29. Book: Nozick . Robert . Anarchy, State, and Utopia . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465051007 . November 6, 2019.
  30. Book: Pinker . Steven . Words and Rules . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465072705 . November 6, 2019.
  31. Book: Power . Samantha . "A Problem from Hell" . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465061518 . November 6, 2019.
  32. Web site: Rogan . Eugene . Books by Eugene Rogan . Basic Books . June 28, 2017 . November 6, 2019.
  33. Book: Smolin . Lee . Three Roads to Quantum Gravity . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465094547 . November 6, 2019.
  34. Web site: Jason Sokol .
  35. Web site: Snyder . Timothy . Bloodlands . Basic Books . November 6, 2019 . January 26, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210126033509/https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/timothy-snyder/bloodlands/9780465031474/ . dead .
  36. Book: Sommers . Tamler . Why Honor Matters . Basic Books . September 5, 2017 . 9780465098873 . November 6, 2019.
  37. Web site: Sowell . Thomas . Books by Thomas Sowell . Basic Books . June 28, 2017 . November 6, 2019.
  38. Web site: Stewart . Ian . Books by Ian Stewart . Basic Books . June 28, 2017 . November 6, 2019.
  39. Book: Tatum . Beverly Daniel . Why Are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465060689 . November 6, 2019.
  40. Book: Traub . James . What Was Liberalism? The Past, Present, And Promise of A Noble Idea . September 24, 2019 . Basic Books . 9781541616851 . July 29, 2023.
  41. Book: Turkle . Sherry . Alone Together . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465093656 . November 6, 2019.
  42. Web site: Topol . Eric . Books by Eric Topol . Basic Books . November 6, 2019 . June 27, 2017.
  43. Book: Walzer . Michael . Just and Unjust Wars . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465052714 . November 6, 2019.
  44. Book: Warren . Elizabeth . The Two Income Trap . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465097708 . November 6, 2019.
  45. Web site: Weigel . George . Books by George Weigel . Basic Books . June 28, 2017 . November 6, 2019.
  46. Book: Weinberg . Steven . The First Three Minutes . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465024377 . November 6, 2019.
  47. Book: Wilczek . Frank . The Lightness of Being . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465018956 . November 6, 2019.
  48. Web site: Wilson . Bee . Books by Bee Wilson . Basic Books . June 28, 2017 . November 6, 2019.
  49. Book: Wrangham . Richard . Catching Fire . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . 9780465020416 . November 6, 2019.
  50. Web site: Yalom . Irvin D. . Books by Irvin D. Yalom . Basic Books . June 27, 2017 . November 6, 2019.

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