Continuum International Publishing Group
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The Continuum International Publishing Group is a publisher of books, with its editorial offices in London
and New York City
. It had been owned by Nova Capital Management since 2005. On July 11, 2011 the media reported a complete takeover of Continuum Group by Bloomsbury Publishing.
The current company was created in 1999 with the merger of the Cassell
academic and religious lists and The Continuum Publishing Company, founded in New York in 1980. Continuum is an academic publisher, producing more than 500 books a year, with an active backlist of over 6,000 titles.
The academic publishing programme is focused on the humanities, in the fields of philosophy
, film
and music
, literature
, education
, linguistics
, theology
and biblical studies
. On the trade side, there is a varied list that publishes in theology, history, politics, religious studies and general interest. The US company is known for its 33⅓ series, a collection of pocket-sized books each featuring a personal essay by a scholar, fan expert, or musician, and concentrating on a pivotal pop music album. Continuum publishes Paulo Freire's seminal Pedagogy of the Oppressed.
The full list of subjects that Continuum publishes in are:
Continuum acquired Athlone Press. Athone was originally founded in 1948 as the University of London
publishing house, and sold to the Bemrose Corporation in 1979.
In 2003, Continuum acquired the London-based Hambledon & London (Sunday Times Small Publisher of the Year 2001–02), a publisher of trade history for the general reader.
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. It had been owned by Nova Capital Management since 2005. On July 11, 2011 the media reported a complete takeover of Continuum Group by Bloomsbury Publishing.
The current company was created in 1999 with the merger of the Cassell
Cassell Illustrated
Cassell & Co is a British book publishing house, founded in 1848 by John Cassell . In December 1998 Cassell & Co was bought by the Orion Publishing Group. In January 2002 Cassell imprints, including the Cassell Reference and Cassell Military were joined with the Weidenfeld imprints to form a new...
academic and religious lists and The Continuum Publishing Company, founded in New York in 1980. Continuum is an academic publisher, producing more than 500 books a year, with an active backlist of over 6,000 titles.
The academic publishing programme is focused on the humanities, in the fields of philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
, film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
, literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
, education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
, theology
Theology
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
and biblical studies
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
. On the trade side, there is a varied list that publishes in theology, history, politics, religious studies and general interest. The US company is known for its 33⅓ series, a collection of pocket-sized books each featuring a personal essay by a scholar, fan expert, or musician, and concentrating on a pivotal pop music album. Continuum publishes Paulo Freire's seminal Pedagogy of the Oppressed.
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Pedagogy of the Oppressed is the most widely known of educator Paulo Freire's works. It proposes a pedagogy with a new relationship between teacher, student, and society...
The full list of subjects that Continuum publishes in are:
- Biblical Studies
- Classical Studies
- Education
- Film
- General Religion
- History
- Linguistics
- Literary Studies
- Media Studies
- Politics and International Relations
- Philosophy
- Theology
- Religious Studies
Continuum acquired Athlone Press. Athone was originally founded in 1948 as the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
publishing house, and sold to the Bemrose Corporation in 1979.
In 2003, Continuum acquired the London-based Hambledon & London (Sunday Times Small Publisher of the Year 2001–02), a publisher of trade history for the general reader.
Imprints
- Burns & OatesBurns & OatesBurns & Oates is a British Roman Catholic publishing house which now exists as an imprint of Continuum. It was founded by James Burns in 1835, originally as a bookseller...
- Hambledon Continuum - history publishing imprint
- T&T ClarkT&T ClarkT&T Clark is a British publishing firm which was founded in Edinburgh in 1821 and which now exists as an imprint of Continuum International Publishing Group....
- Thoemmes Press